2025 MSEA Convention
Where
4001 Coastal Hwy, Ocean City, MD 21842When
The 2025 MSEA Convention and Representative Assembly (RA) will be held on October 17-18, 2025 at the Ocean City Convention Center in Ocean City, MD.
What Is a Representative Assembly?
If you have ever wondered exactly what it is that delegates do, then click here for a quick overview.
If you are interested in submitting a bylaw amendment for a RA, please use this blank form and this sample bylaw amendment for reference. If you are interested in submitting a resolution, click here to learn more about that process.
The business submission form for delegates to use can be found here.
Delegates can learn more about the types of business that you’ll vote on at the RA in this video:
Convention Workshops
Workshops will be held as part of the convention and are free and only open to members of MSEA. Workshops are professional development opportunities that put members’ knowledge and practice skills front and center. The workshop strands that are planned to be offered at this year’s convention are below. To submit a proposal to present a workshop at this year’s convention, click here.
Building an Instructional Toolkit
Workshops focus on the resources and techniques educators need to engage students and improve academic achievement using practical, tactile, and real-world strategies. Get inspired with content that addresses the challenges you face in your classroom every day.
Community Schools: Authentic Involvement
These workshops explore how to strengthen and sustain authentic community schools that support the whole child. Explore the key elements and strategies that are driving successful community school efforts across the state and beyond. Learn how to build the infrastructure and partnerships needed to ensure that community schools thrive—not just as an administrative model, but as a transformative approach that deeply engages families, caregivers, and the community at every level.
Personal Growth and Empowerment
These workshops encourage personal and professional learning, reflection, and advocacy to make you a stronger, more confident educator. Expect strategies, resources, and expert advice at each session.
Self-Care and Trauma-Aware Classrooms
These are stressful times. Our students need trauma-informed educators now more than ever—learn how you can bring this gift to your classrooms. We can best help our students when we know how to care for ourselves. Learn more about caring for ourselves and supporting students during this difficult time.
Social Justice in Our Schools
These workshops focus on cultivating a culture of equity, safety, and social-emotional learning in the classroom and other education settings. Learn what it means to be an anti-racist educator, to have courageous conversations about race, and to use the power of community to fight racism.
Technology in Our Profession
These workshops will help education professionals get and stay current with technology and how it affects our students and our work.