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Committee approves updated Educational Support Professional job description after union review
Summary
Following negotiations with the Educational Support Professionals (ESP) unit, the committee approved a revised job description that clarifies core responsibilities and calls out specialized roles for classroom, library-media and special-education ESPs.
After joint drafting with the Westford Education Association (WEA) representatives, the Westford School Committee approved an updated Educational Support Professional (ESP) job description on June 9. The committee voted to approve the description, with a minor clarifying edit requested by a committee member.
Why it matters: The updated description replaces a 2016 job outline and consolidates general ESP responsibilities while identifying specialized duties for classroom, library-media and special-education positions. The committee and union said the revised description will improve hiring clarity and more accurately reflect current ESP work.
What changed
- The document consolidates core ESP duties (student support, routine instructional assistance, supervision and clerical tasks) and then lists additional responsibilities for specialized ESP roles at preschool/kindergarten, library-media and special-education assignments. - The business office and WEA co-developed the language; committee members asked for a single transitional line to clarify that specialized ESPs carry the core responsibilities plus additional duties listed below.
Vote and implementation
A motion to approve the ESP job description — incorporating the committee’s suggested clarifying line — passed unanimously. Administration said it will use the revised description in hiring and will post any role-specific expectations in job postings to ensure clarity for applicants.
Ending: Committee members thanked the union and administration for a collaborative process; the board expects to review administrative-assistant job descriptions next year as part of continuing human-resources updates.
