Audience: OEA member
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.
December 2018 Ohio Schools Magazine
Community Connections: Throughout Ohio, OEA members are making a meaningful difference for their students, schools and communities
Legislative Watch
OEA LEGISLATIVE WATCH — Extending Alt. Graduation Pathways | Restoration of OPERS Credit for DD Employees | Proposed HJR 19 Constitutional amendment making it more difficult to pass amendments met with sharp criticism as an attack on direct democracy.
American Education Week — Keeping Students Safe & Secure
During American Education Week (Nov. 12-16, 2018), the OEA is taking the opportunity to raise awareness of, and to help eliminate the stigma of managing a disability or mental illness. To learn more about where OEA members collectively stand on the issues….
About Last Tuesday Night….
By OEA President Becky Higgins | Let me get right to the point – the election results were deeply disappointing. We had a very good candidate for Governor in Rich Cordray. As we analyze the election to inform future strategies, we’ll also be re-doubling our efforts to address the issues that our members care about.
October 2018 Ohio Schools
Champions of Education — Support those who support our students and our school.
September 2018 Ohio Schools
Heart and Soul — For Northridge educators, student success starts with respect, trust and understanding.
OEA Whisper Grant for Students in Need
Whisper Grant for Students in Need offer direct assistance to an individual student or group of students with educational or personal needs when a hardship is identified. Grants are issued to a requesting education staff member(s) to purchase items or improve an individual’s or group of individual’s school learning or academic performance or to assist with basic needs such as eyeglasses, personal hygiene items, repairs to a broken wheelchair, etc. Grants may be awarded in the following increments based on determined needs and calculated costs: $100, $150, or $200, up to a maximum of $2,000 per school year.
