Educating Michigan’s students requires a team effort by everyone involved in public education, including the thousands of education support professional who are represented by MEA.  School support staff – including paraprofessionals, secretaries, custodians, bus drivers and other transportation workers, food service employees, maintenance, skilled trades, and more – are an essential part of making public education work.  Aside from their locals, MEA’s ESP members are represented by the ESP Caucus Board, which works to ensure the needs of school support staff are met by their union.

MI ESP Bill of Rights

From paraprofessionals and bus drivers to custodians, secretaries and more, Michigan’s Education Support Professionals (ESPs) play a critical role in our local public schools.

No matter the role, hardworking school support staff contribute to student success — and they deserve to be treated with the respect and dignity they have earned.

That’s why Michigan’s Education Support Professionals are calling on elected officials, employers, school boards and other decision-makers to critical reforms outlined in the ESP Bill of Rights. Learn more here!