Week of 12-5-2022

Inside this issue

• Now accepting nominations for 2023 Celebrating Excellence Awards
• PSEA member Ryan Hardesty wins 2023 PA Teacher of the Year
• PSEA member spotlight: Colleen Cram
• Take courses on PSEA’s PEARL professional learning platform
• Member Benefits spotlight: PSEA Access to Savings

We have resumed the nomination and selection process for 2023 Celebrating Excellence Awards. Make your nominations at the link below.

The Adler Friend of Education award recognizes an individual who has made significant statewide contributions to public education.

The Human and Civil Rights awards are intended to applaud the outstanding work occurring every day in Pennsylvania’s public schools and in our communities.

A selection committee meets each January to review the nominations submitted and select winners in four categories: Student Leader, Educational Leader, Community Leader, and Local Association, along with the Adler Friend of Education Award.

Read more about the awards and nominate someone today at the below link:

Congratulations to Ryan Hardesty, a seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher at Highland Middle School in the Blackhawk School District in Beaver County for earning the title of 2023 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year!

We are thrilled to count another PSEA member among this esteemed group.  

Learn more about Teacher of the Year and Ryan Hardesty’s story at the link below:

We just concluded our House of Delegates in Pittsburgh this past weekend. It’s one of two opportunities each year for delegates to gather to do the important work of our organization. It’s also an opportunity for us to showcase some of the amazing things our members are doing in their schools.

One of the members whose story we shared at this House is Colleen Cram, a transition coordinator in the Hatboro-Horsham School District who runs the district’s STRIVE program for students with disabilities. STRIVE allows IEP students to learn various employability skills by doing things like working among faculty and staff in the high school’s cafeteria and library or serving coffee, packaging boxes, and filing paper at local businesses in Horsham. It’s a wonderful program that we also featured in the May issue of Voice.

Do you have a story you think we should tell in an upcoming publication or at a House of Delegates? Share it with us at the link below.

psea.org/shareyourstory

Visit PEARL today and choose from more than 95 asynchronous courses available for Act 48 credit and Chapter 14 verification.

Here are just a few of the dozens of courses you can explore right now on PEARL:

• Schoology in Practice: Essentials for Beginners
• Time Management and Organization for Online Learning
  
• Social and Emotional Learning is for Us, Too!
  
• Building and Maintaining a Humanized Classroom
  
• Assessment and Treatment of Anxiety Across the Developmental Spectrum
• Seesaw Basics & Advanced
• And many more...

PSEA Access to Savings is a local and national discount program designed to save PSEA members money on their everyday purchases. Whether you need to save at the gas pump, at your favorite restaurant, on your back-to-school supplies, or at your favorite theme park, be sure to check out the PSEA Access to Savings program to save on your next purchase.

Visit the member benefits section at psea.accessdevelopment.com OR download the free MyDeals mobile app to get started.