Local Leader Supports

These practical, hands-on guides developed by your colleagues and OEA staff offer support and resources for your first years in the education professions by offering tips, tricks, and strategies to be successful.

The materials listed below are available for immediate download and also available in a print version that will be shipped to you upon request. Please use the button below to be sent to the online form to order printed material.

For questions about these materials, please contact:
Organizing and Member Engagement
organizing@ohea.org   |  614-228-4526   |   800-282-1500

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New Educators Guide TARGET AUDIENCE: Teachers, school counselors, Intervention specialists, school nurses, etc., in their first 10 years of the profession SUGGESTED USE: New Employee Orientation (NEO), Back to School (B2S) events, trainings being held regarding the topics covered in this guide, Resident Educator, evaluations, etc.		New Education Support Professionals (ESP) Guide TARGET AUDIENCE: New paraprofessionals, bus drivers, secretaries, food service employees, maintenance/ custodian, technology support professionals, etc. new to the profession SUGGESTED USE: New Employee Orientation (NEO), Back to School (B2S) events, trainings being held regarding the topics covered in this guide, professional responsibilities, etc.
12-Month Guide (Calendar) for Local Leaders TARGET AUDIENCE: Local Leaders SUGGESTED USE: Local Development Planning and year-round engagement		OEA-AE Field Guide TARGET AUDIENCE: Aspiring Educators (College Students): Pres-service teachers, school psychologist, guidance counselors, nurses, etc SUGGESTED USE: To connect Aspiring Educators with locals and OEA, and introduce them to the association and the value of membership. Great to provide to student teachers, field experience students, career fairs, EdRising chapters/clubs, members who currently work in Higher Education that work with Pre-service educators.
Worksite Leader Guide TARGET AUDIENCE: Worksite Representatives (Building/Association Representatives) SUGGESTED USE: Worksite leader training and development		OEA Membership Training Guide TARGET AUDIENCE: Worksite Representatives, Local Leaders, Organizing Committees, Membership Action Teams SUGGESTED USE: Membership recruitment, retention, engagement, and new leader identification training and development. This guide is especially helpful to train Local Leaders to be prepared for Back-to-School season and other membership organizing work."
Year Round Organizing (YRO) Card TARGET AUDIENCE: Local Leaders, Worksite Leaders, Membership Action Teams, Early Career Educators, Potential Members SUGGESTED USE: Membership recruitment campaigns, membership organizing opportunities, new employee orientations, new hire events, early enrollment campaigns, early career events.		Ohio's New Educator's (ONE) Flyer TARGET AUDIENCE: Early Career Educators (Those who are within their first 10 years in the profession) SUGGESTED USE: Use with the New Teacher Guide and the Early Career Educator Leadership Flyer to invite early career educators to membership and connect them to ONE.
Early Career Educator Leadership Flyer TARGET AUDIENCE: Early Career Educators (Those who are within their first 10 years in the profession) SUGGESTED USE: Use in combination with the New Teacher Guide and the ONE Flyer to invite early career educators to membership and connect them to ONE.		Online Graduate Courses TARGET AUDIENCE: Local Leaders, worksite leaders SUGGESTED USE: Demonstrate the value of membership to current and potential members. This program may be especially interesting to mid-career educators who are working on relicensure and/or seeking to move up on the salary schedule.
OEA-AE Flyer TARGET AUDIENCE: Worksite Representatives, Local Leaders, Organizing Committees, Membership Action Teams, Student Teachers, Aspiring Educators, field experience students, EdRising Chapter Advisors, members who currently work in Higher Education that work with pre-service educators SUGGESTED USE: Student Teaching Organizing/ Recruitment Campaigns, Student Teaching Cohort events, Aspiring Educator involvement fairs, Aspiring Educator recruitment opportunities.		2023-2024 OEA-AE Enrollment Form TARGET AUDIENCE: Worksite Representatives, Local Leaders, Organizing Committees, Membership Action Teams, Student Teachers, Aspiring Educators. Members who currently work in Higher Education that instruct pre-service educators SUGGESTED USE: Student Teaching Organizing/ Recruitment Campaigns, Student Teaching Cohort events, Aspiring Educator involvement fairs, Aspiring Educator recruitment opportunities.
You Belong Flyer TARGET AUDIENCE: Worksite Representatives, Local Leaders, Organizing Committees, Membership Action Teams, New Hires, Potential Members SUGGESTED USE: Membership recruitment campaigns, membership organizing opportunities, new employee orientations, new hire events, early enrollment campaigns, early-career events		Join Online Flyer TARGET AUDIENCE: Worksite Representatives, Local Leaders, Organizing Committees, Membership Action Teams, New Hires, Potential Members SUGGESTED USE: The intended use for this flyer is to promote and drive potential members to OEA’s online enrollment page. It can also be used for membership recruitment campaigns, membership organizing opportunities, new employee orientations, new hire events, early enrollment campaigns, early career events.
Why Join Flyer TARGET AUDIENCE: Worksite Representatives, Local Leaders, Organizing Committees, Membership Action Teams, New Hires, Potential Members SUGGESTED USE: Membership recruitment campaigns, membership organizing opportunities, new employee orientations, new hire events, early enrollment campaigns, early-career events		Why Join Flyer (CUSTOMIZABLE) TARGET AUDIENCE: Worksite Representatives, Local Leaders, Organizing Committees, Membership Action Teams, New Hires, Potential Members SUGGESTED USE: Membership recruitment campaigns, membership organizing opportunities, new employee orientations, new hire events, early enrollment campaigns, early career events. NOTE: Download this PowerPoint Template to customize a flyer specifically for your local. Certain elements in the PowerPoint template can be branded for each local.

NEA Member Resources TARGET AUDIENCE: All members and their families SUGGESTED USE: Document can be used in membership campaigns to help show members and potential members the value of belonging to the union		NEA Member Perks TARGET AUDIENCE: All members and their families SUGGESTED USE: Document can be used in membership campaigns to help show members and potential members the value of belonging to the union
NEA Travel & Vacation Toolkit TARGET AUDIENCE: All members and their families SUGGESTED USE: Document can be used in membership campaigns to help show members and potential members the value of belonging to the union

Updated August 4, 2023