Audience: OEA member
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OEA Lobby Day member feedback
Thank you for attending OEA’s Lobby Day! It is very useful for our ongoing lobbying to have your feedback about your lobby day experience. We ask that you provide that information to GR. This information will aid the OEA lobbyists …
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‘A’ is for Advocacy – Why We Must All Become Activist Educators
Guest Blog By Julie Holderbaum, Minerva EA/OEA | During the past few months, Ohio’s teachers have found ways to creatively teach every content area while being separated physically from our students.
OEA Listening Circles
Come join our virtual Listening Circles where we will gather, focus, reflect, speak, and listen with each other, strengthening our OEA community through connecting to our shared values. Events occur on Thursdays from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. EST
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April/ May 2020 Ohio Schools
OEA members focus on organizing and preparing for the future at 2020 Advocacy and Organizing Institute
A Message to OEA Members from Education First Credit Union
Education First Credit Union is doing our best to be that constant and reliable source for financial assistance for our members, and those working in education, students and their families.
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Taking Comfort in What We Know: Surviving as a Type A Teacher in Times of Uncertainty
Guest Blog By Julie Holderbaum, Minerva EA/OEA | I’m a Type A teacher who thrives on planning. It’s difficult to plan when there are so many questions and so few answers. I can’t help but feel truly overwhelmed.
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Conference Committee Testimony by Dan Heintz
Guest Blog By Dan Heintz, Chardon LSD/OEA | Dan provided the following testimony to the Conference Committee on EdChoice Vouchers
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Why Ohio’s Report Card System Is Failing to Make the Grade
Guest Blog By Julie Holderbaum, Minerva EA/OEA | Ohio’s taxpayers want our schools to produce flourishing young adults who will contribute in meaningful and healthy ways to our society, and they spend a lot of money to ensure that this happens.
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February/ March 2020 Ohio Schools
Language of Learning: From the earliest indications of hearing loss, educators at the Ohio School for the Deaf welcome students and families into the school’s barrier-free communications curriculum