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Early Career Educators|Professional Practice

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New! Best Practice Wednesdays and Praxis Prep

MSEA PD News and Updates MSEA’s new Center for Education Policy and Practice (CEPP) is ready to help you grow in your profession! CEPP’s mission is to provide policy guidance and professional development on issues like building your instructional toolkit, supporting you through National Board Certification, training on racial and social justice, and skill-building for […]
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Short Takes: New Blueprint Explainers, the AIB, Pension News

The Blueprint and Accountability Have you seen reforms come and go and wondered, “What just happened? Where did all that money go? I thought it was supposed to …” If so, the architects of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future heard you. Built into the Blueprint is the Accountability and Implementation Board (AIB)—an independent seven-member group […]
Pedagogy|Professional Practice

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Breakthroughs: The Power of Self-Guided Professional Development

Jossie Perry is a National Board Certified teacher in Social Studies-History and a 2022 NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellow. She teaches contemporary world studies and AP human geography at Rising Sun High School in Cecil County. When we give our students choice in how they learn, we see more engagement and more ownership of their […]
Professional Practice|School Funding

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Inside MSEA: The Blueprint is Here!

With the start of the new school year, we officially kick off the implementation of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future — everything from a new funding formula and the expansion of pre-K and community schools, to the exciting changes in high school to meet the new college and career ready standards, and the initial salary […]
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Vaccines and the Law

While everyone had hoped for a return to business as normal with the availability of vaccines, those wishes have been derailed by the fast-spreading Delta variant. Boards of education have once again been forced to ponder how to keep returning employees and students safe while conducting in-person instruction. Many private employers with at-will employees have […]
Coronavirus and Schools|School Funding

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Progress Made on Safety Measures, Blueprint Accountability

THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS MSEA Pushes State School Board to Enact Emergency Mask Regulation to Support Safe In-Person Education MSEA celebrated a victory for safe and sustainable in-person education when a statewide mask mandate for schools was approved by the General Assembly’s Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR) Committee on September 14. MSEA President Cheryl […]
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Blueprint Accountability Advances; Hogan Stalls Mask Mandate

THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS AIB Nominees Selected for Governor Have “Great Expertise” to Lead, Bost Says The next critical step in implementing the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future can be taken now that the Accountability and Implementation Board (AIB) Nominating Committee has its slate of nine candidates for the AIB. Gov. Hogan will appoint seven from […]
Coronavirus and Schools|School Funding

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Focusing on Recovery, Safety for the New School Year

THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS MSEA Sits at Committee Table Preparing for Blueprint Accountability and Implementation At its first meeting on July 8, the Accountability and Implementation Board (AIB) Nominating Committee began its work to select the slate of candidates to fill the AIB, which will have long-term oversight of the statewide implementation of the Blueprint […]
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MSEA Raises Voice in Blueprint Accountability; Transformative Education Funding in Action

THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS 200th Edition of Up the Street As this 200th edition of Up the Street goes to press, it’s an opportunity to reflect on the importance of communicating legislative information and building a network of readers and activists who can use that information to improve outcomes for their profession, students, families, and […]
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