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Looking Ahead — Harder Work, Bigger Wins

Our campaign for a Maryland Promise began as a commitment to create equal opportunity in every community for every child in Maryland. We’re halfway to making that promise a reality. Passing the Fix the Fund Act in the 2018 General Assembly, then passing Question 1 on the ballot in November were the two critical first […]
Education Support Professionals

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Jackie Waul: MSEA’s 2018–2019 ESP of the Year

MSEA’s ESP of the Year Jackie Waul at the Calvert County Education Support Professionals Day. When Jackie Waul took the stage at MSEA’s 2018 Representative Assembly in October, more than 600 of her colleagues cheered the modest Calvert County building services employee. Waul was honored for her union activism and her motivation to advance her […]
Education Support Professionals

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My Turn: Lisa Brashears

  Lisa Brashears is a 29-year veteran bus driver for the Frederick County Public Schools. “Without us the system would crumble — children would have no way to get to school, there would be no one to prepare and serve nutritious breakfasts and lunches, and school buildings would be dirty and unsafe.” — Lisa Brashears In1989, I was the mother […]
Legal Questions

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Your Evaluation … “Developing?“ “Ineffective?” Now What?

You’re a tenured teacher with an Advanced Professional Certificate and you’ve just been evaluated as less than effective — which means a designation of either developing or ineffective. It’s time to make some choices. What to Do? You Can: 1. Participate in the development of a Performance Improvement Plan to identify resources and support in the areas identified […]
Teacher Toolkit

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Teachers’ Toolkit: Construction, HVAC, Plumbing, and Welding

Photo © Brion McCarthy Rick Webster, Construction Trades “An advisory committee contact says contractors can’t find people and that they need an influx of new skilled workers. Students can walk away from my program career- or college-ready with a complete skill set ready for a variety of construction trades — carpentry, architecture, project management. The opportunities and benefits […]
Education Support Professionals

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Custodians in Washington County Push Back

  Members Richard Wilhide, Don Gehr, James Bowers, Melonie Boyce, and their colleagues helped prevent the harmful reorganization of the school custodian workforce in Washington County. We “Shook the Bones of the Board Members” For the past nine months, the custodians of the Washington County Education Support Professionals have empowered one another and raised the volume […]
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Defending Public Schools

In the next few months, you’ll be hearing and reading a lot from MSEA and your local about the need to defend the teaching profession and raise our voices for strong schools. With the Kirwan Commission — that’s the Commission for Innovation and Excellence in Education — making its final recommendations for a wholly revamped education funding formula to […]
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Inside MSEA: A New Member Benefits

MSEA Executive Director David Helfman Were you an MSEA member in 2011? If so, you may remember a column I wrote after shifting my personal auto and home insurance from State Farm to the NEA Member Benefits-endorsed California Casualty. I increased my cover­age, dropped my premiums by 32%, and never looked back. I’m still delighted with […]

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Top 10 Moments at the 2018 MSEA Convention

Whether you were in Ocean City and want to relive the highlights or didn’t make it and want to see what you missed, here are some of the top moments from this year’s convention: 1. Cheryl Bost’s First Speech as MSEA President Photo © Stephen Cherry In her first MSEA convention speech as president, Cheryl Bost […]
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