Professional Practice

Pedagogy|Professional Practice|Racial and Social Justice

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Breakthroughs: Be the Educator You Needed

Briana Beulah is a fifth grade teacher at Sandy Hill Elementary School in Dorchester County. She was raised in the county and graduated from North Dorchester High School and Salisbury University. Beulah is the 2023-2024 Dorchester County Teacher of the Year. I grew up in a single-parent household. My mother was superhuman in my eyes […]
Professional Practice|Union Updates

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New Professional Development Programs from MSEA

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 […]
Educator Voice|Professional Practice|Racial and Social Justice

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The Pocomoke High School Equity Warriors

At Pocomoke High School, a small, diverse school in Worcester County, Principal Jen Rayne makes sure that inclusion and equity are the core values that drive everything they do. “Examining all that we do under a lens of inclusion creates safe spaces, free of discrimination.” The students and staff featured here are speaking up and […]
Educator Voice|Professional Practice|Teacher Toolkit

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Teachers' Toolkit: St. Mary's County's Nathan Swick and Arnold Skinner

Nathan Swick and Arnold Skinner are veteran educators (and friends!) delivering career-making instruction to students at Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center in St. Mary’s County. From the classroom to their maker-space labs, these educators help students find new and exciting ways to develop critical thinking, creative, and collaborative skills and test their […]
Educator Voice|Professional Practice|Racial and Social Justice|Teacher Toolkit

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Teacher's Toolkit: Howard County's Tiffani Peguese

Tiffani Peguese is a Black student achievement liaison at Patuxent Valley Middle School in Howard County and a member of the Howard County Education Association. Using three grants from Howard County’s Horizon Foundation, she helped fund and stock libraries with inclusive and diverse literature. She recently completed a two-year fellowship with the foundation, where she […]
Pedagogy|Professional Practice

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Breakthroughs: Advocating for AP Access for All

Mirta Valdés-Bradner is a 27-year veteran Spanish language teacher at North Caroline High School, the 2022-2023 Caroline County Teacher of the Year, and a National Board Certified Teacher. She is a member of the AP Advocates Program, a cadre of AP teachers who make the case for protecting and expanding AP in their schools and […]
Educator Voice|Professional Practice|Racial and Social Justice|School Funding

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2023 General Assembly: It Feels Great to Be Heard

From the more than 3,000 pieces of legislation introduced this year in Maryland’s General Assembly, MSEA tracked hundreds that addressed MSEA’s legislative priorities passed by the member-led Legislative and Citizenship Committee. The agenda focused on the educator shortage and workload, school safety, strengthening the Blueprint, improving educator voice and workers’ rights, making good on last […]
Professional Practice|Racial and Social Justice

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Read Across America 2023

“I am so happy and proud to represent MSEA today! We are thrilled to donate a wonderful collection of books to libraries like yours to help build the kind of diverse collections we know will make great readers of every stu­dent,” said MSEA President Cheryl Bost to staff and guests at MSEA’s Read Across America […]
Professional Practice|Teacher Toolkit

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Teacher's Toolkit: Charles County Science Teacher Dyanna Finamore

Meet veteran Charles County educator Dyanna Finamore. She’s a science teacher whose energized practice is activating synapses in young students at Mt. Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School. She’s taken her professional growth all the way to Tacoma, Washington and the Neural Education Institute using an NEA Learning and Leadership grant. Now she’s teaching her students new language […]
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