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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 […]
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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 […]
Coronavirus and Schools|Educator Voice

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A Message from MSEA President Cheryl Bost

We just celebrated the 100th anniversary of American Education Week, when we recognize the critical importance of public education. Yet educators across the state don’t feel celebrated, valued, or respected. Educators at all levels and job classifications, whether veteran or new, seem to agree that this is the hardest year they’ve ever had. We are […]
Educator Voice|Elections

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Inside MSEA with Sean Johnson

In Maryland, the election of a new governor to replace term-limited Larry Hogan, the entire General Assembly, and many locally elected leaders is just about 11 months away and we have a big job ahead of us. Not only do we want to make sure every candidate has a strong plan for public education, we […]
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