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Cheryl Bost Becomes MSEA President

Baltimore County Teacher to Lead 74,000-Member Union On August 1, Cheryl Bost will become the new president of the Maryland State Education Association (MSEA), Maryland’s 74,000-member educators union. Bost is an elementary school teacher from Baltimore County, where she was named teacher of the year in 2003 in part for her work to create a […]
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The Mackinac Center’s Hidden Agenda

Around the country, billionaire-funded political organizations are flooding union members with misleading information to try and take away their strong voice and contract. Right here in Maryland, MSEA members have received communications from anti-union operatives from the Michigan-based Mackinac Center trying to convince them to drop out of our union. This politically extreme out-of-state group […]
Pedagogy

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Uncovering Policies, Instruction, Practices, and Rules That Show Bias

Steve Burnett, Ed.D., is a counselor and instructional team leader at Glenelg High School in Howard County. His experience includes being a pupil personnel worker, supervisor of school counseling, and assistant and interim principal. As educators, we all know the synergy that is created when we work together for our students’ success. School counselors are […]
Education Support Professionals

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Donna Hoffman — Making Lunchtime the Favorite Part of Each Kid’s Day

Donna Hoffman is head cook at Northern Middle School in Garrett County. “I’ve always believed that our jobs are extremely important to the everyday lives of our students and we deserve respect and a fair wage.” — Donna Hoffman My greatest joy in life has always come from helping others and the satisfaction that comes with that, so in […]
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Keeping Your Contract Strong

Once your local has ratified a new contract through the collective bargaining process, it’s up to you — and the members of your union — to protect and enforce it. There’s no value in a contract that is not vigilantly held to scrutiny at every suspected violation. Collective bargaining is a serious legal undertaking and the outcome is codified […]
Teacher Toolkit

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Teacher’s Toolkit: Waves, Critters, and Fishnets on the Bay

Margarita Rochow, director at ELMS Environmental Center in St. Mary’s County. Photo credit: Brion McCarthy Second-career educator Margarita Rochow is the director of ELMS Environmental Education Center in St. Mary’s County. What fascinates her besides the great outdoors? The brain, why we’re here, cultures, landscapes, and individuals near and far, and the truth. See if you can […]
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Educators and Innovation

Congratulations to MSEA’s 2017-2018 NEA Foundation Student Achievement/Learning and Leadership awardees Brian Cook, Worcester County, and Sheena Jordan and Rainya Miller, Prince George’s County. “By directly funding educator-conceived and led projects, the foundation enables educators to chart their own course to solve teaching and learning challenges,” said Harriet Sanford of the NEA Foundation. The foundation […]
Racial and Social Justice

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“We are desperate to be understood.”

    Katherine Bonilla Gutierrez is a 2018 graduate of Frederick High School in Frederick County. Katherine traveled alone from El Salvador to Frederick to be with her mother, who left her country for the U.S. when Katherine was six.   Katherine Bonilla Gutierrez is a 2018 graduate of Frederick High School, Frederick County. Katherine […]
Legal Questions

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An FMLA Tutorial

The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law that provides job-protected, unpaid leave under certain circumstances. Who is eligible for FMLA? Government and private sector employees qualify for FMLA if their employer has at least 50 employees and they have worked for 12 months and 1,250 hours. Ten-month certificated educators in the public […]
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