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NEW RESOURCE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS

 

New on the PSEA Website

 IEP Toolbox Resources

 

At http://www.psea.org

 

                       Click on:

¨ Resource Center

¨ Teaching and Learning

¨ Special Education 

 

 

 

                                     Topics

 

“Checklist of IEP Meetings”

“Handling Foul Language at IEP Meetings”

“Table Strategy at IEP Meetings”

        

Plus additional topics that are an excellent resource for Special Education as well as Regular Education Teachers.

 

News Release

For Immediate Release

September19, 2008

 

For More Information Contact:

Jeffrey Clay, executive Director

717) 720-4749

 

Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System

Issues Statement on SEIU Protest

 

 HARRISBURG   Jeffrey Clay, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System       (PSERS), issued the following statement in response to a protest organized by members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU):

 

“We’ve been made aware that the Service Employees International Union has been contacting members of the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System, via an e-mail campaign, in an attempt to persuade PSERS to exert its perceived influence in one of its investments to force a business to organize.

 

“The assertions made in this correspondence are misleading and have created confusion and concern among members who have been targeted with the SEIU message.  Let me be clear:  the SEIU’s assertions are untrue.

 

“PSERS’ mission is to prudently invest the Retirement Fund, and towards this end, the PSERS thoroughly evaluates and monitors its investments to ensure the optimal use of the PSERS’ assets.  Consistent with its fiduciary duty to its membership, PSERS investments are based exclusively on the best interests of the members of the System, and not on the separate goals or agendas of special interest groups like SEIU.

 

“In fact, PSERS’ total fund returns have been very strong during the past decade, ranking first in Wilshire’s public sponsors database in the past 2, 3, and 5 fiscal years, and ranking tenth over the past 10 fiscal years.  The Board’s diligent attention to asset allocation and selection of the professional firms who manage PSERS’ investments are key reasons for this successful track record.

 

“We want to assure our members that their money is safe.  PSERS invested as one of many limited partners in a partnership that in turn invested in a variety of companies, including Atria Senior Living (Atria), which represents less than two tenths of one percent (.2%) of the value of PSERS’ total assets.  The investment is profitable, and pensions are secure.

 

“Our members should understand that as participants in a defined benefit pension plan such as PSERS, pensions are not affected by the ups and downs of the markets.  Moreover, pensions are not only prefunded with real assets, currently in excess of $57 billion, but they are guaranteed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.” 

General Membership Meeting

October 9 (Thursday)

5pm

Sign-in begins at 4:30

PSEA Building—South Side

 

Agenda

Review Health Care Changes

PACE

President’s Address

 

 

Pre-Retirement Workshops

November 7th and 8th, 2008

Holiday Inn Parkway East

Pittsburgh, PA

 

Register at www.psea.org/mbworkshops

and click on the Western Region Pre-Retirement workshop link

 

           Every member fifty (50) years and older will be mailed information about the

           workshops.  There is a registration form included in the mailing.