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Toolkit: Washington County Pre-K Educator Melissa Andrews

“When we add puppets into play-based learning, the child uses role-playing strategies as a way to communicate with their peers. It also allows them to practice using reflective listening as a way of seeking to understand and confirm their point of view.” — Melissa Andrews, a pre-k teacher at Old Forge Elementary School in Washington County PUPPETS […]
School Funding

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School Funding: We’ve Got to Push — and Push Hard — to Reach Our Goal

We’ve taken the first important steps to end the underfunding of our schools. This year, we need a powerful commitment from legislators to take the next steps. The Kirwan Commission on school funding has set a goal of phasing in a $3.8 billion increase in new, annual education funding over the next 10 years. While […]
Legal Questions

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Tax Relief for Educators!

Last year, the General Assembly passed a new tax law for educators, allowing for a state income tax subtraction modification of up to $250 for unreimbursed classroom supplies that are purchased by educators. This is the first year that you can take advantage of this new law — keep an eye out for it when you file […]
School Funding

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Take Action Now: The Stakes Are High

Right now, our schools are underfunded by $2.9 billion annually — that’s an average of $2 million in every school in Maryland. It’s time to raise our voices and end the underfunding of our schools. Students, educators, and schools deserve better. WITH YOUR HELP, HERE’S WHAT WE CAN WIN Policymakers in Annapolis are talking about a number of […]
Education Support Professionals

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My Turn: Aisling Elgesem

Aisling Elgesem, paraeducator, Beach Elementary, Calvert County. “Giving 110% to the students and staff I work with is never a question but being able to continue to do it without a living wage sadly is.” — Aisling Elgesem, paraeducator, Beach Elementary, Calvert County I’ve been working with kids since I was 15 and got my first job in a […]
Racial and Social Justice

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Explore Personal Bias with a Free Online Assessment

This year MSEA’s partnership with the non-profit First Book offers resources to help educators understand and learn how to address the unconscious bias we all carry, plus classroom resources to explore cultures and heighten awareness and tolerance. These resources follow last year’s focus on social-emotional learning and the important, free Trauma Toolkit, the most downloaded […]
Union Updates

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Tax Relief for Educators!

Last year, the General Assembly passed a new tax law for educators, allowing for a state income tax subtraction modification of up to $250 for unreimbursed classroom supplies that are purchased by educators. This is the first year that you can take advantage of this new law — keep an eye out for it when you file […]
Pedagogy

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A Case for Community Schools

“Community schools fling open the doors of the schoolhouse and invite others in.” — Jill Savage Jill Savage, LCSW-C, is a community school coordinator at Lansdowne High School and Baltimore Highlands Elementary in Baltimore County. Her experience includes having been a school social worker in the Lansdowne area since 2002. Just months before I was hired to be […]
Opportunity Gaps

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5 Ways You Can Help Stop Student Hunger

  School breakfasts are already on the menu in most Maryland schools, but it’s still important to share information about nutrition with students and families during National School Breakfast Week (NSBW), March 4–8. 1. Don’t miss coloring books, fliers, and more from the School Nutrition Association (SNA) to promote good nutrition with students and families. […]
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