IEA Education Support Professional Council
Education Support Professional Council consists of thirteen (13) members all of whom are ESP school employees and members of the Illinois Education Association. The ESP council's goal is to represent and support ESP's throughout Illinois.
What activity are looking forward to most to recharge during this holiday break?
Please take the time to rest and recharge! Education support professionals are so important in the education of our students and operation of our schools and universities. Self care is extremely for everyone to be at their best.
rESPect Steering meeting registration link
DECEMBER
https://www.mobilize.us/ieanea/event/592185/
Click to register: Virtual Training
Education Support Professionals (ESPs) play a vital role in schools and deserve quality ESP Peer Mentoring programs. These programs support and enable ESPs to fulfill their crucial roles in public education today. Join us as we highlight two ESP mentoring programs in Oregon. Hear how two locals worked together to support each other in the journey. Learn how to take an established ESP mentoring program and make it your own, suiting the unique needs within your district. They will share their successes and the roadblocks they encountered in building two successful ESP mentoring programs thriving in Oregon and how you can do the same within your state.
Presenters: Laura Warren, ESP, Lebanon Oregon Kim Grousbeck, School Administrator, Lebanon, Oregon Patty Lawrence, ESP, Grants Pass, Oregon Allison Orton, State Affiliate Staff, Oregon
Come and bring your voice to the table to collaborate as we move rESPect forward and bring the changes we need. Meetings are on the Second Thursday of each month. I hope to see you there.
DECEMBER
https://www.mobilize.us/ieanea/event/592185/
JANUARY
https://www.mobilize.us/ieanea/event/592186/
FEBRUARY
https://www.mobilize.us/ieanea/event/592187/
MARCH
https://www.mobilize.us/ieanea/event/592188/
APRIL
https://www.mobilize.us/ieanea/event/592189/
MAY
https://www.mobilize.us/ieanea/event/592190/
On October 18, 2023, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board (IELRB) issued an Order of Certification recognizing the addition of School Security staff to the Classified Staff Union of District 227 (Rich Township High School District) out of Region 26 (UniServ Director, Robyn Washington).
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Did you know that there is a national award to celebrate the essential work we do? This is a national award that celebrates the contributions of education support professionals. The U.S. Department of Education invites the governor or designated state official of each state to nominate up to two classified school employees annually. (The deadline is already closed for this year)
WHY: To celebrate classified school employees as the unsung heroes—the “living
infrastructure”—of America’s public schools. They engage with students on the bus and in the classrooms, cafeterias, health suites and hallways of America’s public and private schools across the nation. Their unique professional skill sets range from classroom and library assistant, school health aide, bus driver, mechanic, and school crossing guard, to cook, janitor, school secretary, vision and hearing tester, accounting control clerk and much more. They work closely with students every day, keeping them healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged so that learning can take place. To educate the public on the important, and often invisible, educational support rendered by some of the hardest-working people in our schools – they serve in the capacity of the glue to the school. In short, to remind the school community that it takes a village to ensure student success.
We are making a difference in promoting the amazing contributions ESPs make every day in schools and universities. We must keep the essential work and support we do front and center as we work to advance rESPect. The more we make it real, the more we make it a reality!
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