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Professional Development Opportunities

The MTA offers training in various areas, workshops, and events like the Union Skills, ESP, and Summer Conferences. Training is at no or low cost.

Keeping Your Skills Up to Date

Good Resources

The MTA provides its members with training in all aspects of education: human and civil rights, political action, communications, negotiations, professional learning and almost any other area of concern to members. Our workshops are of consistently high quality and are offered at no cost or low cost to members. The MTA also holds events during the year including the Union Skills Conference in January, the ESP Conference in the spring and the Summer Conference in August.

Questions? Contact Training and Professional Learning Specialist Audra Makuch at amakuch@massteacher.org or ESP Organizer Sonia Fortin at mtaesp@massteacher.org. You can also reach out to your local union president or MTA field representative.

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A Diverse Union of Education Workers

The MTA represents 117,000 members in 400 local associations throughout Massachusetts. We are teachers, faculty, professional staff and Education Support Professionals working at public schools, colleges and universities across Massachusetts.