Education Support Professionals: Supporting Our Own Through Peer Mentoring
NEA recognizes the vital role ESPs play in ensuring a great public school for every student. That’s why we work with affiliates to provide enhanced professional support through peer mentoring for ESPs at all stages of their career.
ESPs make up more than one third of today’s public education workforce, but often have inadequate professional development and workplace preparation and support. Formal programs where ESPs mentor ESPs can provide the high-quality, targeted, and specialized support that is vital for professional and student success.
Mentoring for ESPs, like the long-established mentoring relationships between new and experienced teachers, can ensure ESPs deal successfully with the growing complexity and increasing demands of education.
ESP peer mentoring is essential to:
- Support the development of personal and professional skills and knowledge.
- Ensure the ESP community has a greater voice in the workplace and more opportunities to build their own professional pathways.
- Recruit and retain high-quality support professionals in the education workforce.
- Contribute to the overall mission of student success.
Are you interested in establishing an ESP peer mentoring program?
This guide will get you started!
Enroll in our ESP Peer Mentoring Learning Path Course
ESPs: Supporting Our Own through Peer Mentoring is an online opportunity that guides affiliates and members through building a strong mentoring program for ESPs. This free learning path comprises four online courses that participants may take as an individual or with a team through NEA’s Professional Excellence Portal.
Do you have an ESP mentoring program in your school district, university/college, local Association, or State?
Email us at [email protected].
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