NEOEA	NEA Education Support Professionals Conference	

Education Support Professionals Scholarship
offered by the
North Eastern Ohio Education Association

The annual NEA ESP National Conference will be March 19-21, 2027, in Chicago, Illinois.

NEOEA has five scholarships of up to $1,200 for NEOEA Education Support Professional members to attend the conference.

To be eligible for this scholarship, applications must be received at the NEOEA office no later than Monday, November 9, 2026. After attending the conference, recipients must attend the ESP Organizing Committee meeting on Tuesday, May 11, 2027, to share their experiences at the national conference.

Winners will be responsible for making their own registration, room, and travel arrangements using conference registration materials available from Labor Relations Consultants and on the NEA website.

For more information, go to the NEA ESP web page at:
https://www.nea.org/espconference

1	Members of the NEOEA/OEA Board of Directors are ineligible for this grant.  Previous scholarship recipients will be considered only after new applicants.

Application: ESP Conference Scholarship

Applicant		
Address		
City/State/ZIP		
Local Association
(full name, please)		
Home or Cell Phone		
Work Phone		
Non-work Email Address		
Local President’s Signature
(President’s acknowledgement can be sent by email to desk@neoea.org)		
Please answer the following questions.  Attach additional sheet if necessary.
1.	How many years have you been active in the union?		
2.	Please detail your involvement with your local, NEOEA, OEA, and NEA.		
3.	Please detail your involvement with your community and/or school.		
4.	Have you received our scholarship in the past?		
5.	Did you attend? If not, why not?		
6.	Have you attended the NEA ESP Conference before? If so, what year?		
7.	I will attend the ESP Organizing Committee meeting on Saturday, May 11, 2027, to share my experiences at the national conference.	

Signature 	
	
Deadline:  Monday, November 9, 2026. Email to desk@neoea.org.  Receipt of application will be acknowledged.  Questions:  Please email us at desk@neoea.org. A Word-fillable form is available at neoea.org/files/ESP_Scholarship.rtf.