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Each year, the MTA ESP Committee honors an exceptional MTA member with the ESP of the Year Award.
Education Support Professionals
ESPs are fighting for a living wage
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Meet Naomi Akan
2022 MTA ESP of the Year
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Education Support Professionals keep students healthy, safe, supported, engaged and challenged so they are ready to learn. It is difficult to imagine a school operating for one day without ESPs.
ESPs: Speak Out!
The MTA’s preK-12 Education Support Professionals play critically important roles in our public schools, providing individual and small-group instruction to students with disabilities, assisting in early education classes, supporting English learners, driving buses, preparing meals, keeping schools clean and performing myriad administrative and education support functions.
Learn more about the MTA ESP Bill of Rights and share your story.
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ESPs in the News
Happy National Education Support Professionals Day!
ESPs are often the first and last person our students see every day.