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A Word from the Legal Team on Online Threats

There is a much under-used provision of the law when it comes to online threats made by students. While it only applies in situations where there is a threat of bodily harm, it applies to threats made online, in email, or on social media. MSEA’s legal team increasingly receives complaints of students sending emails, creating […]
Early Career Educators

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MSEA’s New Praxis Core Program

  MSEA’s Praxis Core Prep — Apply Today! MSEA’s Praxis Core Prep (MPCP) is MSEA’s newest program supporting aspiring educators. Praxis Core Prep focuses on the important need for us to support, recruit, and retain educators of color and build a stronger, more diverse profes­sion to meet the needs of every student in Maryland. We know that as […]
Pedagogy

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Breakthroughs: Using Data to Target Student Growth

St. Mary’s County educator Bernadette Scheetz is a National Board Certified Teacher in Early Adolescence Mathematics. In 2012–2013, she was the county’s Teacher of the Year and a finalist for Maryland Teacher of the Year. She taught middle school mathematics for 12 years before returning to the elementary level. She is currently a math and […]
School Funding

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MSEA’s Blueprint Forums

Educators, the public, and elected community and state leaders gathered together at community forums across the state this fall to learn how the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future and Kirwan commission recommendations will make a difference for every student. Getting the word out about the game-changing opportunities of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future and the need […]
Education Support Professionals

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David Pickens Is MSEA’s ESP of the Year

ESP of the Year David Pickens with Helen Wilkerson, president, Secretaries and Assistants Association of Anne Arundel County (SAAAAC), and Debbie Schaefer, chair, MSEA’s ESP Organizing Committee. “Regardless of your status, your title, or where you are on a pay scale, you indeed are priceless and vital to the development of young people.” — David Pickens, MSEA […]
School Funding

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Cheryl Bost: Join Me to Fight for Our Schools

MSEA President Cheryl Bost Note Thursday, November 21, 2019 as a historic day for public education in Maryland. That’s when the Kirwan Commission voted 19–3 to send their recommendations, including new funding formulas, to the General Assembly. Brit Kirwan, the chair and namesake of the commission, described the recommendations as, “It’s not perfect, but it’s damn […]
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Inside MSEA with David Helfman

MSEA Executive Director David Helfman After more than three years of service on the Kirwan Commission, filled with several dozen full commission and work group meetings, public hearings, and hours of preparation and talking with MSEA members and leaders about commission proposals, I recently cast my final vote as a commission member. In a 19–3 vote, […]
Education Support Professionals

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My Turn: Jameyra Finney

It’s not often that people work at a job they truly love — but I do. I work as a special education instructional assistant, assisting teachers and working one-on-one with students in pre-k through fifth grade. I started working in the school system as a substitute where my former principal saw my passion and dedication and offered […]
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New Education Law Aims to Keep Students and Educators Safe

“Our jobs are to educate our students in a safe, healthy environment,” said MSEA President Cheryl Bost. “This new law regarding sexual misconduct is intended to add a protective layer to the hiring process to safeguard students’ well-being.” The Law The law*, which went into effect July 1, 2019, requires an applicant for a position […]
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