Professional Practice

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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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