Topic: Communications and community engagement
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Scholarships for 2024 NEA National Leadership Summit
Preparations are in full swing for the NEA Leadership Summit being held March 1-3, 2024. At this time, the NEA is planning for an in-person experience for the 2024 Leadership Summit to be held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, IL. The summit will further develop Activist leaders and prepare them with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to lead relevant, thriving associations and to lead in their professions. The theme for the 2024 Summit is Education. Democracy. Freedom. Our Right! Our Responsibility!
Community Conversations – Bridging Stories Seminar
OEA members are invited to join us for an engaging event that will help us to build relationships through communication.
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Ohio Education Association Candidate Recommendations
Ohio’s General Election is on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Make sure educators voices are heard this November by making your plan to vote. Know the important dates and how to find information on voting in the upcoming General Election.
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July 2022 Ohio Schools
Award-winning art for 24th Annual Create a Cover Contest highlights what Ohio’s students love most about their schools
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April – May 2022 Ohio Schools
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
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Norwood T.A.’s Leila Kubesch Named 2020 Ohio Teacher of the Year
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Paolo DeMaria surprised students and staff at Norwood Middle School this week by announcing that Leila Kubesch was selected as Ohio’s 2020 teacher of the year.
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Columbus E.A. Reaches Comprehensive Conceptual Agreement
Columbus Education Association reaches comprehensive conceptual agreement with Columbus City Schools on new labor contract. Members will soon review and vote whether to ratify the conceptual agreement.
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Student Design Selected for ‘Stop Bullying’ License Plates
The design selected for a new “Stop Bullying” Ohio license plate is one created by Brooke Balser, a student at Independence Middle School in Independence. Yost and the OEA announced a contest at the start of May to select the license plate design.
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K-5 License Plate Design Contest
Ohio Education Association and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost are partnering to host a “Stop Bullying” License Plate Design Contest for students in grades K-5. Entries must be postmarked by May 31, 2019.
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Why I Ran for Office
Guest Blog | By Molly Wassmuth, Westerville E.A. | The 2016 presidential election…it did not turn out the way I had hoped or worked for, despite the fact that I donated, canvassed and phone-banked. Did I do enough?