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MSEA’S PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PORTAL is an on-demand resource for educators dedicated to high-quality, free or discounted coursework, and self-paced professional development opportunities that build policy comprehension, promote cultural responsiveness, and respond to practice changes. Click here to visit the portal now! Inside the portal, you’ll find courses on topics for classroom teachers, instructional assistants, and […]

Clarissa Simmons Cameron is an education activist and a mentor teacher and ESOL chair at Largo High School. She took the Good Trouble Questionnaire for the April 2023 issue of ActionLine. What do you love the most about public schools? Public schools are the heart of the community and a lifeline for many of our […]

Join this session to strengthen your pre-algebra knowledge and skills. This session is a basic primer of pre-algebra designed to be helpful if you are taking any Praxis assessment that covers pre-algebra in some way. This could include Praxis Core, ParaPro, or Math Content Praxis II assessments.

As more and more districts in Maryland require para-professionals and classroom aides to be certified through the ParaPro Assessment (particularly in Title I schools), MSEA members are taking advantage of a new assessment preparation training program especially for education support professionals called ParaPro Prep. ParaPro Assessment Prep is modeled after MSEA’s successful Praxis Prep that […]

Join education support professionals from across the state for a day of professional development that connects all the dots for your professional, union, and personal growth. Twelve sessions support building a stronger union of ESPs in every local in the state—that means more power, more influence, more respect, and more success. Join expert member and […]

Join this session via Zoom to dig in on data analysis. This is the third of three math support sessions for the ParaPro Assessment; the next section covered is reading. We recommend registering for the sessions that support your diagnostic test. Upcoming sessions are on 3/29: Reading – Analyzing Passages and Making Inferences, 4/5: Reading […]

Join this session to strengthen your pre-algebra knowledge and skills. This session is a basic primer for pre-algebra, designed to be helpful if you are taking any Praxis assessment that covers pre-algebra in some way. This could include Praxis Core, ParaPro, or the Math Content Praxis II assessments.

Due to a snafu with the Zoom link for the 1/26 PD Snap, “I Can Do It for ESPs: Getting to Know Your Students/Moving Toward Equity,” the Center for Education Policy and Practice will offer that PD Snap on 2/16 at 6 p.m. See below for details. Getting to know students during the pandemic is […]

As the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future begins the promising—and complicated—process of implementation, public school educators in Maryland, like those in most states, find themselves struggling under the unyielding grind of an ongoing pandemic and all that it leaves in its wake for their students and jobs. Across the country staff shortages are affecting teaching and […]