Tag: Education Support Professionals

The 510,000 Educational Support Professional members of the National Education Association and the 29,500 ESP members of the Illinois Education Association take care of our children every day and make sure they have the tools they need to succeed in our schools and classrooms. We are truly the unsung heroes of public education.

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ESP Rights and Respect: How to Build a Strategic Campaign

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Thursday, October 5, 2023 7:00 PM –  8:30 PM ET

Join us in this webinar series to learn how NEA members, staff, and leaders have partnered to build a strategic campaign to increase ESP visibility, rights, and respect. Hear from three state affiliates—Massachusetts, Maryland, and Illinois—on how they built their campaign from the ground up, what successes and challenges they faced, and what resources and strategies they have for affiliates seeking to engage in their own campaign. Note: This webinar series is only open to NEA members, staff and leaders.

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Are you ready for rESPect?

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Join us this Thursday for our September virtual meeting at 5:30-6:30.

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We know that support staff are typically the first to arrive at school as they unlock doors and turn on lights. They are some of the first people to greet students when they arrive at school in the morning, who give students the academic support they need to become successful scholars, who carefully assist with their health, safety, and nutritional needs, and are the last people who see students safely home at the end of the day. The value of their work is priceless.

So it’s time we start treating them that way! rESPect is a statewide campaign by ESPs, with the support of IEA staff, to improve working conditions by focusing on four areas: Wages, Health Insurance, Pensions, and Retention, Recruitment, and Job Duties. Join us to learn how you can help bring the change we need.

Education Support Professionals, Illinois Education Association

So, We Did a Thing Yesterday

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What an honor to share this space with so many great union advocates! Thank you NEA President Becky Pringle for coming, listening, and collaborating with many of our rESPect leaders. We have big goals we want to achieve and together we will succeed!

Our students deserve the best quality education so they can reach their academic goals and achieve their dreams. Education support professionals are the key to their success. We support students, teachers, buildings, districts, and communities in which we live and work. Join rESPect today. https://ieanea.org/members/esp/respect/

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NEA President Becky Pringle is coming to Illinois to discuss rESPect

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We are excited to announce that NEA President Becky Pringle is coming to meet and discuss the rESPect coordinated campaign with a group of amazing education support professional leaders. We are looking forward to sharing stories from our members that will explain both the struggles and successes our members are facing here in Illinois. We also will be advocating for a national call for rESPect!

Raising Education Support Professionals by Elevating Careers Together

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Who Makes Schools Work?

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What makes our schools/universities work? It’s the ESPs, the education support professionals! All of the amazing lunch and recess supervisors, custodians, maintenance, and so many more essential job categories that support our students and schools throughout each and every day.

We’ve reached 10,000 views, let’s go for 20,000. Help us share and spread the word about who ESPs are and how they make schools work.

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Proud to present rESPect!

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I am extremely proud to have presented rESPect at the IEA Grassroots Political Activist kickoff last night in Springfield! What an amazing group of advocates and leaders! #IEArESPect

RESPECT stands for: Raising Education Support Professionals by Elevating Careers Together

Join rESPect today, www.iearespect.org

Mad rESPect to our Education Support Professionals who are the glue of our schools.

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Education Support Professional Retreat, AWESOME Experience!!

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Our #IEAESPCouncil spent this weekend learning and growing as a team. We spent this time focusing on ourselves and learning to gel as a team, so we can better focus on the Education Support Professional members we represent.

I want to give a special thank you to IEA Secretary/Treasurer Gina Harris for joining and learning with us as we learned and practiced important Team Building skills. Also, a shout out to IEA Vice-President Karl Goeke for stopping by and encouraging our team.

Huge props to Amy Evans and Michael Williamson as they lead our True Colors session on Friday evening, and Robert Powell and Adrian Vargas for leading Team Building session on Saturday morning. Our council is better focused, more cohesive, and better prepared because of your great leadership. Thank you!!

We have HUGE goals and challenges that we are preparing for this year. Together we will succeed. If you haven’t joined the rESPect Campaign join now, together we will bring rESPect to all of our members!!!

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