Education Support Professionals
The front line of public education begins with that first school bus ride in the morning, and ends when the custodian turns off the lights at night. As educators, we know the crucial role played by the thousands of paraprofessionals, office workers, bus drivers, custodians and maintenance staff in our schools.
All told, Education Support Professionals (ESP) make up 40% of the total K-12 workplace. They are a very important part of our association. Read poem in their honor.
Resources
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Education Support Professionals Guide to School Law
- "Green" Cleaning Guide for ESP Personnel
- See NEA’s ESP page for more information on Educational Support Professionals.
- CalPERS is now offering a series of online classes via the CalPERS Education Center.
From the Educator
- ESP pink slips growing along with worry there's more to come
- Rural Issues and ESP conferences stimulate new ideas
From the Advocate
ESP Organizing Conference - January 2011
The ESP Organizing Conference, held on Jan. 21-23, was the third component of a project that began last fall. ESP members and staff from states throughout NEA’s Pacific Region learned how to organize for powerful and effective ESP locals. The first component took place in Seattle. It dealt with motivation and basics. Next they met in Las Vegas to do field work, going door-to-door, talking with Clark County ESP members to learn their concerns and help them understand the importance of getting involved in their local. The component for January was designed to help the teams gain competence and motivation to go back to their chapters with specific organizing plans for advocacy projects.
Congratulations to Miguel Ruiz - CTA ESP of the Year
A steadfast union member appointed and elected to several positions in his chapter over the past decade, Miguel Ruiz was chosen Education Support Professional of the Year for 2011. As a member of the district warehouse delivery team for the Redlands School Distirct, Ruiz is very passionate about the fair and equitable treatment of his fellow union members. Upon witnessing workers bullied on a former job, Ruiz says, "When you see others mistreated in a place where there is no union, it makes you appreciate when you have one - and it works when we stand up together."
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