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. 

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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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