Orientation is August 14-18, 2023 and will be held in person between the hours of 9:00am – 3:30 pm Monday through Friday.

New hires will receive a link to register upon returning their signed offer letter.

Participants are compensated at the contractual PD rate ($29.45/hour) for time in sessions. Participants are not compensated for lunch. It will take 6-8 weeks from a teacher’s new hire date to process payments. We are only able to compensate teachers who are active employees at the time payment is processed. For example, if you resign from the district prior to payment being processed, you will not be paid.

Teachers with an active Professional Personnel Identification Number (7-digit number issued by the state) and a Level I or II teaching certificate will be eligible to earn Act 48 hours for sessions attended at New Hire Orientation. Teachers with an emergency certificate do not earn Act 48 hours (and are not required to do so until they achieve Level I certification.)

Yes – induction is different from orientation. Although you may have completed the state mandated induction program within a different district within PA, this orientation session would still be necessary to help prepare you for your teaching career within the District.

We encourage you to check out our New Teacher Toolkit to get more information about who to contact with questions and things you can be doing to prepare in advance of starting your role.