ESP of the Year nominations open soon
Nominations for the next Education Minnesota Education Support Professional of the Year are opening soon!
Since 2007, the ESP of the Year program has honored exemplary professional and union work by an Education Minnesota member in any ESP job category, including paraprofessional/education assistant, secretarial/clerical, custodial, food service, maintenance and trades, transportation, groundskeeping, security, technology services, health services and others.
The ESP of the Year represents peers throughout the profession, connects to communities as an ambassador and is Minnesota’s nominee for the National Education Association’s ESP of the Year award. The winner receives a $1,200 honorarium, their choice of an iPad, Chromebook or tablet, plus an expense-paid trip to the NEA’s Education Support Professional National Conference.
All Education Minnesota ESPs who have been members for at least three years as of August 31, 2024, are eligible. Individuals can be nominated by anyone associated with Minnesota schools.
Details about how to nominate a candidate will be provided soon. To learn more about the program, go to www.educationminnesota.org/news/awards-and-honors/esp-of-the-year.
