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Thursday, June 18, 2020

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST

In this webinar, the NEA Campaigns and Elections Team will guide participants on how to virtually engage fellow members in the 2020 election cycle using a new suite of digital resources. There will be an opportunity to learn talking points about the importance of the election and learn strategies and tactics that could be employed in locals to encourage others to be active this election cycle.

PRESENTER(S):
Michael Cassesso, NEA Campaigns and Elections

Lauren Mayeaux, NEA Campaigns and Elections

INTENDED AUDIENCE:

NEA affiliate leaders, staff, members and partners. All interested parties are welcome. You are encouraged to forward this invite to your partners, leaders and other team members.

FACILITATOR(S):

Dorothy Vu, NEA Sr. Communications Specialist

Jessica Brinkley, NEA Sr. Program/Policy Analyst

Questions? Contact Jessica Brinkley at jdbrinkley@nea.org.

For more ESP professional development opportunities, visit www.nea.org/esppd

Lisa Connor
Lisa Connor | ESP Quality

National Education Association | 1201 Sixteenth Street, NW, Suite 613 | Washington, DC 20036

Phone 202-822-7529 | Mobile 202-557-9064 | Fax 202-822-7168 | E-Mail lconnor@nea.org |

Friend, Please join us on Thursday, June 18 for an engaging conversation to ensure that as we reopen public school buildings, opportunities for students exist in equitable and just schools. RSVP to join our tele-town hall from 5-6 p.m. EDT on Thursday—we want to include your voice! Our panel—which includes NEA Vice President Becky Pringle, and NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson—will be moderated by Jesse Holland, CSPAN Washington Journal Host and award-winning reporter, so you won’t want to miss it.  Together, we will engage in a powerful discussion around the impacts of this pandemic on schools and communities, particularly historically marginalized Black communities. As schools and districts make plans to return to in-person learning, equity and racial justice must be the driving factor in decisions being made.

RSVP here to join ›

We hope to see you there,  National Education Association

Yesterday we had over 70 fabulous ESPs attend our ESP Council Zoom meeting. We had great topics and discussions! Members shared how the events have effected them after the inexcusable death of Mr. Floyd and how we can support each other during this time. Rob Lyons, IEA Associate General Counsel and Kathi Griffin, President of IEA attended as special guests and resources to help answer important questions effecting ESPs today such as: ESPs and reduction in force (RIF), our concerns regarding summer and fall around, safety best practices, and working conditions.

Save the date for our next IEA ESP Council Roundtable!
July 18th, 10am-noon

The topics of discussion will be health/safety concerns-returning to in person education and a follow up on unemployment for ESPs. These topics may evolve as new information comes down from the state and federal levels. More info to come.

Thank you to all attended yesterdays meeting! I look forward to our next discussions!!

I hope this finds you safe and well. This is a very scary time in our world. During this time your council is here for you! Please reach out at anytime with any questions and concerns you may have. As we finish virtual learning this spring and transitioning in to planning for what learning will look like in the fall, ESPs need to be at the table. It is essential that ESPs are represented at every level of discussions concerning the safety and planning of what in school or virtual learning will look like.

Several members from your ESP council are bringing ESP voices to the table by participating in education planning committees at both the local, and state level. Two of these committees are, IEA CO-Ocreated Covid Conversation committee and Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) RLR 2.0 committee. We are honored to be apart of these committees and feel the scope of the importance that our voices bring.

I encourage you to reach out to your district administration and request that ESPs be included in the planning of your districts remote/return to school plan team. When all voices are represented at the table, students win. Thank you for all that you do. Your council is working harder than ever….fighting harder than ever for our students, districts, communities, and members!

#StrongerUnited #rESPect

Join us on Saturday, June 13 at 5:00 for a virtual rally where we’ll listen to speakers and educators as they voice how we can carry the core principles of the Black Lives Matter movement in to our public schools.

Join us for a morning of organizing around racial and social justice issues.
Ethnic Minority and Early Career members are strongly encouraged to attend!
Special Keynote Presenter:
Paul Gorski, EdChange – http://www.edchange.org
SATURDAY | JUNE 20
8:30 A.M. – 12 NOON

As current IEA ESP Coucnil secretary and incoming ESP Council Chair, I’m excited and honored to participate in the first Remote Learning Recommendations 2.0 committee meeting today through ISBE. If you want to be heard you must use your voice. Representing ESPs throughout all of Illinois!

Juan Ramos has been a school custodian and union member for nearly 30 years. His father was a custodian before him, and Ramos spent summers helping his dad starting out when he was just fourteen-year-old. With that much experience under his utility belt, Ramos definitely has the know-how to protect students and educators from coronavirus, but only if he and his colleagues have the equipment and staff-power necessary to fight the deadly virus.

A Custodial Checklist

Tammy LaPlante, a high school custodian in Ashtabula, Ohio, offers a checklist of safety and cleanliness precautions as schools reopen.

• Training for custodians regarding the proper procedures for cleaning and disinfecting, especially if they will be using a disinfecting machine.
• Adequate supply of PPE as it requires changing your gloves and other PPE when moving from one task to another.
• Sanitizing stations at all the entrances being used so upon entering the buildings hands can be sanitized.
• Timetable for cleaning and disinfecting at regular intervals throughout the day and for the night custodians.
• All touchable areas need wiped down and disinfected to include restrooms, hallways, handrails, elevators, light switches, door handles and push bars, as well as nightly mopping of all floors.
• Doors should be left open for minimal risk of contamination.
• Discontinue use of drinking fountains if possible, but if they are used then more regular disinfecting needs to take place.
• Check CDC guidance on reopening.

NEA is currently working with partners and affiliates to develop guidance on schools reopening.