Dorchester Educators

09/27/2026

Also this weekend, some of our 🍎 officers from the executive board attended the Local Officers Advance. President Melissa Ray, Education Support Professional Vice President Deanna Green, and Secretary Crystal Cephas learned about how to better support and increase ⬆️ membership along with collective bargaining tactics.

Want to attend more PDs? What about different events that DE and MSEA offer? Check out the calendar or ask your building representative about what’s going on this month!

09/27/2026

Who shows up? 👀 Dorchester Educators show up! This weekend some of our Dorchester Educators 🍎 attended the Minority/Women’s Leadership training. Yesterday, members Kastine Farmer, Hydeia Green-Thomas, Leslie Payton, Karen Hopkins, Carla Palmer-Berdaux, and Shay Lewis-Sisco engaged with the Theory of Change while also 🧐 learning about implicit and explicit biases.

There are many other ways your dues can work for you! Go to dorchestereducators.org or marylandeducators.org under the events and calendar to find out about trainings, PDs and other ways to get involved!

09/25/2026

Please plan on attending. You can receive five PDP at no cost!

This year, MSEA’s Convention workshops will feature two days of exciting and rewarding professional development experiences! Workshops are professional development opportunities that put members’ knowledge and practice skills front and center. With workshops covering classroom strategies, educat...

09/13/2026

The seasons are changing, and the good season of 🍂 Autumn is creeping in! Something the Dorchester Educators look forward to going to during fall is the MSEA convention in 🏖️ Ocean City, MD!

Have you checked 👀 out the workshops this year? Part of your membership to DE means that you a member are able to participate in the 🎉 events and 🧑‍🏫 professional developments from MSEA! In other words 👏 GET 👏 THOSE 👏 PDPS 👏! Check out the link below to see what workshops you want to attend!

This year, MSEA’s Convention workshops will feature two days of exciting and rewarding professional development experiences! Workshops are professional development opportunities that put members’ knowledge and practice skills front and center. With workshops covering classroom strategies, educat...

08/27/2026

BINGO, BINGO, BINGO 😂 our 🍎 Dorchester educators have been hard at work since school has been back and it’s only been the first three days! Fill out your bingo card and share with your work bestie, check in on the ESPs and the other licensed educators in your building to see how their first days are going. We got this DCPS 💪 because we are stronger together! 🫶👏

🍎 Teacher check-in: How many of these have you already done this school year? Tell us in the comments!

08/27/2026

08/23/2026

As tomorrow is the first day of school for DCPS, we cannot forget to wish our 🎉 scholarship winners 🎉 a wonderful semester ahead of them! Congratulations again to our high school scholarship winners:

Zachary Bozman 🖤💛
Alyssa Thompson ♥️💛

And our Education Support Professional scholarship winner:

Nicole Higgins ♥️💛

Do you have a high school senior, or do you work in DCPS and want to become a licensed educator? Be on the look out for our 💰 scholarship application from your school counselor or building leader 👀

08/21/2026

And just like that the count down begins ⏰, today at the kick off the 🍎 Dorchester Educators met with their members and held the 10 minute meeting for the district. As the school year starts, it becomes more important to know your contract, compare it to your sites handbook, and if you have questions !

08/10/2026

We are kicking off the 🏫 school year right by meeting the new teachers at orientation! 🥳Members of our executive team met with new Dorchester County Public School teachers to share what DE, MSEA, and NEA have to offer!🥰 It’s never too late to join, and if you are still hesitant, reach out to your building rep, an executive member, or send us a message and we will answer your questions😉

08/09/2026

As your President, I have spent the last three days in Orlando, Florida, participating in an amazing new president training provided by the NEA. I was honored to be selected to attend alongside 30 other incredible educators and local union presidents from across the country.
As I return home, I’ll be taking time to reflect on what I’ve learned and, most importantly, how I can use this information to strengthen and improve our union.

I also want to remind everyone that your voice matters. If you have questions, concerns, ideas, or suggestions for how we can continue to grow, please don’t hesitate to reach out. I want to hear from you.

It takes all of us working together to create the changes we want to see. I’m excited about what we can accomplish together.

-Melissa Ray