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Hard Work. Big Wins.

Question 1, the Fix the Fund ballot measure championed by MSEA, passed with 89% of the vote — the widest margin of any ballot measure in 24 years! Marylanders were so well-informed about the ballot question that it earned more votes than any other candidate or measure on the entire ballot despite being nearly the […]

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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 In 1989, I was the mother […]
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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 […]
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 […]
School Funding

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Inside MSEA: Showing Our Commitment

MSEA Executive Director David Helfman Educators are committed to their students — it’s almost always the reason they stay in the profession. In fact, our recent survey findings show that more than 9 in 10 educators buy school supplies for their classrooms, and about 4 in 10 are accumulating debt just to stay in the profession they love, […]
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