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We're happy you're here! 2020 Guides for NEW Educators and Support Professionals

If you’re new to your job and MSEA, don’t miss your Welcome to MSEA package! Coming to your home via USPS, you’ll find your new MSEA membership card and a brand new guide filled with PROtips, PROfiles, and PROtools to help you get off to a great start. You are starting your education career at […]
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MSEA’s Summer To-Do List For First- Year Teachers

Breathe…so you can stop stressing! Need help? Here are some tips on stopping the stress! Mitigating the Stress ContagionCompassion fatigue is real, rampant, and often unacknowledged.mseanewsfeed.com Pump the brakes on the Dollar Store! You won’t have a Pinterest-worthy classroom your first year, and that’s definitely okay. Focus on what directly impacts your students’ learning. Of course […]
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MSEA’s New Praxis Core Program

  MSEA’s Praxis Core Prep — Apply Today! MSEA’s Praxis Core Prep (MPCP) is MSEA’s newest program supporting aspiring educators. Praxis Core Prep focuses on the important need for us to support, recruit, and retain educators of color and build a stronger, more diverse profes­sion to meet the needs of every student in Maryland. We know that as […]
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MSEA’s Early Career Educator Summit

“We want you to take pride in the great decision you’ve made to become a teacher,” says MSEA President Cheryl Bost. “And we’re here to support you every step of the way.” Don’t miss MSEA’s Early Career Educator Summit on November 23 in Columbia, to hear from your early career peers about how to make a […]
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MSEA’s Early Career Educator Task Force

Classroom management, creating collegial relationships, establishing rapport with students, communicating with parents, finding a mentor, managing student debt, finding an affordable place to live. Early educators are faced with these tremendous challenges head-on in the first several years of their career. That’s why members Mercedes Barbosa and Michelle Eirhart presented a new business item establishing […]
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Richard Warren: Maryland’s 2018–2019 Teacher of the Year

  Richard Warren congratulates a student in his STEM class on a stellar rocket launch. Richard Warren’s first period STEM classroom is a group of 8th grade students who usually don’t get to spend much time together. It’s a pilot class that brings together students of different abilities — from severely disabled students with IEPs to gifted and […]
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19 Tips for Successful Parent-Teacher Conferences

Photo © NEA When educators can work together with a child’s parents toward common goals, we vastly improve the atmosphere for learning. Remember that most successful teacher-parent teams begin with a conference — usually one conducted before there’s a real need to meet. Good luck! 1. Make contact early. Get your relationship off to a good start by […]
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Preparation Is Everything

Photo © NEA PLAN THE DRIVE TO SCHOOL If you plan to drive to school, drive it at least once during the time of day you will be driving to school. Find the best route and an alternate route in case of a traffic accident. LEARN YOUR WAY AROUND Familiarize yourself with the building. Locate exits, […]
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30 Questions You Should Ask Today

Photo © NEA If you’re in a new school or you’re a first-year teacher, use these questions as a guide to what you’ll need to know about school policies in the coming year: Where and how do I secure supplies (dry erase markers, erasers, paper, etc.)? 2. How do I check out regular and supplemental texts? […]
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