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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 […]
Educator Voice|Professional Practice

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Re-Elect Rachel McCusker as the Teacher Voice on the SBOE

When music educator Rachel McCusker joined the State Board of Education (SBOE) in 2020, she was the first member to be elected as the teacher representative, a position long sought by MSEA as essential to bringing the voice and issues of frontline educators to the SBOE. There may have been no better time for the […]
Education Support Professionals

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My Turn: Simona Holland

My passion for teaching began when I was a young girl growing up in Romania. I was inspired by my basketball coach; he was an outstand­ing coach and a better human being. It was his love and passion for coaching that ignited a fire inside of me  to become a teacher and coach. After graduating […]
Legal Questions

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School Employees and Mask Mandates

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, school systems are struggling to keep their doors open for in-person instruction. Critical for doing so is the mask mandate, which was approved by the Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR) Committee on January 5, 2022. The regulations included “off ramps” to at some point potentially remove the requirement if […]
Professional Practice|Racial and Social Justice|School Funding

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ActionLine Special: Q&A with State Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury

Meet new Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Mohammed Choudhury in this special ActionLine interview. Choudhury comes to MSDE from Texas where he was Associate Superintendent and Chief Strategy, Talent, and Innovation Officer in San Antonio and Chief and Director of Transformation and Innovation in Dallas. Grab a cup of coffee and meet this Maryland newcomer […]
Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice

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CAESS in Point: ESPs in Calvert County are Building Power & Winning at the Bargaining Table

Education sup­port profes­sional unions have weathered a long storm since the first days of school closures. Throughout the past almost two years, ESPs across the state and in every job category provided students and staff with safe and healthy schools and worksites, laptops and tech support, meals and clothing for families, and sup­ported virtual learning—and […]
Early Career Educators|Professional Practice|Racial and Social Justice

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2021 Maryland Teacher of the Year: "Teaching is a revolutionary act of love"

Meet Brianna Ross, Maryland’s new Teacher of the Year and a Baltimore County middle school social studies teacher who also serves as her school’s equity liaison and department chair. ActionLine interviewed Brianna recently focusing on the issues of race and inequality and her perspective as a social studies and history teacher. As a middle school […]
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