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Student Poverty? Class Size? We’re On It.

This is our moment — if we are to be successful in our work influencing the recommendations of the commission to right the $3 billion annual funding deficit that our schools face, we need to educate each other, our communities, and our representatives in Annapolis. Meet Liz, Ronnie, Dwayne, Betty, Jeff, and Vernon — six MSEA activists who are […]
Legal Questions

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Bargaining Your Contract — Your Right and Duty

In Maryland, education employees work under their negotiated contracts, which are written jointly by their union and board of education. At the bargaining table, teams from each side discuss and debate employee and employer issues and concerns that affect both sides. The outcome of the negotiations become the conditions that make up your daily work […]
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 […]
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