Benefits
Other Benefits for Philadelphia Archdiocesan High School Teachers
ACT Members
Voluntary Vision Plan
The Voluntary Vision Plan for ACT Members helps to defray the costs of eye exams,
eyeglasses, and contacts. The benefits are provided by OptiChoice Vision and is
administered by Highmark Blue Shield
Questions concerning the plan should be directed as follows:
Ginny Crowther, ACT Office - (215) 568-4175 or
Clarity Vision - (800) 541-2039
Educational Grant
A fund of $50,000 is established each year to assist some of the lay teachers
in their pursuit of an approved educational goal. Any teacher having completed
one (1) year of satisfactory teaching in the Secondary School System is eligible
to receive this grant. Fifty percent (50%) of the tuition costs up to a maximum
of $1,500 will be reimbursed.
Tuition
Any lay teacher who has dependent children attending the Secondary Schools of
the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is not expected or required to pay Diocesan
Registration Fees, Tuition or School Fees for such children. Dependent children
of a teacher who dies while an employee of the System will receive the
above benefit. Dependent children of a teacher who retires from the System
will also receive the above benefit.
Lunch
Lunch is provided at no cost to lay teachers on all regularly scheduled school days.
Excess Automobile Insurance
The System provides excess automobile liability coverage applicable to teachers
transporting faculty members and/or students on or as part of a school activity.
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