MPSERS Fall Education Schedule
Jul 24, 2019
This fall the Michigan Public School Employees' Retirement System (MPSERS) educational seminars schedule have been announced. This is an opportunity for members to learn more about your 2020 retirement system health plan. Each seminar will feature information to help you stay informed and understand your plan, get the most value from your plan, and connect you to helpful tools and resources. Seminars will include presentations about each component of your retirement system health plan. In addition to the presentations, representatives from Blue Cross® Blue Shield® of Michigan, Delta Dental®, EyeMed and OptumRx® will be available in the Learning Center to answer specific questions about your coverage. Registration is not required to attend. See the schedule below and choose the seminar that is most convenient for you. This only applies to members who have Blue Cross PPO health insurance.
8-Oct Marquette
Holiday Inn Marquette
1951 US 41 West
Marquette, MI 49855
9-Oct Escanaba
Island Resort & Casino
W399 Highway 2
Harris, MI. 49845
10-Oct Bay Harbor
Great Lakes Center of the Arts
800 Bay Harbor Drive
Bay Harbor, MI. 49770
11-Oct Gaylord
Treetops Resort
3962 Wilkinson Road
Gaylord, MI. 49735
14-Oct Lansing
Eagle Eye Golf Club
15500 Chandler Rd
Bath Twp, MI 48808
15-Oct Midland
Great Hall Banquet Center
5121 Bay City Road
Midland, MI 48642
16-Oct Kalamazoo
Delta Hotels Kalamazoo Conference Center
2747 South 11th Street
Kalamazoo, MI. 49009
17-Oct Holland
DoubleTree Holland
650 East 24th Street
Holland, MI. 49423
21-Oct Flint
Holiday Inn Gateway Centre
5353 Gateway Centre
Flint, MI 48507
23-Oct Livonia
Laurel Manor Banquet & Conference Ctr.
39000 Schoolcraft Rd
Livonia, MI 48150
24-Oct Ypsilanti
312 EMU Student Center
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI. 48197
25-Oct Novi
Four Points Novi
27000 South Karevich Drive
Novi, MI. 48377
29-Oct Sterling Heights
Wyndham Garden Sterling Heights
34911 Van Dyke Ave
Sterling Heights, MI. 48312
6-Nov Tucson
Hilton Garden Inn Tucson Airport
6575 S. Country Club Road
Tucson, AZ 85756
7-Nov Scottsdale
DoubleTree Scottsdale-Paradise Valley
5041 N Scottsdale Rd
Scottsdale, AZ. 85250
10-Dec Ocala
Holiday Inn & Suites Ocala Conference Center
3600 SW 38th Ave
Ocala, FL. 34474
11-Dec St. Petersburg
Holiday Inn St Petersburg-Clearwater Airport
3535 Ulmerton Road
Clearwater, FL. 33762
12-Dec Sarasota
Holiday Inn Sarasota Airport
8009 15th St. E.
Sarasota, FL 34243
13-Dec Fort Myers
Holiday Inn Ft. Myers Airport
9931 Interstate Commerce Drive
Fort Myers, FL 33913
At NEA Representative Assembly, Educators Prepare to Make an Impact in 2020
Jul 11, 2019
National Education Association NEA.Org
"Galvanized by the historic mobilization of public school educatorsthat caught the attention of the entire nation, educators converged on the George E. Brown convention center in Houston, Texas on July 4 for the 98th National Education Association Representative Assembly (RA) and 157th Annual Meeting. The theme of the 2019 RA was Our Democracy. Our Responsibility. Our Time! After four busy and exciting days, the more than 6,000 delegates left Houston ready to carry the momentum of the #RedforEd movement into 2020 and play a pivotal in choosing the next president.
“This movement has created something better for millions of students and educators, but it’s bigger than that,” NEA President Lily Eskelsen García told delegates in her keynote address. “We’ve created something better for communities—for this country that we love.”
And that unnerves people like Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the army of billionaires who are funding the school privatization schemes that drive her agenda. But if we are to bring real change, Eskelsen García said, we need to look to the top.
Electing a new U.S. president in November 2020, she said, should be a priority of anyone who cares about public education. And public school educators should not shy away from working toward that goal."
July 15ht is the Last Day to Respond to Verification of Coverage Survey.
Jul 11, 2019
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The 2019 Verification of Coverage survey should have arrived in the mail to all retirees and using the Medicare Advantage PPO plan and Part D plan. Many of our members report they have already received their Verification of Coverage package. You must complete this form for yourself and anyone else who is covered by your health care plan. If your response is not received by July 15, 2019, your prescription drug coverage will be canceled effective September 1, 2019, and your medical coverage will be cancelled effective October 1, 2019. You must respond to the survey, even if you don’t have other coverage. The Verification of Coverage survey asks you to identify any other health coverage you or your dependents might have in addition to your retirement system coverage. The information is used to determine your eligibility in the retirement system’s health plan. |
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Questions about the Verification of Coverage survey? Check out the Verification of Coverage survey webcast at www.bcbsm.com/mpsers. To view the webcast, click on the For Members tab, then click Webinars. |
Latest NEA data on teacher salaries provides another #RedForEd Reality Check
May 16, 2019
MEA.org Capitol Comments
"Recently the, NEA released this year’s edition of its Rankings and Estimates report, a well-respected and anticipated national “by-the-numbers” look at public education. This year’s data continues to tell a scary story about the state of educator pay in Michigan:
- After adjusting for inflation, average teacher salaries in the United States have fallen by 4.5% over the last decade. Over the same period and with the same adjustment, average Michigan teacher salaries have fallen by 12% – fourth worst in the nation.
- The average starting teacher salary nationwide in 2017-18 was $39,172, up 1.44% compared to the previous year. However, in Michigan, the average starting salary was $36,309, up just .8% from the prior year. Michigan ranks 32nd in starting salary.
- Nationwide, 37% of districts have a starting salary of at least $40,000. In Michigan, just 12% of districts hit that level.
This salary data lines up with other research from MSU, which shows Michigan is last in the nation for education funding increases over the past 25 years, and the School Finance Research Collaborative’s study which concluded Michigan’s schools are underfunded by at least $2,000 per pupil.
All this points to the critical need for Gov. Whitmer’s proposed education funding increases to become law. That’s why MEA is engaged in our #RedForEd plans, including sharing Reality Checks with the general public. Learn more about these efforts – which lead up to events at the Capitol in June – and what you can do to help at www.mea.org/redfored."
MEA calls on governor to sign “snow day” bill – and on schools to do right by hourly workers
May 12, 2019
MEA.org Capitol Comments
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