Audience: Education Support Professionals

Celebrate Educators with the Columbus Blue Jackets!
The Columbus Blue Jackets are excited to extend to educators, their family, and friends another opportunity to join us again to catch some CBJ Hockey

Public Education Matters Day
Public Education Matters is an initiative that uplifts the united voices of OEA members to ensure that educators, students, and communities receive fully funded and supported public schools

Fear and Power: What Really Drives Issue 1
Guest Blog By Julie Holderbaum, Minerva EA/OEA | Issue 1 ends majority rule in Ohio and takes away citizen’s right to decide what happens here by undermining the sacred principle of ‘one person, one vote.’

Bargaining Boot Camp – Columbus, OH
OEA’s Bargaining Boot Camp is an intensive, team-based training designed to learn about and incorporate essential organizing and bargaining concepts into your local association’s bargaining preparation

Bargaining Boot Camp – Akron/Cuyahoga Falls, OH
OEA’s Bargaining Boot Camp is an intensive, team-based training designed to learn about and incorporate essential organizing and bargaining concepts into your local association’s bargaining preparation

Teacher Appreciation Week
Teacher Appreciation Week is May 8-12 and it’s time once again to encourage people in communities across Ohio to show their gratitude for all the ways teachers, education support professionals, and all educators who work in our public schools make a difference in the lives of students. Tell us why your teacher is great and they could win some amazing prizes, and your student’s class could win a pizza party!

LRC Skills Development Program
The OEA is excited to announce the 2023 Labor Relations Consultant (LRC) Skills Development Program. The purpose of the LRC Skills Development Program is to provide interested OEA members and Associate staff with an overview of the skills critical to being successful in the role of an OEA Labor Relations Consultant.

Student Loan Forgiveness Workshop
NEA Member Benefits will share the latest news about student loan forgiveness – the good, the bad and the opportunities coming soon.
Consider a Career in Education
Ohio’s educators change lives every day. Whether working as teachers or in the support roles that make our schools run smoothly and allow our children to thrive, educators of all races, backgrounds, and genders enjoy rewarding careers serving Ohio’s 1.7 million public school students. Ohio’s students need you. Learn more about the education profession and what it takes to get started.
Student Debt Relief
On January 10, 2023 the Department of Education released a proposed regulation that delivers on the plan President Biden announced in August to provide millions of borrowers with more affordable monthly student loan payments