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Teacher Toolkit

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Toolkit: Tips and Tools for Blended Learning

Alia Knight-Dahl is a Sixth Grade Language Arts Teacher Monocacy Middle School Frederick County. Blended Learning in Action/Hyperdoc Handbook These are my go-to resources for finding and creating rigorous lessons that help students dig deep and work at their own pace in my blended classroom. MobyMax.com A Common Core aligned, complete online curriculum for k–8. […]

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Mitigating the Stress Contagion

A new work-life survey from the American Federation of Teachers and the Badass Teachers Association, a grassroots education activist organization, confirms it — teachers are more stressed out than ever before. USA Today broke it down: “More than half of the educators point out their mental health is an issue: 58% said their mental health was ‘not […]

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Working Together — Allegany County Educators and Community Stakeholders

Photo: Hamtalk.org Educators and community members gathered in Allegany County on November 9 for a discussion about public education sponsored and organized by the Allegany County Education Association. ACEA is a merged local association that represents teachers, services providers, and education support professionals. Led by ACEA, a panel of educators and civic stakeholders — including representatives from […]
Education Support Professionals

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Mary Stein: MSEA’s ESP of the Year

Howard County nurse and community activist Mary Stein is MSEA’s ESP of the Year. “An activist from the heart” is how one endorsement read. Another said, “Her efforts have helped us win countless elections and legislative victories.” And finally, “she is ever vigilant to make sure nurses are treated as the professionals they are.” That’s the […]
Legal Questions

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Overtime and Bargaining Units

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that establishes minimum wage and overtime pay for certain eligible employees. Under FLSA, employees who do not fall within the executive, administrative, and professional category are non-exempt employees who must be paid minimum wage and overtime pay for hours over 40 in a work week. […]
Pedagogy

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Making Blended Learning Work in Your Classroom

Alia Knight-Dahl is a sixth grade language arts teacher at Monocacy Middle School in Frederick County and a member of the Frederick County Teachers Association. She is a member of the Vanguard Leadership Program for technology mentors. Alia is the writer of the blog A. Dahl’s House: The (mis)adventures and musings of your friendly, neighborhood […]
Union Updates

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MSEA Convention 2017: This Is Our Moment

  © Stephen Cherry With 30+ workshops attended by 1,500 educators, a record-breaking PAC drive, and nearly 700 delegates gathered in the assembly hall, MSEA’s annual convention in Ocean City was the one of the biggest and most successful in 20 years. Marking her final year at the podium, President Betty Weller led delegates through the […]
Racial and Social Justice

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Inside MSEA: Leading on Social Justice

MSEA Executive Director David Helfman In November, local presidents, MSEA staff, and the board of directors came together to learn from each other and discuss plans for the coming year. At the meeting, I was particularly struck by the story that Frederick County Teachers Association President Missy Dirks and UniServ Director Nicola van Kuilenburg shared. In […]
School Funding

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550+ Meetings and 10,000+ Educators

What do our students deserve? More than MSEA members responded with better pay, more staff, and increased student services. “This really is our moment, and members are responding to it. Legislators will hear from 73,000 members come January with a strong message of unity and purpose for improving our schools — and they won’t stop hearing from […]
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