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Educator Voice|School Funding

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Workload Overload: How Educators Can Combat the Crisis of Class Size, Caseloads, and Workload

As the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future begins the promising—and complicated—process of implementation, public school educators in Maryland, like those in most states, find themselves struggling under the unyielding grind of an ongoing pandemic and all that it leaves in its wake for their students and jobs. Across the country staff shortages are affecting teaching and […]
Racial and Social Justice

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Racial-Social Justice: Building Capacity, Gaining Strength

A New Action Guide for Members MSEA’s new Racial-Social Justice Strategy, Organizing, and Action Resources is an online guide for understanding and addressing institutional and structural racism and systemic discrimination. It answers a need for quality resources and tools that support personal or organizational growth, education, and action related to racial and social justice. “Our […]
Professional Practice|Teacher Toolkit

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Toolkit: English Language Teacher Katie Miller

Katie Miller is an English language teacher and department chair at Tuscarora High School in Frederick County and past president of Maryland TESOL (Teachers of English as a Second Language). She is a member of the Frederick County Teachers Association. COLLABORATION Everyone in the building (and beyond) impacts our students, so we can’t work in […]
Racial and Social Justice

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MSEA’s 37th Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

MSEA welcomed guests to the 37th Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration on January 15 via Zoom with keynote speaker Dr. Henry Louis Gates, member recognitions, and a celebration of student performance and visual art. The theme was: Knowing Our Roots: The Importance of Embracing Our History and Teaching It Truthfully. Dr. Gates is the […]
Educator Voice

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A Message from MSEA President Cheryl Bost

Lately we are witnessing in­creased vitriol directed at school employees and public education—blame, disrespect, and even threats towards edu­cators and unions by people who don’t work in our schools. Everyone wants the pandemic to be over and possibly no group more than educators (and, of course, healthcare workers). We are all experiencing pan­demic fatigue and […]
Educator Voice

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It Should Not Be Illegal to Talk About Class Size

Maryland’s collective bargaining law identifies subjects that are required topics during negotiations, including wages and hours. And it specifically outlines some subjects that are illegal to talk about at the bargaining table, including class size. We believe this can and must change. Even before the pandemic, we saw the impact on student learning and working […]
Educator Voice|School Funding

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Blueprint Programs Advance: Apply Now to Serve on Expert Review Teams

Implementing the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future depends on layers of accountability that include local expert review teams (ERTs) to visit districts. MSEA fought to make sure that educators are included on the ERTs, and now the Maryland State Department of Education has put out a call for educators and administrators to participate. This is the […]
Coronavirus and Schools|Professional Practice

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Safeguarding Virtual Education for Students and Educators

“Protecting the quality and access to public education is essential no matter how a child receives their lessons. While we believe in-person learning is essential for relationship-building, community-building, and the social-emotional growth of students, there may be cases where virtual learning is necessary,” says Cheryl Bost, MSEA president. “In these cases, it is paramount that […]
Education Support Professionals

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2022 NEA ESP National Conference

The 2022 NEA ESP National Conference—Education Support Professionals: Uniting for a Better Future for Our Students, Our Educators, and Our Communities—brings together thousands of support professionals from many varied job categories to grow and strengthen the professional excellence of members through educator-led and student-centered learning experiences. With multiple interactive workshops to choose from over the […]
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