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School Funding

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Student Poverty? Class Size? We’re On It.

This is our moment — if we are to be successful in our work influencing the recommendations of the commission to right the $3 billion annual funding deficit that our schools face, we need to educate each other, our communities, and our representatives in Annapolis. Meet Liz, Ronnie, Dwayne, Betty, Jeff, and Vernon — six MSEA activists who are […]
Education Support Professionals

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Dwayne Lovett — Paying It Forward One Student at a Time

Since I began my journey in Dorchester schools, it’s been my hope to make a significant impact in our community. When I first began working at North Dorchester High School, I saw students — mostly male — with academic and personal problems. They came to me for advice and encouragement. I was sure other students […]
Early Career Educators

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“Kids Before Content. Love Before All.”

Early career educators Richard Warren Jr., John Wombach, Sarah Gizaw, and Arame Richardson with 2014 National Teacher of the Year Sean McComb. “The day after the conference,” said music educator John Wambach, “I started drafting a behavior reflection document — using specific language from one of the workshops — that my students now complete when they are disrupting another’s education.” […]
Legal Questions

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Bargaining Your Contract — Your Right and Duty

In Maryland, education employees work under their negotiated contracts, which are written jointly by their union and board of education. At the bargaining table, teams from each side discuss and debate employee and employer issues and concerns that affect both sides. The outcome of the negotiations become the conditions that make up your daily work […]
Teacher Toolkit

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Toolkit: Tips and Tools for Blended Learning

Alia Knight-Dahl is a Sixth Grade Language Arts Teacher Monocacy Middle School Frederick County. Blended Learning in Action/Hyperdoc Handbook These are my go-to resources for finding and creating rigorous lessons that help students dig deep and work at their own pace in my blended classroom. MobyMax.com A Common Core aligned, complete online curriculum for k–8. […]

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Mitigating the Stress Contagion

A new work-life survey from the American Federation of Teachers and the Badass Teachers Association, a grassroots education activist organization, confirms it — teachers are more stressed out than ever before. USA Today broke it down: “More than half of the educators point out their mental health is an issue: 58% said their mental health was ‘not […]

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Working Together — Allegany County Educators and Community Stakeholders

Photo: Hamtalk.org Educators and community members gathered in Allegany County on November 9 for a discussion about public education sponsored and organized by the Allegany County Education Association. ACEA is a merged local association that represents teachers, services providers, and education support professionals. Led by ACEA, a panel of educators and civic stakeholders — including representatives from […]
Legal Questions

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Overtime and Bargaining Units

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that establishes minimum wage and overtime pay for certain eligible employees. Under FLSA, employees who do not fall within the executive, administrative, and professional category are non-exempt employees who must be paid minimum wage and overtime pay for hours over 40 in a work week. […]
Pedagogy

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Making Blended Learning Work in Your Classroom

Alia Knight-Dahl is a sixth grade language arts teacher at Monocacy Middle School in Frederick County and a member of the Frederick County Teachers Association. She is a member of the Vanguard Leadership Program for technology mentors. Alia is the writer of the blog A. Dahl’s House: The (mis)adventures and musings of your friendly, neighborhood […]
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