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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. […]
Early Career Educators|Educator Voice

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The Good Trouble Questionnaire: Aspiring Educator Jailyn Bridgeforth

Welcome to MSEA’s new Good Trouble Questionnaire where we ask member-activists why they do what they do for public education and the causes they believe in. In this issue, MSEA Aspiring Educator Jailyn Bridgeforth takes the questionnaire. What do you love the most in our public schools? That public schools are for every child everywhere. […]
Elections|Union Updates

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A Message from President Cheryl Bost

Your work matters so much to so many people. Our communities are stronger thanks to your effort, ideas, and commitment day in and day out. Thank you for all that you do. We all know that these are tough times to be in education. From politicized attacks on what we do, what we teach, and […]
Pedagogy

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Breakthroughs: An Insight into Essential Questions

Nicholas Amick is the 2021-2022 Allegany County Teacher of the Year. He teaches English language arts to ninth graders, coordinates his high school’s year­book and student government program, and somehow has 80% of his bed taken up by an anxious 18 lb. Pekingese pup. The term “essential question” can elicit more groans than you can […]
Education Support Professionals

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Organizing for an ESP Bill of Rights

SEEKING RESPECT & RECOGNITION There’s an exciting buzz in the air at educator unions across Maryland and it’s about the fight for respect and recognition for all ESPs. Right now, education support professionals (ESPs) are organizing to build presence, strength, and power in a campaign focused on a bill of rights that defines the is­sues […]
Educator Voice|Elections

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Jessica Fitzwater for Frederick County Executive

Jessica Fitzwater keeps long days. She’s a second-generation educator, two-term Frederick County Council member, a mother of two young children, and now the Democratic Party’s candidate in the race for county executive of fast-growing Frederick County. Throughout her career as an elementary music teacher, she’s made her mark on her local Frederick County Teachers Association […]
Elections

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This Election Really Is That Important

It’s a fraught time. Books banned from classrooms. Educators targeted for curriculum or lessons. Name calling in schools. Voter suppression at the polls. It’s happening here in Maryland and across the country. The only answer— the proven answer—is exercising our right to vote. Vote good candidates in. Keep the bad ones out. You know who […]
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