DAEOP

06/01/2026

📢 This year, DAEOP members showed what’s possible when Educational Support Professionals take action together.

From securing contract wins and protecting healthcare benefits to expanding mentorship opportunities and advocating for greater respect and investment in ESPs, every victory happened because members organized, spoke up, and stood together. 💙✊

05/28/2026

Interested in being a part of world's largest democratic deliberative assembly?

NEA’s Representative Assembly (RA) will be held here in Denver July 3-7 and we’re looking for member volunteers to help on mics! 🎤✊

Check the comments to access the volunteer and W9 forms!

We NEED people working the microphones! You sit there, people come to you, and you call it in.

Please sign up if interested in working a microphone at the RA

LET’S DO IT COLORADO

Please consider signing up

NEA RA in Denver

July 3rd-7th

Volunteers for NEA-RA 2026

https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/0199cf6bddf7715aba0bcaa3a2c8c359

Every volunteer must submit a W-9 to get a stipend

https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/8f0f6a7532e24179aba7d5d09733332d

AREAS TO VOLUNTEER

The Fund Booth
Hand out t shirts and other gifts

Information Booth
Answer questions
Lost and Found

Events
Look at badges
Direct people
Work Bus lines
Work HCR Dinner

Accessibilities
Push wheelchairs and help others

Microphones with
Work the RA when people wish to speak. WE NEED HELP!

Plus Breakfast, Lunch, Parking/Light rail, Dinner if working HCR,
Plus get a stipend

Must be 15 years old or older
Must work 4 hours for the stipend
May sign up for a few days or all

7,000 educators working thru Parliamentary Procedure is an amazing thing to witness 

05/02/2026

On this May Day, educators, students, workers, and community members stood shoulder to shoulder to demand a better system that puts workers over billionaires. ✊

Together, we lined Alameda for Allies on Alameda and came together at Wash Park in a powerful show of solidarity with unions, students and community fighting for more than just getting by, because our fights are shared fights.

We march today, organize tomorrow, and vote, because our power comes from our communities uniting, organizing, and winning together.

04/28/2026

The fight for the 8-hour workday didn’t end with the Haymarket Affair. It’s still playing out in our schools and communities.

Billionaires like Philip Anschutz hold outsized power while our schools are underfunded and families are stretched thin.

That’s why May Day is about all of us. Workers, immigrant families, and young people organizing for dignity, safety, and a real voice.

Join us this Friday for Allies on Alameda
🗓️ May 1, 2026
⏱️ 4 PM - 5 PM
📍 Alameda Avenue: Cherokee → Steele

04/19/2026

Denver showed up strong at the CEA Delegate Assembly 💪

Together, we took a stand for our working conditions, our students’ learning conditions, and a system that works for working people, not the wealthy one percent.

This weekend was powerful, but we’re just getting started. Join us for International Workers Day May Day: Allies on Alameda on May 1 at 4:00 PM.

We’re coming together with workers, students, and community members across Denver to stand up to billionaire influence and show what it looks like when we stand united. We’ll line Alameda from Cherokee to Steele in a visible show of solidarity, then gather at Wash Park at 5 PM for speeches, celebration, and solidarity. ✊

RSVP ➡️ https://www.mobilize.us/nea/event/929205/

04/16/2026

Alexis Matter, DAEOP president, spoke at public comment on what Education Support Professionals are facing every day: low wages, rising healthcare costs, and too many staff feeling stretched thin and undervalued. ONE JOB SHOULD BE ENOUGH.

With a mill levy override ahead, she called for the investment in ESPs. Because supporting students starts with supporting the people who keep our schools running.

04/13/2026

📢 This May Day, we invite our community across Denver to come together in a visible demonstration of unity, solidarity, and collective power. We are mobilizing working people across Denver to challenge billionaire influence over our communities and demand investment in schools, workers, and our beloved communities!

This action is part of a broader nationwide May Day effort, bringing together labor unions, young people, immigrant-led organizations, and community groups. ✊

Join us for our “Allies on Alameda” action on May 1, 2026, beginning at 4:00 PM. Together we’ll line Alameda Avenue, from the intersections of Cherokee to Steele.

RSVP for this event ➡️ https://www.mobilize.us/nea/event/929205/

03/25/2026

Sheridan Educators Association-SEA members will go on strike April 1, 2026 after working an ENTIRE YEAR without a contract!

Text SUPPORT to 45955 to support Sheridan Educators!

Donate to the SEA strike fund: https://www.sheridaneducators.org/donate

In one week, Sheridan educators go on strike after working this entire school year without a contract.

All year we have shown up for our students while the district delayed negotiations, cut support staff pay and hours, and ignored the real problems in our schools. We have spent this year doing our jobs without the protections that supported our schools for decades. After months of disrespect and delay, we are ready to stand up for safety, stability, and real solutions for Sheridan students and staff.

Join us. Text SUPPORT to 45955 to support Sheridan Educators!
Donate to our strike fund: https://www.sheridaneducators.org/donate

02/26/2026

The deadline to complete the Teaching and Learning Conditions Colorado Survey has been extended to March 9.

If you have not taken a few minutes yet, now is the time. Your voice helps shape school improvement plans, district decisions, and state education policy. The survey is anonymous, quick, and one of the most powerful ways educators can influence our working conditions

Reach out to your building rep or principal for your survey code and complete it today at tlccsurvey.org

02/20/2026

📢This month, we’re proud to spotlight Lupita Castillo, a dedicated leader and advocate within the DAEOP community.

Lupita became involved with her union during contract negotiations, showing up to support the bargaining team and advocate for a stronger contract for all DAEOP members. She later stepped into a leadership role as treasurer, helping with finances, planning meetings and working to ensure member voices were represented. ✊