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Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice|School Funding

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Strong Pushback to Funding Cuts for Community Schools, Support for Students

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS School Funding Defended in Hearings on Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act On Wednesday, a packed room of educators, students, parents, superintendents, school board members, and members of the public implored delegates and senators of four legislative committees to protect school funding, particularly for community schools, students in poverty, and multilingual […]
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Educators Talk Directly to Lawmakers to Improve Safety, Salaries, Voice

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Lobby Night Supports Educator Safety, ESP Salaries and Seat on State Board Roughly 150 education support professionals (ESPs) from across the state fanned out to legislators’ Annapolis offices on Monday to engage with lawmakers on the need to vote for legislation that would improve school safety, secure living wages, and increase […]
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ESP Lobby Night to Push for Laws to Improve Safety, Salaries, and Voice

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Education Support Professional Lobby Night Set to Advocate for ESP Safety, Salaries, Seat on State Board On Monday education support professionals (ESPs) from across the state will attend MSEA’s annual ESP lobby night so education support professionals can personally engage with lawmakers on the need to improve school safety, secure living […]
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Educator and Student Safety Key in Policy Proposals

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Public Employee Safety and Health Act Addresses Educators’ Workplace Concerns MSEA President Paul Lemle advocated for greater workplace safety for educators on Wednesday in the Senate Finance Committee, testifying in support of the Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act, Senate Bill 26. It would establish a unit in the […]
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Building a Stronger Union: Administrators, Supervisors, and Higher Ed Faculty Join MSEA

MSEA members and staff are busy helping educators unionize for power and the ability to improve their jobs through collective action. Since the law passed in 2021 allowing community college faculty to unionize, combined with the recent growth of administrators and supervisors unions, these new members are flexing their power for better working conditions, pay, […]
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ESP Priorities Front and Center

The General Assembly session is in full swing and debates about fair tax reform, budget cuts, and Blueprint adjustments are part of many headlines. MSEA’s commitment to education support professionals is front and center in our legislative advocacy, collective bargaining strategy, and organizing focus. First, as it relates to the legislature, MSEA will continue to […]
Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice

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My Turn: Special Ed Clerical Carly Cole

Carly Cole is a special ed clerical employee at Friendship Valley Elementary School in Carroll County. With union membership a family value and tradition, she’s embraced the opportunity to contribute and lead in her local, the Carroll Association of School Employees. Her husband, Brad Cole, is a special educator at Friendship Valley and her children […]
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Where We Stand with MSEA President Paul Lemle

Many Americans love to pay taxes. For my students in government class, we tackled it as a more complicated question—what benefits and services do we receive, and who pays for them? That becomes an especially pressing question when we see so many big businesses and wealthy individuals take home unimaginable profits while for many of […]
Educator Voice|Pedagogy|Professional Practice

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Breakthroughs: Creating Opportunities to Build My Practice through Travel

Josie Perry is a National Board Certified teacher in Social Studies-History. She teaches AP Human Geography and Honors United States History at Rising Sun High School in Cecil County. Note: ActionLine reached out to Josie Perry, featured in our December issue, to follow up on her recent trip to Europe as a teaching fellow for […]
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