Important Dates for 2021-22

March 12, 2022: ACT Meeting
April 6-9: WEA Board of Directors Meeting and annual WEA Representative Assembly, Spokane
May 13-14, 2022: ESP Sparks
June 11, 2022: ACT Meeting
July 29-30, 2022: ACT Retreat

Warren G. Magnuson Educational Support Professional Scholarships

The Washington Education Association is pleased to offer six scholarships of $1,500 each this year to educational support professionals who are pursuing professional advancement through trades, technical or collegiate institutions. Three of the six grants are designated for ESP members of color. Apply online for a 2022 scholarship no later than 5 p.m. Monday, April 4.

Congratulations to the 2021 recipients:

Cameryn Ariola-Moku, Professional Support Asociation at Puget Sound ESD, is a program specialist at the Puget Sound Educational Service District who would like to obtain her administrative assistants certificate.
Justin Lake, Quilcene ESP, is in his eighth year as an enrichment coordinator paraeducator. He is currently enrolled in a Career and Technical Education teacher certification program at Olympic College.
Clifton Maxie Jr., Seattle EA, is a paraeducator who has plans to finish his AA degree and enroll in a four-year college/university to pursue a teaching degree with a special education endorsement.
Monica Reyes Guzman, Kent Association of Paraeducators, is a paraeducator at Pine Tree Elementary in Kent who is working on her masters's in teaching at Antioch University. Her goal is to teach bilingually at a public school in Washington.
MacKenzie Tinsley, Seattle EA, is a paraeducator with plans to become a special education math teacher and eventually an administrator.
Tesia Yoon, Shoreline ESPA, is a student teacher at Lynnwood Elementary School and working on her master's in teaching at the University of Washington.

ESP ACT

The ACT works to address ESP member issues, including collective bargaining, job privatization, retirement/pensions and living wage efforts. The ACT also oversees professional development opportunities, scholarships and the annual ESP of the Year award.

Each UniServ council elects one ACT representative every two years. ACT representatives are:

Activists and organizers for ESP members (some ACT members also serve as national representatives at NEA).
Advocates in Olympia and at home for public education issues.
Coordinators of local ESP leadership meetings and annual ESP Issues Conferences.

Who is my ACT representative?

Antoinette Felder Seattle CPEA/SUBS Seattle	Vacant	Vallerie Fisher ACT Vice Chair Seattle Parapro Assn Seattle
Janie White WEA Vice President	Marie Payne Tacoma Education Association WEA-Tacoma	Keri Roberts 2021 WEA ESP of Year Central Kitsap ESP
Christine Bainard Soap Lake ESP North Central WEA	Traicy Bernal Vancouver Assn ESP WEA Riverside	Debby Chandler ACT Chair Spokane EA Spokane
Shondea Chapman Bates Tech College Prof/Tech Employees Soundview	Claude Clark Central Kitsap ESP WEA Olympic	Andre Ervin Spokane EA Specialists Spokane
Mary Hilton ACT Secretary Steilacoom Classified EA Soundview	Pamella Johnson Rochester ESP 2022 WEA ESP of the Year NEA ESP at Large WEA Chinook	Marguerite Jones Seattle Parapro Assn Seattle
Alisha Rasmussen Puyallup Education Support Professionals Summit	Vivian Nagai Kent Association of Paraeducators Puget Sound	Brenda Overdorff Nine Mile Falls CPEA WEA-Eastern Washington
Marla Rasmussen Seattle Parapro Assn Seattle	Robbi Reed Special Education Paraeducator Northshore EA ESP WEA Cascade	Valisia Simpson Renton ESP Rainier
Gina Tookes Yakima Educ Office Professionals WEA MidState	Elizabeth Ward-Robertson Seattle Assn Office Professionals Seattle	Julie Wickersham Clarkston Classified Association WEA Southeast
Yelonda Wilke Pullman Paraprofessionals WEA-Eastern Washington	Gwendolyn Jimerson WEA Education Support Professionals Specialist