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OEA Day of Collaboration: Distance Education Webinar Series
Save the Date to join the Ohio Education Association during Mondays in August for our Day of Collaboration: Distance Webinar Series
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NEA Representative Assembly
Interested in becoming a state delegate to the NEA Representative Assembly? Declaration of candidacy forms are located at this link.
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2019-2020 OEA Member Resource Guide
The 2019-2020 OEA Member Resource Guide is available as an overview to help you make the most of your OEA Membership
Local Leader Supports
These practical, hands-on guides developed by your colleagues and OEA staff offer support and resources for your first years in the education professions by offering tips, tricks, and strategies to be successful. The materials listed below are available for immediate …
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2024-2025 Treasurer’s Workshop Dates
The workshops are designed for new Local Treasurers as well as experienced treasurers who want a refresher. Other local officers are also welcome attend. OEA Treasurer Robert McFee will facilitate the workshops
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OEA VP Scott DiMauro: Graduation Requirements & State Takeover
It is simply unfair and unreasonable to expect that students who are already half way through their high school careers should be expected to meet a whole new set of requirements for graduation.
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Blog: The Antidote to Despair
By Julie Rine is an English Instructor and an Academic Challenge Advisor at Minerva High School, Minerva, Ohio.
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Maysville Schools’ Support Professionals Vote to Unionize, Join OEA
Nearly 100 nonunion education support professionals of the Maysville Local School District voted to become an affiliate of the OEA. “Our primary reason for organizing is to secure fair working standards across the district,” said Maysville Classified Education Association spokesperson Gabriel Weatherspoon.
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OEA Opposes Proposal of Federal Funds to Buy Guns for Educators
OEA President Becky Higgins: “The idea of arming teachers is simply a bad idea. It does not make our schools and our students safer. The suggestion that Title IV-A funds, which are meant to be used for mental health, bullying prevention, and other programs would be used to put guns into our classrooms is unacceptable.”
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Representative Assembly
The Representative Assembly (RA) is the policy-making body of the Ohio Education Association. It is comprised of members who have been elected as delegates to represent their local associations. Any member is welcome to attend.