PSEA is a community of education professionals who make a difference in the lives of students every day.
April 15, 2024
WR Spring Book Club Event
The Perks of being a Wallflower
Monday, April 15, 2024
5:30 – 7:30 pm via Zoom
Join us as we explore how teachers can use this YA novel (written by local author Stephen Chbosky) to demonstrate the value of friendship, music, and literature to help navigate adolescence. No cost to participate – books will be delivered to your home address.
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Registration is now closed.
Meetings will be held at the WR PSEA Building on the first floor in the Fondy Room located at 10 S 19th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203 unless otherwise noted.
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May 02, 2024
Please plan to attend this important meeting regarding changes to your ACSHIC healthcare plan. These changes go into effect on July 1, 2024. We strongly encourage you to attend and ask any questions you may have.
This Zoom is open to Business Managers, Human Resources Staff, union leaders, union members, retirees, and district administration.
Click HERE to register or use the QR Code:
May 09, 2024
Tour the one-of-a-kind Mattress Factory and create artwork that will be exhibited in the museum alongside a featured artist while mingling with fellow PSEA members.
Registration is now open. Space is limited, so don't wait! Click HERE or use the QR Code below to register.
Meetings will be held at the WR PSEA Building on the first floor in the Fondy Room located at 10 S 19th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203. Watch your email for registration information.
Core School is an ESP-only session that is offered during the PSEA Summer Leadership Conference. PSEA’s annual Summer Leadership Conference will take place on the campus of Gettysburg College from July 21 – 25, 2024. First-time attendees to Core School receive a scholarship!
New leaders and aspiring leaders are encouraged to attend. Core School will be limited to 40 participants. Members interested in attending ESP Core School should submit their name to Nate Greenawalt, their UniServ Representative, or ESP Division President by May 21, 2024.
If you have any questions or to submit your name to be considered for a Core School scholarship, please contact Nate Greenawalt, Director of Special Field Programs, in PSEA Headquarters at ngreenawalt@psea.org or 717-255-7104.
The Allegheny County Schools Health Insurance Consortium (ACSHIC) renewal has updated for the 2024-2025 Plan Year. Please find some important information below regarding the plan changes and updates.
Local Association Presidents:
The Local Email Utility, available to you and your designees, is a useful tool for you to quickly email all your members without the need to create and maintain a separate database of member email addresses.
Your access carried over on September 1 (as long as you remained president). After September 1, your designees from the prior year were deleted and you need to log in to Local Leader Tools to set up your designee(s) for the current membership year.
If you have any questions about this tool, please contact PSEA-Financial Management at 800-944-7732.
PSEA has a Personal Legal Services Program for members and their families. The program provides discounted rates and two 30-minute consultation sessions free during each membership year (must be on two separate matters).
After the initial 30 minutes, attorney rates apply at a 30% discount. PSEA cannot guarantee that the discounted fee will be the lowest in the area, only that it is 30% lower than the fee normally charged by that attorney.
Please email Legal Assistant, Katie Lovrich, at klovrich@psea.org for the list of participating attorneys in Western Region.
The online Western Region Directory has been revised and is in the "Region Information" block located at the top of this website (login required). This online Directory is revised throughout the school year as updates occur.
If you have updates, please let us know by emailing W-PittsburghAssociates@psea.org.
PSEA offers a wide array of in person and online professional learning opportunities in both synchronous and a-synchronous formats. Members can earn Act 48 credit (PSEA is an approved Act 48 provider by PDE) and Chapter 14 verification to submit for district consideration toward the fulfillment of annual hours for HQT.
PSEA offerings:
Micro-Credential offerings:
NEA Micro-Credentials Offerings
PennWest-Edinboro Mirco-Credentials
View additional offerings or other opportunities at the Center for Professional Learning by clicking the box below.
PEARL is PSEA’s hub for our online learning programs.
PEARL (Professional Education and Resources for Learning) is a Moodle-based learning management system that will allow us to greatly expand PSEA’s asynchronous learning opportunities. On PEARL, members can find videos, documents, and presentations packaged into clear, easy-to-follow learning progressions and courses in an array of new formats.
Whether you’re a teacher, education support professional, student, associate, or any other category, your membership gives you exclusive access to this resource so you can start exploring and taking courses immediately.
Act 153 of 2014 requires school employees to provide or renew State Police/FBI record checks and child abuse clearance statements. Additional changes to the law went into effect July 1, 2015. PSEA wants to ensure that all members understand how this policy affects them. Updated clearances are required every 60 months from the date of the oldest clearance. Please reach out to your HR department or visit this website for more information.
If you are retiring at the end of the school year or calendar year here are a few steps that you should be taking with your District and PSERS:
Request a retirement estimate from PSERS. You may ask for up to two different scenarios (ex: retirement date of June 2024 or December 2024.)
You can also sign up to be a PSEA-Retired member. The earlier you sign up, the more money you will save on dues. This is a great way to continue to stay involved and engaged with the work of the association as well as continued use of our member benefits. For more information and to enroll, visit this website.
Are you taking full advantage of your PSEA membership? Take a few moments to check out ways that your membership can save you money on a wide variety of services, programs, and goods that many of us use every day.
As a PSEA Member, you also qualify for NEA Member Benefits.
Did you know that you have $1,000 complimentary life insurance from NEA? All you need to do is name your beneficiary – there is zero cost involved. This, and other discounts on travel, appliances, and much more are available through NEA Member Benefits.
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For more information on joining PSEA, contact Region Advocacy Coordinator Annie Briscoe at abriscoe@psea.org.
Educators Rising is a community-based movement that provides Grow Your Own programming for high school students through the Educators Rising curriculum and embraces teaching as a profession.
Educators Rising offers classroom-ready curriculum, training, and support that help high school students begin their journey to becoming future educators. Teacher leaders who bring an Educators Rising chapter to their school district will create new opportunities for more talented young people to enter the education profession.
Educators Rising Teacher Leaders: join in for the monthly meeting every third Tuesday at 4 p.m. Join meeting.
As a partner of PDK International, Educators Rising offers more than 30 scholarships through the PDK Educational Foundation.
PSEA awards scholarships to high school seniors who plan to enroll in an accredited teacher preparation program in Pennsylvania through the Lucy A. Valero Membership Scholarship.
