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Educator Voice|Professional Practice|Union Updates

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MSEA Members Receive Year-Long NEA Foundation Fellowships

The NEA Foundation is philanthropic organization that supports educators through the Global Learning Fellowship program (GLF) and its Learning and Leadership, Student Success, Envision Equity, and many other subject-specific and inquiry-based grants. The GLF is the NEA Foundation’s signature investment in educators’ global learning, collaboration, and leadership with a year-long program designed to enhance educators’ […]
Legal Questions

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A Word from Legal: IEPS and Accommodations

The list of accommodations within an IEP should only be those accommodations necessary for the child to receive a free, appropriate public education (FAPE). It is not specific enough to say something would be “beneficial;” after all, every child would benefit from smaller class sizes. In this case, the question to ask is “does the […]
Professional Practice|Union Updates

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MSEA's Professional Learning Portal: mseaportal.org
Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice|Union Updates

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What My Union Means to Me

At MSEA’s Summer Leadership Conference (SLC), member-leaders from across the state came together to learn more about leading for change-change that supports their students, colleagues, and communities. Strengthening union power across interests and locals is what MSEA members do to protect and improve their jobs and livelihoods–two of the most fundamental union values. At SLC, […]
Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice|Racial and Social Justice|Union Updates

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MSEA ESP of the Year Ivory Smith

Ivory Smith is a humble guy. Soft-spoken, yet deliberate, he is often the person in the room who has made the biggest impact on his community both as an activist in Worcester County and as the president of his local support staff union, the Worces­ter County Educational Support Personnel Association. Here’s a short list of […]
Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice

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My Turn: Kyvette Ruffin

I started my journey in the school system as a substitute teacher. I enjoyed it so much that I knew this was what I wanted to do as my career. I have been at George Washington Carver Elementary for the last eight years and it just feels like my second home. This job is rewarding […]
Educator Voice|Professional Practice|Teacher Toolkit

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Teacher's Toolkit: Monifa Tannis

Monifa Tannis is a vibrant 2nd grade teacher at Church Creek Elementary in Harford County. She signs off every email with a quote from the legendary educator Rita Pierson: “Teaching and learning should bring joy!” Click here to watch Pierson’s famous TED Talk, “Every Kid Needs a Champion.” FIND THE JOY IN THE JOURNEY Teaching […]
Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice|Good Trouble

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The Good Trouble Questionnaire: Rachel Hautmann

Rachel Hautmann makes good trouble for the Calvert Association of Educational Support Staff. She works at several locations in her county as a behavior technician and is an MSEA ESP Bill of Rights organizer fighting for a living wage, fairness, and respect through better contracts for all support staff. Rachel took the Good Trouble Questionnaire […]
Pedagogy|Professional Practice|Racial and Social Justice

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Breakthroughs: Be the Educator You Needed

Briana Beulah is a fifth grade teacher at Sandy Hill Elementary School in Dorchester County. She was raised in the county and graduated from North Dorchester High School and Salisbury University. Beulah is the 2023-2024 Dorchester County Teacher of the Year. I grew up in a single-parent household. My mother was superhuman in my eyes […]
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