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Inside this Newsette:
- Impasse Checklist
- Bargaining documents
- Get Involved
- School supply drop-off
- Upcoming grants
- Updates
- Benefits
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If you are retiring, here's your opportunity to give back to the educators and students of PGCPS. PGCEA will be allowing members to drop off any classroom supplies for the incoming teachers in the fall.
You can come by: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm.
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Back-to-School Resource Guides |
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These kits include sample social, text, and email copy, graphics, print outs, and more. Any UniServ Director (member organizer, or local leader) can use these templates to enhance their communications with members and potential members.
They've also been broken out into toolkits around specific topic areas:
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WOMEN’S CONCERNS COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP COHORT TRAINING: DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 16TH
MSEA’s NEW Women’s Concerns Committee Leadership Cohort Training focuses on power, purpose, and coalition-building through a year-long leadership development program, providing critical knowledge and skills that will define each participant’s leadership journey as a social justice educator and change agent for quality public education. Training requires attendance at three virtual or in-person trainings and continuous program engagement throughout the year.
DOROTHY LLOYD WRIGHT AWARD: DEADLINE NOVEMBER 1
Take the opportunity to recognize someone in your local association who goes above and beyond. The Dorothy Lloyd Award, sponsored by the MSEA Women's Concerns Committee, is named after the longtime association director of publications. The award honors persons, groups or programs for their accomplishments in the field of girls' and women's rights. Applications for the 2023 Dorothy Lloyd Women's Rights Award are due by 5:00 p.m. November 1, 2022.
For more information and the online application click here!
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CONDITIONAL TEACHERS GET BREAK; STATE BOARD WAIVES CERTIFICATION DEADLINES
The Maryland State Board of Education (SBOE) voted July 26 for a three-year waiver of the regulation governing conditional teachers to help address some of the dire staffing shortages around the state. However, just extra time is not enough, SBOE teacher member Rachel McCusker and MSEA President Cheryl Bost told the board. They urged the board to make sure conditional teachers get mentoring and appropriate support in addition to time to complete requirements for certification.
Maryland districts employed 3,567 conditionally certified teachers during the 2021-2022 school year, double the number employed five years ago. Several hundred of those desperately needed educators were not able to complete all requirements and teach at the same time.
Bost, local superintendents, and State Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury impressed upon the board that staffing shortages have been exacerbated by the pandemic and the time constraints for conditional educators worsen the problem. The SBOE voted to allow local school districts the discretion to extend conditional certificates for up to an additional two years for conditional teachers and resident teachers to meet the requirements to qualify them to stay in the classroom.
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Sign the petition! NEA supports the proposed Title IX Rule to prevent Sex Discrimination and Sex-Based Harassment and we need your help too to tell the Department of Education that you support safe and welcoming learning environments.
NEA and our members know that certain civil rights are non-negotiable: the freedom for educators and students to teach and learn in welcoming and safe environments, to choose whom they will love and marry, when they will try to have a child and a family, and how they will raise their children.
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In solidarity with all educators and students, we ask you to take a moment to contact the Department of Education to support the proposed rules at the link below. |
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Sick Leave Bank Open Enrollment begins on July 1 and will end on September 30. Click here to access the application. Please submit your completed form to sickleavebank@pgcea.org.
*Please Note: If you are currently enrolled in the Sick Leave Bank, you do NOT need to complete another enrollment form.
What is the Sick Leave Bank?
The PGCEA Sick Leave Bank ([Contract Article 19.3]) is a leave system designed for Unit 1 employee’s use for qualifying incapacitating personal illnesses during regularly scheduled duty days.
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Get Valuable Educator Perks Just for Union Members
Whether you’ve joined your education association at the local, state or national level, you belong to the NEA and have access to educator perks through NEA Member Benefits. Watch this video to see how it works.
Why NEA Member Benefits Is Dedicated to Serving Educators
NEA members are at the core of everything we do – from negotiating on your behalf to offer valuable benefits with trusted partners, to supporting your personal needs in each stage of your life and career. Find out more about why you inspire us and how we can help you.
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For immediate mental health assistance:
PGCPS Employee Assistance Program:
By phone: 1-800-346-0110 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Username: PGCPS
Password: PRINCE
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Do you know your UniServ Director?
Our UniServ directors (UD's) are here to assist you with any of your school-based issues or contract compliance needs. To find out which UD is assigned to your school click the button to see their school assignments.
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