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Professional Practice|Racial and Social Justice|Teacher Toolkit

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Toolkit: Leirdré Galloway's Focus on Inclusivity and Diversity

What mirrors can I provide? As educators, we are always uplift­ing our children, but nurturing ourselves and each other is just as important. How can I support and uplift the school community? What role can I play and what can I do to uplift and encourage my fellow ed­ucators? What can we do to honor […]
Education Support Professionals

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My Turn: Jackie Shupe

For the last 11 years I have been a bus driver for students with special needs. I first worked in Frederick County for six years, took a break, then started again in November 2007 in Washington County. Fifteen years later, I still love it! I’m a union building rep for transportation, and I have guided […]
Pedagogy|Professional Practice

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Breakthroughs: Authentic Learning and Learning by Doing

Jing Dai is a Chinese teacher at Meade Senior High School. She is the 2021-2022 Anne Arundel County Pub­lic Schools Teacher of the Year, a 2021-2022 Maryland Teacher of the Year finalist, and a 2022 Washington Post Teacher of the Year finalist. Authentic learning is an instruc­tional strategy that connects what students are taught in […]
Legal Questions

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Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to curtail women’s rights and their status as free and equal citizens has far-reaching implications for constitutional interpretation, individual rights, and health care—all issues at the core of social studies, civics, government, and sex education classes. What and how the teacher talks about precedent […]
Elections|Racial and Social Justice

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New Year, New Administration, New Opportunities

The start of 2023 brings a lot of new to public schools in Maryland. Wes Moore’s victory was part of an election where more than 80% of educator-recommended candidates won. We engage in the electoral process to impact policy and deliver the supports and resources needed to every classroom in the state. At 12:01 p.m. […]
Education Support Professionals|Elections|School Funding

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What's Next

Wow. What a year. Emerging into what we can optimistically call a post-pandemic world has been busy and exhausting for educators. Addressing remediation, the overwhelming educator shortage that has reached every job category in our schools and worksites, and the vicious attacks on a fair and honest public education has exhausted many of us. We […]
Education Support Professionals

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2022 ESP of the Year Sherry Mayne

MSEA’s Education Support Profes­sional of the Year Sherry Mayne gets it. Everyone wants to be seen, to be recognized, and to be heard. In her position as school security assistant at Century High School in Carroll County, she gets to be many things to many students, but maybe the most important is being a friendly […]
Professional Practice|Teacher Toolkit

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Toolkit: Staci Lamb's Creative Wonderland

Meet Staci Lamb, a high school language arts teacher at Elkton High School in Cecil County. Staci’s classroom is completely transformed into a lush Wonderland with cozy tables and chairs instead of traditional desks and floor to ceiling wallpapers adding texture and depth to her teaching space. Her Wonderland follows a Harry Potter-themed classroom you […]
Education Support Professionals

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My Turn: Rafael Garcia

I’ve been a special education instruc­tors assistant for the past few school years at Tuscarora Elementary School in Frederick County. Before this, I was in the service as a hospital corpsman with the United States Navy. When I left the service, I went into law enforcement as a deputy sheriff in my hometown in Virginia. […]
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