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David Trone for U.S. Senate

With Senator Ben Cardin retiring, Marylanders will elect a new U.S. senator in November 2024 for the first time since Sen. Chris Van Hollen was elected to his first term in 2016. At the 2023 MSEA Fall Representative Assembly, delegates from across the state voted to recommend Rep. David Trone (D-6th) to NEA for endorsement. […]
Educator Voice|School Funding|Union Updates

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Inside MSEA with Sean Johnson: See you in Annapolis

This issue of ActionLine includes a summary of key initiatives that will be part of MSEA’s legislative program during the upcoming General Assembly session. There is a lot of power in having MSEA lobbyists working for you while you are working for students. But that power is best realized when your voice is part of […]
Educator Voice|Union Updates

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A Message from Cheryl Bost: Our Lives Are Overly Scheduled!

Whether you’re working to meet job expectations, family expectations, or just adulting in general, do you, like me, check your calendar to know where you’re supposed to be when? Do you feel like you’re on a hamster wheel and you can’t get off because…if you don’t do the work, who will? When someone tells you […]
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 […]
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