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3 Questions: Gina Miller, Montgomery County English Teacher

Clarksburg High School English teacher Gina Miller understands how kids learn. Her English class field trips bring to life Shakespeare’s timeless themes and familiar complicated relationships. You received a $5,000 NEA Foundation grant to take 150 ninth-grade students to a live production of Romeo and Juliet. How was the application process and timeline? I began […]
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How I Teach: Phenomena-Based Storylines and Sparking Curiosity

Noel Paulleris a biology teacher currently teaching for Anne Arundel County Public Schools with over 20 years of teaching experience in Minnesota, North Carolina, and Maryland. He is a National Board Certified teacher, YouTube educator, and creator of the Lab Hamster Storylines for AP Biology. After turning down opportunities to teach the course earlier in […]
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3 Questions: Harford County Music Teacher Katie Ford

What does beekeeping have to do with teaching and public education? Turns out there are plenty of parallels to draw between the two. Just ask Katie Ford, a music teacher at Harford Academy, which serves students ages 3-21 with IEPs and whose intellectual needs significantly impact how they comprehend and communicate information. How long into […]
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How I Teach

Yvette Thomasson, EdD, LCPC, is a first-generation college graduate serving Prince George’s County Public Schools as a licensed professional school counselor and mentor to new teachers through the county’s monthly PEIP 2.0 sessions. She is the creator of the NeuroSEL Method™, a framework that integrates social-emotional learning with practices supporting the brain’s natural well-being responses. […]
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Professional and Leadership Development at MSEA

Through workshops, trainings, and conferences, MSEA provides members—from early career to veteran—valuable resources to help you feel confident and prepared on the job. Offerings range from in-person, virtual, self-paced, and webinar events on frontline issues, including passing Praxis, restorative practices, trauma-informed and culturally responsive education, and many more. Leadership development includes skill-building and empowerment to […]
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Where We Stand on National Board Certification with MSEA President Paul Lemle

I won’t bury the lede: National Board Certification (NBC) is good for us. It’s good for our profession, and it’s great for our students Most teachers know about the Blueprint’s $10,000 salary increase for achieving NBC, along with the additional $7,000 for working in a low-performing school. Both incentives exist in our contracts and in […]
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3 Questions: Danielle Crankfield, 2026 National School Counselor of the Year

Meet Danielle Crankfield, the 2026 National School Counselor of the Year. The first ever honoree from Maryland, one of her notable successes is lifting Black and Latino students into advanced coursework at her Anne Arundel County high school. We are now almost five years from the beginning of the pandemic shutdown. How are you addressing […]
Education Support Professionals|Professional Practice

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Grow Your Own: Support Staff-to-Teacher Programs

In early December, Gov. Moore announced the first round of a $19 million Grow Your Own (GYO) grant program to support education support professionals (ESPs) and non-licensed school staff looking to teach, with a particular encouragement for men to join the teaching profession. This initiative seeks to further reduce teacher vacancies statewide, which have dropped […]
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How I Teach: Robert "Tre" Hickey

Robert “Tre” Hickey is an educator, curriculum designer, and program specialist whose pedagogical philosophy is grounded in the Ubuntu principle of interconnectedness. Inspired by the legacy of Bob Moses and the Algebra Project, he champions math literacy as a fundamental civil right. He teaches math at Montgomery Village Middle School in Montgomery County. My approach […]
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