There is a growing need to provide education support professionals (ESP) with current, relevant professional development. In many cases, the district does not or can not afford this training. Through many man hours, using ESP from each job family and the guidance of the ESP(Q)uality Department at the National Education Association (NEA) the culmination of this work in now a tangible product that can be used by ESP to further their pr...
Education Support Professional PD
NEA Board of Directors Information
As an NEA (National Education Association) Director, I am tasked with carrying the concerns of our members to Capital Hill were I meet with members of Congress or their staff to discuss the NEA position on education issues. As an ESP (education support professional) on the board of directors, we meet during our time in Washington, DC to discuss members concerns within the support professional arena. The following is a report from the...
Hello World!
I am Donna West. I have been married to my high school sweetheart for almost 40 years. We currently own and operate a cattle farm. But as any farmer will tell you, a family farm is hard to sustain on its own. So, my husband and I have careers in other industries.I currently work at Brownwood Elementary School in Scottsboro, Alabama where I have been the Child Nutrition Manager for over 16 years. My passion is to improve the perceptio...
Food Fight
Recently, Education Support Professionals (ESPs) got together in San Francisco, CA for our national NEA Education Support Professionals conference. This included three days of workshops to help us network, advocate and find our voice for a wide variety of issues facing our professions.The workshop title, “Food Fight!” was a play on words. No actual fight with food took place. However, it had a dual meaning for school food service wor...