April – May 2022 Ohio Schools
- COVER STORY: Prioritizing Student Health – When COVID-19 threatened those under his care, district school nurse David Pryer made sure Allen East students, teachers, and staff could return to school safely
- MAKING THE GRADE
- Oberlin’s Kurt Russell Named Finalist for 2022 National Teacher of the Year
- Association
- OEA to Hold In-Person 2022 Spring Representative Assembly with Virtual Component on May 7
- Candidates of OEA Statewide Election
- Proposed Amendments to the OEA Amended and Restated Constitution and Bylaws Spring 2022
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2019 Spring OEA Rep. Assembly Highlights
“My Story, My Struggle”
“My Story, My Struggle” by Sophia Jeng, Kings High School, Warren OH. Sponsored by the SouthWestern Ohio Education Association
“Suffocating on AIR” — The Fort Hayes Flow Fam Slam Team
“Suffocating on AIR” by the The Fort Hayes Flow Fam Slam, an award-winning poetry slam team from the Columbus Ft. Hayes Metropolitan High School. Pictured from left-right: Odessa Robinson, Kallee Bernish-Good, Dulci Ramirez-Abercrombie, and Playon Patrick. They’re accompanied by their coach, Ft. Hayes HS English teacher (and alum) Nancy de Leon; and, Media Specialist, and team advocate Courtney Johnson. Sponsored by the Columbus Education Association.
Retirement Recognition of Pres. Becky Higgins
The retirement recognition of current OEA Pres. Becky Higgins, who is also concluding her second term. With special announcements from:
- United States Senator Sherrod Brown
- Nicole Stratton — Copley Teachers Association/OEA
- Former U.S. Representative Betty Sutton
- OEA Secretary-Treasurer Mark Hill/OEA
- OEA Executive Director Sheryl Mathis/OEA
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Ohio Education Association Elects New President And Vice President
[Columbus, May 13, 2019] ─ Members of the Ohio Education Association (OEA), the state’s largest public employee union, have elected Scott DiMauro to a three-year term as President, and Jeff Wensing to a three-year term as Vice President. Both will take office on July 15, 2019. The current President, Becky Higgins, is term-limited after having served two three-year terms.
The election of the two officers took place over the weekend at the OEA’s Representative Assembly (RA), the governing body of the organization. Nearly 1,000 member delegates from OEA local affiliates throughout Ohio participated in the RA.
DiMauro, who currently serves as OEA’s Vice President, has been an active OEA member throughout his teaching career. He was a social studies teacher at Worthington Kilbourne High School before being elected as OEA’s Vice President in 2013.
OEA Vice President-elect Jeff Wensing is a 26-year high school math teacher from Parma, Ohio. Prior to his election as OEA Vice-President, Wensing served as the President of the Parma Education Association and as the President of the North Eastern Ohio Education Association.
OEA represents 122,000 teachers, education support professionals and higher-education faculty.
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Ohio Education Association elects new Secretary-Treasurer
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(Columbus) – On Friday, May 11, Mark Hill of the Worthington Education Association, was elected Secretary-Treasurer of Ohio’s largest association of public employees, the Ohio Education Association (OEA).
Hill was elected by OEA’s Representative Assembly, the governing body of the organization. The Representative Assembly is comprised of more than 1,100 elected delegates from local education associations throughout Ohio. Hill will serve a three-year term beginning July 15, 2018. He replaces outgoing Secretary-Treasurer Tim Myers who is term-limited.
Hill is a 30-year middle school math teacher with Worthington City Schools. He has served since 2010 as President of the Worthington Education Association and has been a member of the bargaining team for four contracts. Mark has served as Chair of the Political Action and Finance Committees for Central OEA/NEA and as Chair of the OEA Resolutions Committee. Mark is currently a member of the OEA Board of Directors and is the Chair of the Strategic Priorities Oversight Committee. Mark has served on the board of the State Teachers Retirement System since 2010.
The Ohio Education Association represents 125,000 teachers, faculty members and support professionals in Ohio’s public schools, colleges and universities.
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Use this guide as an overview to help you make the most of your OEA Membership. Within, you’ll learn more about:
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OEA Member Resource Guide 2016
Use this guide as an overview to help you make the most of your OEA Membership. Within, you’ll learn more about:
- Ways to Become Involved
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Throughout our more than 150-year history, OEA members have been involved in every struggle and effort to advance the finest of America’s dreams: a quality public education for every child.
If you have additional questions, contact us at 1-844-OEA-Info (1-844-632-4636) or send us an email to: membership@ohea.org.
Moved recently? Contact the OEA Member Hotline to update the address on file at 1-844-OEA-Info (1-844-632-4636) or email, membership@ohea.org. Representatives are available Monday-Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. | OhioSchools — Past Issues
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