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Cheryl Bost: A Big Year Ahead

MSEA President Cheryl Bost The United State’s Women’s National Team dominated the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup and won their fourth World Cup, becoming only the second nation to defend their title. As young girls, these athletes worked on their soccer skills day and night, persevered through injuries, sacrificed time with friends and family, and traveled […]
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Family Medical Leave Act: New Progress for ESP Coverage

WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Employees who have worked for the board of education for at least 12 months and at least 1,250 hours over the past 12 months. A 10-month certificated employee who has worked full-time during the school year will qualify for benefits under FMLA on the first day of work of their second year […]
School Funding

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MSEA’s Ad Campaign

As a new school year begins and the General Assembly prepares to revise the state’s public school funding formula for the first time in 20 years, MSEA’s three-week ad campaign, which runs September 23 — October 13, and new public polling illustrate what educators already know — there are undeniable positive effects associated with increasing school funding. The ads […]
Union Updates

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2019 MSEA Convention

Join us at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean City October 18–19 for MSEA’s 152nd Convention — two days of workshops and exhibits plus our annual Representative Assembly where delegates gather to do the work of the association. MSEA Convention FAQs. Bonus: MSEA Takes Over Seacrets — one of Ocean City’s favorite nightclubs on Friday night! Contact […]
Professional Practice

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What’s Play Good For? PLENTY!

Here are just some of the benefits of more outdoor time and play: Better school performance Time spent in nature and increased fitness improves cognitive function. More creativity Outdoor play uses and nurtures the imagination and encourages collaboration. Much higher levels of fitness Kids are more active when they are outdoors. More friends Children who […]
Racial and Social Justice

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Promoting Respect and Empathy

You can set the stage for a caring classroom in the 2019–2020 school year with help from another great toolkit from MSEA’s partnership with First Book. The new Promoting Respect and Empathy: A Toolkit for Educators of All Grades includes more than 20 activities from educators to help build more of the valuable social skills students need. You […]
Discipline-Related Issues

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The Power of Play

  Special contributor and Jedi Chad Pavlekovich is a STEM science teacher in Wicomico County. Pavlekovich has an outdoor garden at school where they grow a large amount of produce. It’s well documented that young children have a curiosity that rivals even the best scientists and innovators, yet we quash this trait with heavily structured test-driven […]
Racial and Social Justice

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Black Girls and Discipline

In the mountains of research about school discipline, there’s one group of students that has only recently begun to receive the attention it deserves. That group is Black girls. According to the National Black Women’s Justice Institute analysis of Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Data from 2015–2016, Black girls are seven times more […]
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Getting the Blueprint Right Means …

Cecil County educators rallied at a county budget hearing to call for the school funding they need to serve their students. With $1.1 billion in new funding from the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future bill headed to local school systems in the next three years — and possibly more on the way after the 2020 General Assembly rewrites […]
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