2012 ESP Conference Seminars

1. Advocating for and Organizing Issues of Office Professionals

2. Bargaining a Living Wage for ESP

3. Combating Privatization You could be fired!

4. ESP Issues: DYFS, Fair Labor Standards, and Workers’ Compensation

5. ESP Power: This workshop will help ESP members become more successful with their assigned job responsibilities.

6. Grievance and Contract Enforcement

7. How to Handle: Bomb Threats, a School Bus Held Hostage, and Weapons in Schools

8. Worker’s Compensation

9. Negotiations and Basic Bargaining

10. Para Power: This workshop focuses on how paraprofessionals become more successful with their assigned job responsibilities.

11. Protecting Your Students, School and Self—Assessing and Handling Violent Threats

12. School Law and the Anti-Bullying Law

13. Stress Management

14. You and Your Pension

15. Enhancing Your Speaking Skills

16. Your Job, Your Benefits, Your Future

17. AR – Key to a Strong Organization: Learn the fundamentals and develop skills to become an association advocate.

18. We Are Union: Learn to identify, develop and implement ESP union advocacy strengths and values to help ESP obtain higher pay, better benefits, and career security.

19. Preparing for your Evaluation: Learn how to effectively utilize your evaluation for career development and how to protect your rights in the evaluation process.

20. Basic Salary Guides

21. Using Social Media and the PRIDE Program to Build Community Support

22. Celebrating ESP 24/7: This workshop will provide resources to help ESPs share their stories with the public.