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Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum

What You'll Learn

You will learn how to connect the ESP Universal Standards to your role and responsibilities at your worksite, interview co-workers to further develop your understanding of the skills for the competency, and how competency in these skills has an impact on your effectiveness, school and student success.

Who Should Apply

Education Support Professionals (ESPs)

16
micro-
credentials

15
Approximate hours each

Description

This stack provides states, local education agencies, and individuals opportunities to comprehend the NEA's ESP Professional Growth Continuum, the 8 Universal Standards of professionalism for all ESPs, and demonstrate their knowledge and skills in the areas of competency and how it impacts ESPs for each Standard at the proficent level of the Continuum.

Education Support Professionals (ESP) are critical members of the education workforce. There are more than 2.8 million ESPs in our nation's public schools and colleges. One out of every 3 public school employees is an ESP. ESPs meet the needs of the whole student, ensuring quality education. ESPs are represented in the following 9 career families: Clerical Services, Custodial and Maintenance Services, Food Services, Health and Student Services, Paraeducators, Security Services, Skilled Trades, Technical Services, and Transportation Services.

This stack is only for Education Support Professionals. If you don't fall into one of the above categories, you will not be eligible to earn any of these Micro-credentials.

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Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Communication Standard: Effective Communication The ESP demonstrates effective communication with diverse audiences that may include students, parents/guardians, staff, visitors, coworkers/colleagues, supervisors, and community members at their worksite. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written or audio or video artifact; audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGC0	Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum	Communication Standard: Effective Communication
Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Communication Standard: Responsible Communication The ESP demonstrates responsible communication with diverse audiences that may include students, parents/guardians, staff, visitors, coworkers/colleagues, supervisors, and community members effectively at their worksite. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written or audio or video artifact; audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGC1	Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum	Communication Standard: Responsible Communication
Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Cultural Competence Standard: Cultural Self-Awareness The ESP demonstrates awareness of how their own culture (e.g., race, socioeconomic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, beliefs, and other differences) shapes their preferences and perspective, and understands how to become conscious of previously unconscious biases going forward. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written or audio or video learning artifact; activity sheet written or audio or video artifact, audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video reflection artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGC3	Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum	Cultural Competence Standard: Cultural Self-Awareness
Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Cultural Competence Standard: Valuing Diversity The ESP values diversity with regard to culture (e.g., race, socioeconomic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, beliefs, and other differences.) *Types of Evidence Required:* Written or audio or video learning artifact; activity sheet, audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video reflection artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGC2	Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum	Cultural Competence Standard: Valuing Diversity
Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Ethics Standard: Knowledge of Ethical Behavior The ESP demonstrates knowledge of ethical behavior effectively at their worksite. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written or audio or video learning artifact; audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video reflection artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGCE	Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum	Ethics Standard: Knowledge of Ethical Behavior
Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Ethics Standard: Modeling Ethical Behavior The ESP models ethical behavior effectively at their worksite. *Types of Evidence Required* Written or audio or video learning artifact; audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video reflection artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGCF	Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum	Ethics Standard: Modeling Ethical Behavior
Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Health and Safety Standard: Knowledge of Health and Safety Regulations The ESP demonstrates knowledge of health and safety regulations effectively at their worksite. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written or audio or video learning artifact; audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video reflection artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGC7	Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum	Health and Safety Standard: Knowledge of Health and Safety Regulations
Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Health and Safety Standard: Problem Solving and Decision-Making The ESP demonstrates health and safety problem solving and decision-making efficiently and effectively at their worksite. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written or audio or video learning artifact; audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video reflection artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGC6	Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum	Health and Safety Standard: Problem Solving and Decision-Making
Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Organization Standard: Equipment and Task Management The ESP demonstrates equipment and task management, the ability to manage equipment, tasks, and information efficiently and effectively at their worksite. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written or audio or video learning artifact; audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video reflection artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGC5	Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum	Organization Standard: Equipment and Task Management
Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Organization Standard: Time Management The ESP demonstrates time management, the ability to manage work duties efficiently and effectively within time allotted/allocated. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written or audio or video learning artifact; audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video reflection artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGC4	Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum	Organization Standard: Time Management
Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Professionalism Standard: Professional Dispositions The ESP demonstrates how professional dispositions shape their experiences and effectiveness at work. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written or audio or video learning artifact; audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video reflection artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGCD	Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum	Professionalism Standard: Professional Dispositions
Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Professionalism Standard: Professional Preparedness The ESP demonstrates professional preparedness, professional knowledge and self-presentation skills effectively at their worksite. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written or audio or video learning artifact; audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video reflection artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGCC	Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum	Professionalism Standard: Professional Preparedness
Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Reporting Standard: Compliance in Reporting The ESP demonstrates compliance in reporting to fulfill the responsibilities of a mandated reporter effectively at their worksite. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written or audio or video learning artifact; audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video reflection artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGCB	Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum	Reporting Standard: Compliance in Reporting
Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Reporting Standard: Comprehensive Reporting The ESP demonstrates comprehensive reporting to fulfill the responsibilities of a mandated reporter effectively at their worksite. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written or audio or video learning artifact; audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video reflection artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGCA	Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum	Reporting Standard: Comprehensive Reporting
Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Technology Standard: Relevant Knowledge about Technology The ESP demonstrates relevant knowledge about technology effectively at their worksite. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written or audio or video learning artifact; audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video reflection artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGC9	Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum	Technology Standard: Relevant Knowledge about Technology
Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Technology Standard: Using Job-Related Technology ESP demonstrates the ability to use job-related technology effectively at their worksite. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written or audio or video learning artifact; audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video reflection artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGC8	Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum	Technology Standard: Using Job-Related Technology