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ESP’s: Focus on Bargaining As MSEA’s ESP Organizing Committee gets ready to launch the 2026 Bargaining Guide, members are focused on an aggressive push for a $25 minimum starting wage. The new guide, developed by the MSEA ESP Organizing Committee and aligned with the ESP Bill of Rights, will include a uniform member survey that […]
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Professional and Leadership Development at MSEA

Through workshops, trainings, and conferences, MSEA provides members—from early career to veteran—valuable resources to help you feel confident and prepared on the job. Offerings range from in-person, virtual, self-paced, and webinar events on frontline issues, including passing Praxis, restorative practices, trauma-informed and culturally responsive education, and many more. Leadership development includes skill-building and empowerment to […]
Educator Voice

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Little Desks, Big Ideas

Little Desks, Big Ideas is MSEA’s interview series where President Paul Lemle chats up guests whose ideas are as big as the desks are small…and take a look, we mean small! Paul’s made new friends of folks like Teacher of the Year ALonna Soward-Puryear, Baltimore County community school liaison Cortly Witherspoon, One Fair Wage President […]
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Inside MSEA with Sean Johnson: MSEA membership at record levels

This issue of ActionLine highlights what makes our union strong: work that is done with members, by members, and for members. That commitment is not just a value—it is a strategy. And it is driving real, measurable growth. At press time, MSEA has 73,693 active members—an increase of nearly 1,200 members over last year. That […]
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Where We Stand on National Board Certification with MSEA President Paul Lemle

I won’t bury the lede: National Board Certification (NBC) is good for us. It’s good for our profession, and it’s great for our students Most teachers know about the Blueprint’s $10,000 salary increase for achieving NBC, along with the additional $7,000 for working in a low-performing school. Both incentives exist in our contracts and in […]
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A Word from Legal: Stay Neutral When Students Demonstrate

Across Maryland, students are staging walkout demonstrations to protest the Trump Administration. While students have some rights to protest, educators are required to remain neutral and should avoid involvement in the planning or encouragement of walkouts. Educators do not have the same First Amendment protections when it comes to protests during the school day. Avoid […]
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Session Ends with Wins for ESPs, Accountability System, Funding

SINE DIE EDITION Session Ends with Wins for School Accountability, ESP Rights, Better Policy When the confetti concluded the 448th General Assembly session on Monday at midnight educators could celebrate some important new laws and historic firsts. MSEA tracked 417 bills during the session to improve educators’ profession, expand equity for students, and support worker […]
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Worker Rights, Educator Voice, Revised Star System Advance as Session Nears End

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS MSEA Priorities Advance: Worker Rights, Educator Voice, Revised Accountability System Now just days before the legislative session adjourns Sine Die on Monday, much of the legislation that aligns with MSEA’s legislative priorities is a step closer to becoming law. With overall commitments to K-12 public education funding intact, next year’s budget […]
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Bills to Fund Education, Support Educators, on Track after Crossover Deadline

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS House Committee Approves Revised Accountability System; Many MSEA Priorities Crossed Over Monday’s crossover deadline came and went with many of MSEA’s legislative priorities now in position to be passed by the opposite chamber. Legislation that did not get passed by the original chamber and cross over to the opposite chamber by […]
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