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They Say You’ll Be Gone after Three Years. Don’t Go Yet.

Not only do new teachers deserve more and better support so they can succeed and thrive in the classroom, but students benefit from teacher stability, experience, and quality — which often go hand-in-hand. It’s costly situation. Richard Ingersoll, a University of Pennsylvania professor and leading researcher on teacher turnover, estimates that this rate of turnover costs school […]
Education Support Professionals

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“Don’t Bring Me Problems, Bring Me Solutions.”

  “Don’t bring me problems, bring me solutions.” That’s the staff motto of Cambridge South Dorchester High School campus engineer André Beulah and his team of engineering and custodial staff. Beulah was awarded ESP of the Year in October at the 2016 MSEA Convention in front of more than 675 delegates from across the state. […]
Early Career Educators

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Building Warm and Cozy Relationships with Parents

In a Reddit thread dubbed “When Parents Blame You,” one teacher-user commented, “I don’t blame the parents. They are usually super stressed out. [I’ve] had parents go from irate to crying in 20 minutes. As soon as I can identify the underlying fear and address that directly, we can get on the same page and […]
Education Support Professionals

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ESPs Organize for Unity and Strength

  Terry Johnson is a school nurse at Deerfield Elementary School in Harford County. “As a leader, I’m trying to get people involved in the issues that we see need changing,” said nurse Terry Johnson. With the data from two focus groups behind them, Harford County’s public school nurses are working hard to build numbers and strength. […]
Early Career Educators

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Gen-Nexters in the Classroom

In Finland, a primary teacher must study at a university for five or six years in a program that includes not only pedagogy, but units on neuroscience, curriculum theories, and research methods. They must then take a clinical practical training at the university’s teacher training school. In Singapore, every new teacher is assigned a master […]
Education Support Professionals

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Tech Expert Connects in Real Time with K-5 Students in Anne Arundel County

My first day on the job was the first time in my life when I felt complete. At the end of every work day, I feel like a superhero to both students and teachers. They respond really well to the help I give them. Since I’m a younger employee in the school, I’ve discovered that […]
Pedagogy

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What Happens When You Flip Your Classroom?

  Photo: Stephen Cherry Photography Samir Paul teaches computer science in Montgomery County where he was named 2016’s Rising Star Teacher of the Year. He is also co-chair of the the Montgomery County Education Association Government Relations Committee. The idea of a flipped classroom is simple enough: record (or curate) video lectures to shift direct […]
School Funding

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Gov. Hogan Finally Funded Public Schools. Why? $40 Million in Corporate Welfare.

Credit: Executive Office of the Governor, Steve Kwak THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS Gov. Hogan Finally Agrees to $20 Million for Public Schools (In Exchange for $40 Million in Corporate Welfare) Back in August, Gov. Hogan announced that he would not release $25 million for public schools because of a downturn in state revenue projections caused by […]
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Maryland Is 49th in Teacher Autonomy

That’s a huge problem. Image © 2015 NEA / Moses Mitchell Photography Classroom autonomy for teachers. According to research, it’s correlated with job satisfaction and retention. Unfortunately, in a recent report by the Learning Policy Institute, Maryland was ranked second-lowest in the country — ahead of only Florida — in teacher autonomy, defined as control in selecting textbooks and […]
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