Mentor Coach ESP Summer Organizer Application 2025
MSEA is excited to announce that posting of ESP Union Summer Mentor Coaches positions with the goal of building union membership and local union participation around the MSEA ESP Bill of Rights. These are paid 8-week positions at 40-hours per week, $35.00 per hour, starting on Monday, June 23 through Friday, August 15. The Union Summer program will train and support ESP member organizers to recruit and engage potential members across the state in a regional capacity by using the one-on-one organizing model and the MSEA ESP Bill of Rights. Our program will also provide scholarships to attend the MSEA Summer Leadership Conference and the NEA Zone 1 Organizing Institute.
Applicants must have previous experience as either an MSEA ESP Year-Round Organizer or ESP Summer Organizer. Applications should be passionate about racial, social, and economic justice, detail-oriented, committed to the labor movement, and willing to have conversations about the importance of union membership and participation with potential ESP members from diverse backgrounds.
To be eligible for the 2025 ESP Summer Organizing program you must be an ESP member of your local, state, and national union. Women, people of color, and people who are LGBTQIA are all encouraged to apply. People who participate in this program may be considered for future organizer employment opportunities where needed.
Mentor Coaches will be expected to:
- Work with MSEA Staff on best approaches and targeting strategies to engage members and potential members with the Bill of Rights Campaign.
- Provide training and demonstrate best organizing practices for other ESP Summer Organizers during program orientation and ongoing during the 8-week program.
- Accompany other organizers in Maryland during canvass shifts and provide feedback and guidance.
- Manage, coordinate, and assign turf.
- Provide feedback and coaching while coordinating daily check-in meetings.