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NEA Professional Learning

Peer Mentoring for Education Support Professionals: 2026 Blended Learning Cohort

Apply for a new learning opportunity to build strong peer mentoring programs for education support professionals (ESPs).
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By: National Education Association
Published: November 2022 Last Updated: March 2026
This resource originally appeared on NEA.org

At a Glance

Through peer mentoring, ESPs can receive the specialized, targeted preparation and support that empower ESPs in the workplace, advance ESP professional excellence, build ESP leader activists, and create the education systems that all our students and members deserve.  

Outcomes

  • Empower ESPs in the workplace
  • Advance ESP professional excellence
  • Build ESP leader activists
  • Create the education systems that everyone deserves

Details

Session Length

2.5 months

Session Format

Online and In-Person

Applications are closed. 

Through online and in-person, group and individual learning opportunities, state and local association teams will come together to learn with others, share resources, build knowledge, and support one another as they build and develop their own unique education support professional (ESP) peer mentoring program. 

ESP peer mentoring programs empower ESPs in the workplace and the association, provide specialized, targeted professional preparation and support, build ESP leader activists, and create the education systems that all our students and members deserve. 

Questions? Contact [email protected] 

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