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18 Winter 2014/15 x AEA Advocate The 2015 NEA Education Support Professionals (ESP) Conference will be held March 6–8, 2015, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel in New Orleans, LA. The theme for this year's conference is Organize, Educate, and Lead: ESPs Meeting the Needs of the Whole Student. The NEA ESP conference is the premier professional development opportunity for Education Support Professionals across the nation. The goal of this conference is to enhance the skills and knowledge of ESP members to positively impact student achievement, build community relations, organize members, advocate for educators, build stronger locals, and help our members do their jobs better. The conference offers more than 50 different hands-on workshops over the course of four days. Pre-Conference workshop opportunities are offered in topics ranging from social justice, membership recruitment techniques and leadership development to communication skills training, membership empowerment, and creating strategic alliances with other labor organizations. Special pre- conference workshops specifically targeted for emerging and advanced Association leaders are also offered. regISTraTIon Register online at www.nea.org/ espconference by January 23, 2015. Registration is accepted on a full- payment, first-come, first-served basis only. Due to the high demand of this conference, on-site registration will be open pending space availability. Pre-conference workshops are on a first-come, first-served basis. Some pre-conference workshops may be filled to capacity at the time of on-site registration and will not be available. regISTraTIon ConfIrMaTIon CVent, NEA's online conference registration system, will automatically generate a confirmation number upon completion of your registration. This confirmation number can be found in your confirmation email once you have submitted your registration, as well as in the confirmation page that will appear immediately after submitting your registration. Confirmation numbers are required to make any future changes to registration accounts. Please be sure to keep this confirmation number for your records. hoTel reServaTIonS Conference participants can now make hotel reservations for the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel by calling 504-561-0500 or 800-445-8667 and referencing the "NEA ESP National Conference" to receive our special conference rate of $176.27 (includes tax) for both single and double rooms. To receive the NEA ESP National Conference rate you must reserve your room by January 30, 2015. https:// resweb.passkey.com/go/NEA2015ESP Questions or comments regarding ESP Conference registration should be addressed to Jeannette Jackson at jjackson@nea.org. 2 2015 NEA ESP Conference ESP Action Be sure to check out these other stories for more opportunities to get involved and take action. 11 Inflation Funding Lawsuit 23 National Perspective 29 Governance eSProfessional v 2015 nea eSP ConferenCe MarCh 6-8, 2015 www.nea.org/eSPConferenCe regISTer by January 23, 2015 hIlTon new orleanS rIverSIde 2 PoydraS STreeT new orleanS, la 70130 504-561-0500 • 800-445-8667 v