Recent comments in /f/Pennsylvania

AnonCuriosities t1_jbt8mc5 wrote

Reply to comment by PrincessGwyn in I've tried to call a number for an hour and now their offices closed, I got a number of how much I could get for a week, I haven't filed weekly, am I screwed out of 3 months of unemployment? I can prove 120ish applications, dozens of phone calls, a dozen in person interviews over the months. by [deleted]

I'll try both email and calling right when their phone lines open and if nothing happens after a month I'll contact the a state rep

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PrincessGwyn t1_jbt8ewl wrote

Reply to comment by AnonCuriosities in I've tried to call a number for an hour and now their offices closed, I got a number of how much I could get for a week, I haven't filed weekly, am I screwed out of 3 months of unemployment? I can prove 120ish applications, dozens of phone calls, a dozen in person interviews over the months. by [deleted]

I think calling is worse from what I’ve read, just a waste of time.

I emailed the “help” email and they sent me the form within 2 months (yeah I know not great). I forget how long it took to get the money, but there weren’t any issues after I emailed back the form with my request for retroactive pay.

Also bear in mind this was at the height of people being laid off in 2020 during Covid, unemployment services were a mess. So I’d hope they’re faster now.

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Analysis-Special t1_jbt7ecm wrote

Reply to How can we attract more people into the teaching profession? by jekomo

Pay more.

I did my my under grad and grad school in PA and got my licenses in PA. Because PA was also not paying teachers enough we were forced to follow my wife’s career and moved to Wisconsin while I still had my temps or whatever the probationary license was called, and WIDPI wouldn’t give me a general science license without going back to school even though my recent PRAXIS scores were in their exceptional range. So I stopped teaching without ever really getting started.

Now I work in a bicycle shop and make more than teachers in my area. That’s absolutely ridiculous.

Every now and the I think about going back to it, but I’m not willing to go back to the starting pay rate for a new teacher.

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CltAltAcctDel t1_jbt6p3v wrote

Reply to comment by Shad0wSmurf in FBI agent who shot, killed dog in Philadelphia will not face charges by StavrosKatsopolis

LEOSA exists mainly for state and local police to carry off-duty or retired in all states but that has limitations. It’s fairly new and federal agents were carrying all over the place prior to it being enacted.

She was carrying under 6106. LEOSA doesn’t enter into because she’s legally carrying under PA law. She’s carrying legally by being a duly authorized federal agent. She is a duly authorized federal agent 24/7/365 until she separates employment

PA does not have a buffer on school zones. That was the purpose of referencing 912. Federal gun free zone law says the buffer is 1000ft but people can carry within that border if states allow it. PA only excludes the actual property of the school from carrying. It does that through 6106 and 912 because 6206 authorizes people to carry and 912 has no buffer.

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AnonCuriosities t1_jbt6etn wrote

Reply to comment by PrincessGwyn in I've tried to call a number for an hour and now their offices closed, I got a number of how much I could get for a week, I haven't filed weekly, am I screwed out of 3 months of unemployment? I can prove 120ish applications, dozens of phone calls, a dozen in person interviews over the months. by [deleted]

Can I do that by phone or find a form online? I have a feeling if I email I'll never get a response

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DryIce677 t1_jbt4o3o wrote

Reply to How can we attract more people into the teaching profession? by jekomo

Much, much better pay. I am going to school to be a teacher in PA. I should not make more as a part-time jewelry salesperson than I would as a full-time teacher, but I do. I made nearly $40K as a part-time worker, and that is more than the starting pay for many schools in southwestern PA.

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8Draw t1_jbt45rf wrote

Reply to How can we attract more people into the teaching profession? by jekomo

  1. Have the state pay its share of school funding. PA has reduced its contribution, and it's had the predictable effect of starving poor school districts by sheltering wealth and opportunity in wealthy counties.

Everything else is less important. But we also need federal action to fund teachers themselves like the critical public resource they are.

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jekomo OP t1_jbt3z9o wrote

Reply to comment by Euphoric-March-8159 in How can we attract more people into the teaching profession? by jekomo

As long as property taxes are tied to salaries, I think this is very difficult. I’ve been through 4 or 5 contract negotiation cycles, and even a 0.5-2% average raise can receive major pushback and stalls settlement. I know PSEA is pushing for a minimum starting salary of $60,000, which could help. I think Maryland has done this.

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HomicidalHushPuppy t1_jbt3ufb wrote

Reply to How can we attract more people into the teaching profession? by jekomo

Increase pay, reduce the cost of college and remove unnecessary courses from college requirements, give teachers avenues to push back against problem kids and parents, and do something about the toxic work politics you see within school districts and the unions. Also make it easier to get into teaching without having to be a sub or some other egregiously-underpaid position for years on end.

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