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The Keystone Teachers Association is pleased to announce our partnership with Association Member Benefits Advisors (AMBA).  We are working harder than ever to protect you and bring our members new and innovative ways to enhance your lives with discounts and benefits to promote your physical  and financial health.  Through this partnership members receive discounted health […]

The 2022 KEYTA survey was short and sweet and, thankfully, did not include anything related to COVID.  We recognize that this is still an issue for our teachers, but we were curious to see what other issues teachers are now dealing with in the classroom. Our first question concerned staffing issues.  An overwhelming number (75%) of teachers said that

The Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture and Education recently issued communication reminding Pennsylvanians to take advantage of the many summer food assistance programs for students and caretakers across the commonwealth. State and local options are available to Pennsylvania families facing food insecurity this summer. If you know of students and their families that may struggle with

Pennsylvanians can now access hundreds of FREE new e-books on POWER Library. The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) recently announced that Pennsylvania’s public electronic library, POWER Library, has acquired 350 new e-books for users to explore, bringing the total of available titles to approximately 20,000. “Through POWER Library, Pennsylvanians have access to e-content to supplement K-12 education and

Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) has asked us to share with members their summer teaching opportunity.  Johns Hopkins CTY is dedicated to identifying and developing the talents of academically advanced K-12 students. They provide students with fun, challenging courses; a community of engaged learners; and a strong foundation for future success in college and their careers. Johns Hopkins is actively interviewing and

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Essay and Coloring Contests for Students As the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania prepares to celebrate its 300th anniversary, students across the state are invited to participate in the historic occasion by participating in an essay and coloring contest. “Recognizing the crucial role that civics education plays in the public’s understating of the judiciary, we are excited to expand

Aligning lesson plans to Pennsylvania Core Standards, while also ensuring they keep students engaged, can be a challenge. So, when teachers like Lynn C. of Garnet Valley, PA, and Michelle Dunn of Marietta, PA, found Tract, they knew it was the perfect fit not only to help students enhance their core curriculum knowledge (especially in reading and

By Karin Majewski Like so many young, first-year teachers, I was completely overwhelmed by the world of teaching. There were so many moving parts, documents, and aspects to consider when it came to managing a classroom and creating the best learning environment for all my students. I was just trying to keep my head above

On January 25, 2022, the Pennsylvania House Labor and Industry Committee approved four pieces of legislation aimed at union transparency and educator notification rights. The Keystone Teachers Association supports all four of these pieces of legislation which were approved along strict party lines. They are as follows: House Bill 844 would ban public employees’ personal information,

On December 10, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed with the lower court’s ruling that PA’s acting health secretary did not have the authority to impose a mask mandate for K-12 schools and childcare centers. This means that the mask mandate has been dropped, effective immediately. Now that the PA Supreme Court has voided the statewide mask mandate,