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MSEA President Cheryl Bost on Maryland’s New Star Rating System

MSEA President Cheryl Bost On December 4, I sat before the State Board of Education to be sure our voice was heard concerning Maryland’s new star rating system for school accountability. Our position is firm: rating schools doesn’t improve them; educators and parents in their communities do. School accountability only works if educators and parents drive […]
Early Career Educators

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Richard Warren: Maryland’s 2018–2019 Teacher of the Year

  Richard Warren congratulates a student in his STEM class on a stellar rocket launch. Richard Warren’s first period STEM classroom is a group of 8th grade students who usually don’t get to spend much time together. It’s a pilot class that brings together students of different abilities — from severely disabled students with IEPs to gifted and […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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What About My School’s Leaky Roof?

You probably read about students freez­ing in Baltimore City schools when more than one-third of the city’s schools — and students — went without sufficient heat during the cold spell last January. It was a big story that gained national attention. Nine months later, it was the heat wave at the start of the school year with 105 degree […]
Education Support Professionals

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ESPs: Organizing and Negotiating for Success

  Members register at the Calvert County Education Support Professional Development Day in November. Activism like that of the custodians in Washington County, proves that orga­nizing — coming together for the common good — works. It’s the power of a strong voice and collective action that turned the heads of Washington County’s Board of Education. Now custodians are in […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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