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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 […]
School Funding

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3 Ways the New Kirwan Commission Timeline Can Help

  twitch.tv What do our students deserve? Thousands of MSEA members responded in building meetings with better pay, more staff, and increased student services. The recently announced delay in the final roll-out of the Kirwan Commission’s recommendations, while disappointing, make organizing and power-building all the more important — and MSEA will take full advantage of the new […]

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“Students Need to Be Something Other Than Just a Student.”

© Stephen Cherry The 2017–18 Maryland Teacher of the Year is Josh Carroll, a STEM and English teacher at South River HS and a member of the Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County. ActionLine recently caught up with Josh to learn about what inspires and guides him as a teacher. In your teaching, do you think […]
School Funding

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Betty Weller: We’re Making the Connections on School Funding, Student Services, and Student Success

Betty Weller, MSEA President I’ve been travelling the state over the last month to meet with members and talk about the opportunity we have to improve school funding through the recommendations of the Kirwan Commission. This is a chance to improve the future success of our schools and the resources available to students and educators. […]
Education Support Professionals

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Dwayne Lovett — Paying It Forward One Student at a Time

Since I began my journey in Dorchester schools, it’s been my hope to make a significant impact in our community. When I first began working at North Dorchester High School, I saw students — mostly male — with academic and personal problems. They came to me for advice and encouragement. I was sure other students […]
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