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Pathways to Educator Licensure

Confused about the new changes and pathways to licensure? Newly created MSEA explainers break down the 2024 legislation and regulations that expand pathways to certification and changes in licensure. The briefs, provided by MSEA’s Center for Policy and Practice (CEPP), show the changes in COMAR’s formal education licensure language, what’s changed, what’s required in different […]
Professional Practice|Teacher Toolkit

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Teacher's Toolkit: Media Specialist Ali Schilpp, Garrett County Media Specialist

Meet media specialist Ali Schilpp, the media specialist at Northern Garrett Middle School in Garrett County. She’s also a National Board Certified teacher librarian and the 2023-24 county teacher of the year. She’s a member of the Garrett County Education Association. MY MISSION The library is the largest classroom in the school and strives to […]
Educator Voice|Professional Practice|Teacher Toolkit

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Teacher's Toolkit: Tenisha Newman, Baltimore County English Teacher

Tenisha Newman is a first-generation college graduate and a 9th grade English teacher at Catonsville High School in Baltimore County. She’s a member of the Teachers Association of Baltimore County. REPRESENTATION MATTERS When I was a student in my high school, I realized that many of our texts did not hold representation of different minority […]
Educator Voice|Pedagogy|Professional Practice

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Breakthroughs: My Work Is My Joy

Dominique Bivins is a special education resource teacher at District Heights Elementary School and holds a dual bachelor’s degree in special and elementary education and a master’s in special education. She has been teaching for 23 years Teaching and learning are a big family legacy. I am the daughter and mother of teachers, as well […]
Educator Voice|Professional Practice|Teacher Toolkit

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Teacher's Toolkit: Mary Kay Connerton, Anne Arundel County Wellness Educator

Mary Kay Connerton is the wellness coordinator at Annapolis High School and the 2023-2024 Maryland Teacher of the Year. She’s a member of the Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County. Her commitment to student wellness is a passion she is sharing throughout her county and in conversations with elected leaders and decision-makers. WELLNESS FOR EVERYONE […]
Educator Voice|Professional Practice

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Breakthroughs: Together We Are Better, Stronger, Wiser

Erica McAndrew is the 2022-2023 Carroll County Teacher of the Year and a first-grade teacher at Spring Garden Elementary, where she has taught for 29 years. She has her masters in elementary math leadership and had her thesis published about her passion, math and children’s literature. Over the last 29 years, the profession of teaching […]
Educator Voice|Professional Practice|Union Updates

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MSEA Members Receive Year-Long NEA Foundation Fellowships

The NEA Foundation is philanthropic organization that supports educators through the Global Learning Fellowship program (GLF) and its Learning and Leadership, Student Success, Envision Equity, and many other subject-specific and inquiry-based grants. The GLF is the NEA Foundation’s signature investment in educators’ global learning, collaboration, and leadership with a year-long program designed to enhance educators’ […]
Professional Practice|Union Updates

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MSEA's Professional Learning Portal: mseaportal.org
Educator Voice|Professional Practice|Teacher Toolkit

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Teacher's Toolkit: Monifa Tannis

Monifa Tannis is a vibrant 2nd grade teacher at Church Creek Elementary in Harford County. She signs off every email with a quote from the legendary educator Rita Pierson: “Teaching and learning should bring joy!” Click here to watch Pierson’s famous TED Talk, “Every Kid Needs a Champion.” FIND THE JOY IN THE JOURNEY Teaching […]
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