Topic: Teaching
Ohio Code of Conduct FAQs
Below are documents for a variety of topics to Frequently Asked Questions relating to Ohio’s Code of Conduct developed jointly between OEA and the Ohio Department of Education. Click on each topic to down each document in .pdf format in …
To Vote or Not to Vote: Why Educators Need to Do More Than Help Students Register to Vote
Guest Blog By Julie Holderbaum, Minerva EA/OEA | Many educators discuss the importance of voting with our students. But can we do more to alleviate their anxiety and fear of the unknown, to make them feel that their voice matters?
Why Belong
Ohio’s New Educators (ONE) is a unique community within the Ohio Education Association (OEA) supporting early career educators in their first years of teaching. Our statewide network engages and empowers educators in the first 10 years of their career to become successful, active and visible in their profession and community through collective action.
You Belong! Ohio Education Association-Retired
OEA-Retired (OEA-R) is dedicated to meeting the needs of all educators, providing member involvement within OEA and supporting pubic education. OEA-R is Ohio’s only retired association with the National Education Association (NEA) and offers a unified membership with NEA and OEA, that is over 3-million members strong.
‘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.
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.
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
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.
A Seat at the Table or a Broken Promise?
Ohio’s 612 public school districts are quite diverse. This summer, the legislature ripped off the band-aid and passed into law what they call a permanent solution. Ohio Excels, a group primarily consisting of business leaders, created a new concoction of graduation requirements and the Ohio legislature gobbled it up.
Loveland E.A. Educator Selected as 2020 NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellow
The NEA Foundation, a public charity founded by educators for educators, recently named Abra Koch, a Spanish educator at Loveland High School, in southwestern Ohio near Cincinnati, as a 2020 NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellow. The 2020 fellows will use what they learn during the year to prepare their students for global citizenship.
