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Build Skills, Build Power: Leadership and Professional Development

MSEA offers members opportunities to grow as union activists and employees through a variety of programs, workshops, and trainings. Professional development resources range from in-person, virtual, self-paced, and webinar events on frontline education issues. Leadership development includes skill-building and empowerment to support union values. Through workshops, trainings, and conferences, MSEA provides members—from early career to […]
Early Career Educators

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Aspiring Educators Deserve Paid Internships

The teacher shortage is affect­ing the whole of education—teach­ing and learning for students and educators, building quality relationships with students and parents, class sizes, opportu­nities for differentiation so that all students are reached, behavioral challenges, and more. Declines in teacher prep programs are a nationwide emergency. MSEA believes that one answer to improving teacher recruitment […]
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 […]
Educator Voice

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Educators Have Strong Voice in Moore Transition

THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS Moore’s Staff, Transition Committee Selections Include Educator Allies The Moore Administration has announced a diverse list of staff and transition team leaders that include a number of pro-public education advocates. Governor-elect Moore chose House Majority Leader Eric Luedtke (D-Montgomery) to be his Chief Legislative Officer. Luedtke is an associate clinical professor […]
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