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Week of 1-13-2025
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Inside this issue
- 2024 ESP of the Year Becky Marszalek on PA Newsmakers
- Congratulations to 2024 PA School Counselor of the Year, Adam Oldham
- Donate to CTA’s Los Angeles Wildfire Relief and Disaster Relief Funds
- TeachRock Educators Workshop
- Upcoming NEA webinar on the state of student loans
- Center for Professional Learning & PEARL
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2024 ESP of the Year Becky Marszalek on PA Newsmakers
PSEA’s 2024 Dolores McCracken Education Support Professional of the Year Becky Marszalek and Treasurer Rachael West joined Gene Barr on PA Newsmakers this past Sunday to talk about the importance of support professionals and the staff shortages our schools face.
Click here or the thumbnail above to watch the clip.
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Congratulations to 2024 PA School Counselor of the Year, Adam Oldham
Big Spring High School counselor Adam Oldham has been named Pennsylvania School Counselor of the Year. He accepted the award on Dec. 12 at the Pennsylvania School Counselors Association’s annual conference in Hershey, where he was recognized by Gov. Josh Shapiro.
Oldham’s career includes roles as a drug and alcohol counselor and counseling positions at Mechanicsburg Middle School and East Pennsboro Area High School. He completed his school counseling internship at Big Spring in 2012 and joined the district as a school counselor in 2021, where he works alongside his wife, Ashley Oldham, who has been a teacher at Big Spring since 2008.
In addition to his work at Big Spring, Oldham has been a statewide advocate for student services. He has served on the Pennsylvania School Counselors Association Board since 2017 and founded the Pennsylvania Coalition of Student Services Associations in 2023. He has also testified before the state Legislature to support school counseling programs.
Oldham has been nominated six times for this award. Congratulations on your win, Adam!
Click here to listen to Adam Oldham on a recent episode of PSEA’s podcast, Duty Free Lunch
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Donate to CTA’s Los Angeles Wildfire Relief and Disaster Relief Funds
The Los Angeles wildfires continue to impact thousands of educators and Southern Californians. To help our union brothers and sisters in need, please visit the California Teacher Association’s Los Angeles Wildfire Relief and Disaster Relief Funds at cta.org/LAwildfires.
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TeachRock Educators Workshop
When: Feb. 25 from 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Where: PSBA headquarters
400 Bent Creek Blvd
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
The Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) is hosting an event you don’t want to miss!
PSBA is partnering with Stevie Van Zandt (of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band) and his non-profit organization TeachRock to host the TeachRock Educators Workshop, which is a full day of professional development that provides insight into how educators in all grade levels and content areas can use TeachRock’s open-access curriculum to support instruction.
The event is free of charge. More details, an agenda, and registration can be found here:
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Upcoming NEA webinar on the state of student loans
What: Savi Borrower Town Hall
When: Jan. 22, 4 p.m.
As an NEA member, you have access to this complimentary tool designed to help you make sense of student loan debt. It simplifies the complicated process of identifying federal student loan repayment and forgiveness programs based on the individual.
Join Savi on Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. for a town hall webinar covering critical updates on student loan policies under the new presidential administration, steps to take for a successful 2025, and insights on the SAVE Income-Driven Repayment Plan.
Even if you can’t attend live, register to get the recording.
Ready to tackle your student debt? Get started with the Navigator today at neamb.com/studentdebt!
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Center for Professional Learning & PEARL
Visit the new, improved PEARL today and choose from more than 95 asynchronous courses available for Act 48 credit and Chapter 14 verification.
You can find multiple courses that interest you in any of these tracks:
- Book Studies
- Educational Equity
- Pedagogy
- Policy
- Pupil Services
- Special Populations
- Technology in Education
- SEL & Wellness
- Tools, Strategies, and Resources to Help New & Early Career Educators
- Cultivating Critical Thinking: A Toolbox of Routines & Strategies
- Intro to the 3D Science Standards: Coming This Fall!
- Social and Emotional Learning with Dr. Seuss
- Tech for Teacher Wellness: Strategies for a Healthy Life and Sustainable Career
- The Mindful Teacher’s Toolkit
Earn postgraduate credits from PennWest University for $70 each!
More than 150 postgraduate credits are available across a wide range of teaching and learning topics.
These postgraduate credits (micro-credentials) can count toward the 24 credits required for a Level II certificate and also may count toward salary advancement.*
For support professionals, these courses may meet Chapter 14 requirements.**
*Check your contract to determine if you can apply standalone postgraduate credits for column movement.
**Seek approval from your employer prior to completing hours to apply toward Chapter 14 requirements.
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