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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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2026 General Assembly Wrap Up

MSEA counted wins in every category of its 2026 legislative priorities: protecting public education investments, developing a fairer school rating system, establishing guardrails around technology in the classroom, standing firm against vouchers, reducing the educator shortage, strengthening worker rights, and defending Maryland’s most vulnerable people. Those gains will have real, positive impacts on classrooms, schools, […]
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2026 Read Across America

MSEA leaders and members have been celebrating Read Across America and pro-moting literacy and the joy of books for years. This year, MSEA’s gift collections of 20 brand-new hardcover books were donated to school media centers across the state. MSEA’s program dovetails with NEA’s yearlong Read Across America program and highlights literacy at a time […]
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Local Union Updates

ESP’s: Focus on Bargaining As MSEA’s ESP Organizing Committee gets ready to launch the 2026 Bargaining Guide, members are focused on an aggressive push for a $25 minimum starting wage. The new guide, developed by the MSEA ESP Organizing Committee and aligned with the ESP Bill of Rights, will include a uniform member survey that […]
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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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Little Desks, Big Ideas

Little Desks, Big Ideas is MSEA’s interview series where President Paul Lemle chats up guests whose ideas are as big as the desks are small…and take a look, we mean small! Paul’s made new friends of folks like Teacher of the Year ALonna Soward-Puryear, Baltimore County community school liaison Cortly Witherspoon, One Fair Wage President […]
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Inside MSEA with Sean Johnson: MSEA membership at record levels

This issue of ActionLine highlights what makes our union strong: work that is done with members, by members, and for members. That commitment is not just a value—it is a strategy. And it is driving real, measurable growth. At press time, MSEA has 73,693 active members—an increase of nearly 1,200 members over last year. That […]
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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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A Word from Legal: Stay Neutral When Students Demonstrate

Across Maryland, students are staging walkout demonstrations to protest the Trump Administration. While students have some rights to protest, educators are required to remain neutral and should avoid involvement in the planning or encouragement of walkouts. Educators do not have the same First Amendment protections when it comes to protests during the school day. Avoid […]
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