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Educational Support Professional members of the IEA take care of our children every day and make sure they have the tools they need to succeed in our schools and classrooms.

IEA Retired has nearly 10,000 members and represents ALL education retirees: Certified Educators, ESPs, Higher Education and their interests and retirement issues.

IEA Aspiring Educators is a preprofessional organization of undergraduate and graduate students preparing for careers in education. As a member of the IEA Aspiring Educators, students are also a part of the larger Illinois Education Association, an educational professional organization representing over 135,000 members in the state.

IEA represents full-time faculty, part-time faculty, non-tenure track faculty, civil service, clerical support staff and academic professionals on college and university campuses both public and private throughout Illinois.

In 1995, the lEA Representative Assembly passed a New Business Item establishing the ESP of the Year Award. This award is meant to further emphasize the contributions of Education Support Professionals to their association, their schools, and their communities. Nomination Form To insure the widest possible participation, the nomination procedure…

(1974) The first ESP Local Association to be chartered with the Illinois Education Association was the Transportation Employees of the Elgin School District. (1981) The first ESP Council Chairperson was established by the IEA-Representative Assembly. The first chairperson was Judy Brubaker of the District U-46 Transportation DUTU Association. Judy was…

One of the greatest issues facing ESPs today is privatization. A wide variety of companies and corporations are attempting to take over virtually all of the work traditionally performed by school district employees, from teaching to providing student transportation to cooking meals to cleaning and maintaining school buildings and grounds,…

What is ESP Mentoring? ESP Mentoring is also known as Peer Assistance. Peer assistance programs help ESP help ESP. In peer programs, experienced, highly accomplished veteran ESP provide sustained, intensive assistance to ESP who need assistance. Assisting ESP are typically called consulting ESP and the ESP receiving assistance are called…

The 510,000 Educational Support Professional members of the National Education Association and the 29,500 ESP members of the Illinois Education Association take care of our children every day and make sure they have the tools they need to succeed in our schools and classrooms. We are truly the unsung heroes…

NEA RESOLUTION D-15 The NEA believes that professional development should be required throughout the career of educational support professionals. Professional development programs should provide equal opportunities for these employees to gain and improve the knowledge and skills important to their position and job performance. Professional development programs should assume that…

The IEA’s Department of Government Relations is dedicated to ensuring that the legislature passes no laws affecting members’ pay, working conditions and benefits without membership input.

PreK-12 teachers work with students from preschool (PreK) through 12th grade and play a vital role in shaping the lives of their students and helping them to develop the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in life.

The Illinois Political Action Committee for Education exists to elect individuals to the Illinois General Assembly, statewide offices, and local school boards who will make a difference for quality education.

IPACE maintains a working relationship with all elected representatives in order to fight effectively for pro-public education bills in the General Assembly.

Fact Sheets are designed to help our members understand a specific bill, issue or initiative.

The struggles in higher education mirror those of PreK-12 IEA members with regard to increasing benefits and salary and having a voice in decisions that impact members.

Higher Education activities within the IEA include both organizing higher education locals and providing support to existing locals and membership. Higher education members include four-year faculty members, two-year faculty members, academic professionals, part-time faculty members, civil service employees and ESP’s.

Just 15 Minutes a Month Can Make a Difference Retired educator? Still have some great ideas and tips in your “bag of tricks?” Have time for a call or e-mail now and then?  Then you need to consider signing up to be a mentor to a college education major. The…