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Md. teachers union emphasizes collaboration

The Montgomery County Education Association is on the cutting edge of teacher unionism, working with the school board on spending proposals, rather than fighting it.

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Feb. 9, 2012

Chris Llyod oversees his television production class in Damascus, Md., at John T. Baker Middle School. He left his full-time teaching job at the middle school when he became vice president of the Montgomery County Education Association teachers union in 2009, but he still spends every morning giggling with eighth-graders in a television production class as they put out the morning newscast.

Katherine Frey / The Washington Post

Chris Lloyd's personality shows through on items he has placed on his desk in Rockville at the Montgomery County's Education Association. Lloyd is unapologetic about the union’s political muscle and says Montgomery taxpayers are getting a good return on their investment in teachers.

Feb. 9, 2012

Chris Lloyd's personality shows through on items he has placed on his desk in Rockville at the Montgomery County's Education Association. Lloyd is unapologetic about the union’s political muscle and says Montgomery taxpayers are getting a good return on their investment in teachers.

Katherine Frey / The Washington Post

Chris Lloyd uses ear buds to talk on the phone as he prepares to leave his office to teach a training session for administrators in Rockville at the Montgomery County's Education Administration. “We are the gorilla in the room,” he said. “We’ve done great things in closing the achievement gap, and it did not happen in an office somewhere. It happened at a school.”

Feb. 9, 2012

Chris Lloyd uses ear buds to talk on the phone as he prepares to leave his office to teach a training session for administrators in Rockville at the Montgomery County's Education Administration. “We are the gorilla in the room,” he said. “We’ve done great things in closing the achievement gap, and it did not happen in an office somewhere. It happened at a school.”

Katherine Frey / The Washington Post

Chris Lloyd engages administrators during a training session in Rockville. The Montgomery County Education Association where Lloyd works is on the leading edge of a wave of teacher unionism that emphasizes collaboration over conflict and makes classroom performance a top priority.

Feb. 9, 2012

Chris Lloyd engages administrators during a training session in Rockville. The Montgomery County Education Association where Lloyd works is on the leading edge of a wave of teacher unionism that emphasizes collaboration over conflict and makes classroom performance a top priority.

Katherine Frey / The Washington Post

Chris Lloyd laughs with students in his TV production class, including Gabby Delpo, in Damascus, Md., at John T. Baker Middle School. He says this is the best way to start the day, with middle-schoolers. The rest of the day is spent in meetings and workshops, on the phone and at the computer in his duties as vice president of Montgomery County's Education Association.

Feb. 9, 2012

Chris Lloyd laughs with students in his TV production class, including Gabby Delpo, in Damascus, Md., at John T. Baker Middle School. He says this is the best way to start the day, with middle-schoolers. The rest of the day is spent in meetings and workshops, on the phone and at the computer in his duties as vice president of Montgomery County's Education Association.

Katherine Frey / The Washington Post

Chris Lloyd, who has ample energy, talks with students in his TV production class, where he starts his day.

Feb. 9, 2012

Chris Lloyd, who has ample energy, talks with students in his TV production class, where he starts his day.

Katherine Frey / The Washington Post

Chris Lloyd teaches the first-period TV production class at John T. Baker Middle School.

Feb. 9, 2012

Chris Lloyd teaches the first-period TV production class at John T. Baker Middle School.

Katherine Frey / The Washington Post

Chris Lloyd teaches the TV production class at John T. Baker Middle School.

Feb. 9, 2012

Chris Lloyd teaches the TV production class at John T. Baker Middle School.

Katherine Frey / The Washington Post

Chris Lloyd reviews the previous days' production during the TV production class he teaches at John T. Baker Middle School.

Feb. 9, 2012

Chris Lloyd reviews the previous days' production during the TV production class he teaches at John T. Baker Middle School.

Katherine Frey / The Washington Post

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