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Education Minnesota also recognized four other ESPs from across Minnesota as finalists and three others as semifinalists for ESP of the Year. There were 32 nominations this year. Of those 32, eight chose to submit portfolios that included essay responses and recommendation letters. The recipient of the ESP of the Year award is recognized at…
2025 Education Support Professional of the Year Monica Eggert is one of those people whose genuine openness immediately puts those around her at ease. “I come in every morning as my true authentic self. I have a trusting ear and a solid heart. What you see is what you get,” she says.
October’s MEA conference offers workshops for education support professionals. Options include:
For Aiysha Mustapha, equity work comes naturally. After growing up in a New Jersey neighborhood that was only 6% White, she attended high school at a boarding school in Connecticut where most students were White. “I’ve been doing this for most of my life,” she said, “I can honestly say I live the work.”…
Donald Trump’s election and hostility to public education will pose new challenges to Minnesota educators in 2025. The most dangerous of them may be his support for school voucher programs that divert taxpayer money from public education to private and religious schools.
Education Minnesota also recognized four other ESPs from across Minnesota as finalists for ESP of the Year. Additionally, there were six other nominees recognized as semifinalists.
Do you know an ESP who deserves to be recognized for their exemplary work? Nominate them for Education Minnesota’s 2024-25 Education Support Professional of the Year Award.
After working for over 300 days without a contract, the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers ESP chapter finally reached a tentative agreement with the district in early May, which bargaining team members described as “the best contract in 25 years.”
Four education support professionals have been named finalists for the 2022-23 Education Minnesota ESP of the Year.
