Audience: preK-12 Teacher
Forming a union
Step 1: Initial Contacts Organizers and employees meet to assess the level of interest among coworkers and determine who might want to take a leadership role in the organizing drive. Step 2: Building An Organizing Committee Employees who strongly support …
Ohio Learning Standards
Ohio’s students are instructed on learning standards that were adopted through the legislative process. Students are also assessed according to these standards. To find out more about the Ohio’s Learning Standards, please visit our coalition partnership page with The Ohio …
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Remember that the sole purpose of a conference is to allow the parent and teacher to understand more fully the student’s performance in school and ways to enhance that performance. Communicate this purpose to parents. Keeping this in mind keeps …
Social Media Guidelines for Educators
Dos And Don’ts For Educators Whether you’re just considering becoming involved with social media or you’ve already established an identity on one or multiple sites, you need to use these channels wisely. OEA has developed the following guidelines on using …
Commonsense Pointers for Avoiding False Allegations
Whenever possible, never be alone with a student. That’s because a student’s allegations made when there are no other witnesses hinge on credibility, and authorities often tend to favor the alleged victim in these circumstances. So don’t be alone with …
Teachers and Children’s Services Investigations
Investigations by Children’s Services are NOT legal proceedings. Therefore, BEFORE talking with ANYONE from Children’s Services, please follow these important steps: If you are notified that a complaint against you has been filed with Children’s Services regarding your treatment of …
Disruptive or Violent Students
If you have a Concern with a Student Emergency Removal You have the right to remove a disruptive student from the classroom. You have the right to impose necessary disciplinary action to students in keeping with Board policy. Physical Assault …
Employee Use of the Internet
In the past several years, OEA has had a rash of contractual and legal issues regarding alleged misuse of the Internet – school and personal. Therefore, we wanted to remind you of the following common sense applications of Internet usage. …
Fact Finder for the Ohio Teacher
The Teacher Contract Ohio teachers work under one of two basic types of contracts–limited or continuing. Limited contracts must be renewed periodically. State statute or your collective bargaining agreement determine the procedure the employer must use to non-renew a limited …
