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Union Updates

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It’s Like a Gym Membership. You Gotta Use Your Union Card to Get the Rewards.

BE A PLAYER. You know what’s working and what isn’t. Change happens through a powerful voice. Get in the game. · Ask questions — find out who the players are. Click here to see MSEA’s Board of Directors. Click here to visit your local website. · Make your move. Check your local or MSEA calendar. Attend a […]
Education Support Professionals

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ESPs Organize for Unity and Strength

  Terry Johnson is a school nurse at Deerfield Elementary School in Harford County. “As a leader, I’m trying to get people involved in the issues that we see need changing,” said nurse Terry Johnson. With the data from two focus groups behind them, Harford County’s public school nurses are working hard to build numbers and strength. […]
Early Career Educators

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Gen-Nexters in the Classroom

In Finland, a primary teacher must study at a university for five or six years in a program that includes not only pedagogy, but units on neuroscience, curriculum theories, and research methods. They must then take a clinical practical training at the university’s teacher training school. In Singapore, every new teacher is assigned a master […]
Teacher Toolkit

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Musicians Ready? One, Two, Three, Four…

BATON I see my baton as my magical wand. I control and manipulate tempo, stylistic approaches, dynamics, and the start and ending of a musical phrase. 2. TRUMPET I play my trumpets to model and play along with my students. I often play the music myself to determine difficulty and feasibility for the students. 3. CONDUCTOR SCORES I follow the […]
Early Career Educators

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They Say You’ll Be Gone after Three Years. Don’t Go Yet.

Not only do new teachers deserve more and better support so they can succeed and thrive in the classroom, but students benefit from teacher stability, experience, and quality — which often go hand-in-hand. It’s costly situation. Richard Ingersoll, a University of Pennsylvania professor and leading researcher on teacher turnover, estimates that this rate of turnover costs school […]
Education Support Professionals

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Tech Expert Connects in Real Time with K-5 Students in Anne Arundel County

My first day on the job was the first time in my life when I felt complete. At the end of every work day, I feel like a superhero to both students and teachers. They respond really well to the help I give them. Since I’m a younger employee in the school, I’ve discovered that […]
Education Support Professionals

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“Don’t Bring Me Problems, Bring Me Solutions.”

  “Don’t bring me problems, bring me solutions.” That’s the staff motto of Cambridge South Dorchester High School campus engineer André Beulah and his team of engineering and custodial staff. Beulah was awarded ESP of the Year in October at the 2016 MSEA Convention in front of more than 675 delegates from across the state. […]
Early Career Educators

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Building Warm and Cozy Relationships with Parents

In a Reddit thread dubbed “When Parents Blame You,” one teacher-user commented, “I don’t blame the parents. They are usually super stressed out. [I’ve] had parents go from irate to crying in 20 minutes. As soon as I can identify the underlying fear and address that directly, we can get on the same page and […]
Pedagogy

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What Happens When You Flip Your Classroom?

  Photo: Stephen Cherry Photography Samir Paul teaches computer science in Montgomery County where he was named 2016’s Rising Star Teacher of the Year. He is also co-chair of the the Montgomery County Education Association Government Relations Committee. The idea of a flipped classroom is simple enough: record (or curate) video lectures to shift direct […]
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