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As legislators with the Delaware General Assembly begin the new legislative season this month in Dover, Amanda Gerardi and Tameka Mays are watching and waiting. The new co-chairs of the Delaware State Education Association’s Education Support Professional Task Force will lead the effort to help lawmakers understand ESP contributions toward student achievement and safety and pass bills that will support ESP professionally.

 Confirmation of the ESP Council positions to be elected 2019

·        ESP Northern/Central Section Representative

·        ESP Northern/Central Section Alternate

·        ESP Southern/Central Section Alternate (remainder of term to 2021)

·        ESP Council Member (1 position)

·        ESP Ethnic Minority Council Member (1 position)

The election notice and nomination forms for the 2019 spring statewide elections are being prepared now.

More information will be coming soon.

Please keep our union brothers and sisters as well as the whole community of Normal West High School as they deal with this horrific tragedy.

!!!!!ESP’s PLEASE READ!!!!!!

Have you ever wanted to take more of a leadership role at a local, state, or national level? The IEA-NEA ESP Emerging Leaders Academy is committed to helping ESP members acquire skills and the confidence needed to lead at the local level. Many program graduates have even stepped into state or national leadership positions. This strength and success has seeded a desire to expand its positive impact.

!!!!!The IEA-NEA is so committed to helping members grow and develop into strong leaders that all participants are fully funded for the following expenses:  Airfare, lodging in Denver, Colorado, at the Summer Leadership Academy and at the organizing project location. Breakfast and lunch, some dinners, substitute pay or salary reimbursement, and attendance to the NEA Leadership Summit are also fully funded.

This really is a GREAT opportunity for any ESP member.

This is a hands-on workshop that will show participants how to use free or dollar store items to create materials to assist students with learning, engagement and focus. Participants will tap into their creative side and will leave this workshop with an assortment of tools that can be used immediately upon returning to their classroom, bus, lunchroom, or other work area. We will highlight where to find new ideas and how to adapt materials for a variety of learners. This workshop will energize Participants to “think outside of the box” with simple and fun ways to engage students and modify academic work to better meet student goals.

 EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS ROUNDTABLE

FEBRUARY 28 – 5-8 PM
Rockford IEA
7029 Rote RdRockford, IL 61107

The Illinois Education Association is partnering with the National Education Association to provide an IEA-NEA ESP Emerging Leaders Academy (ESP-ELA) based on the highly successful NEA Leaders for Tomorrow’s program (LFT).  The ESP-ELA was develop to provide support and leadership training for IEA’s emerging ESP leaders.   Many of IEA’s ESP leaders have attended the LFT program which has been instrumental in helping IEA’s ESP members acquire skills and the confidence needed to lead at the local level. Many program graduates have even stepped into state or national leadership positions. This strength and success has seeded a desire to expand its positive impact.

What type of future do you want for our society? We are creating a society of followers and test takers. We need to help our students develop a sense of self and community.  Music, Art, recess, and other activities such as these help students to find and develop skills necessary to build a sense of self and social skills. These activities help to build communication skills that are being lost in this technology based world. Not only do students get the much needed exercise and mind breaks during recess, and gym, but a tremendous amount of problem solving and social development happens.  While Art develops parts of the brain that builds creativity that can enhance critical, and “out of the box” thinking and task management.