2025 ESP Leadership Summit
Register and attend OEA’s 2025 ESP Leadership Summit on January 25th, noon to 2pm.
Participants will discuss issues and trends from around the state, review potential legislative priorities, and provide feedback on new membership materials. Rachel Reight from Baasten Mc Kinley & Co. will provide an ESP focused legal update with a Q&A in the second hour of the meeting. Please email Matt Ides, OEA’s ESP liaison, with any questions (idesm@ohea.org). We look forward to seeing you January 25th!
OAESP 2024 Conference
The Ohio Association of Education Support Professionals are excited to announce our Fall Conference
MAKING OUR VOICES HEARD EVERYDAY
October 11-12, 2024
Nationwide Hotel & Conference Center
100 Green Meadows Drive South
Lewis Center, OH 43035
Join us at 5:00 PM on Friday, October 11th and 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM on Saturday, October 12th
The first fifty (50) registrants who are OAESP members will receive a scholarship which includes registration, meals provided at the conference, and hotel (double occupancy) for Friday, October 11, 2024, at the Nationwide Hotel & Conference Center.
You will be notified if you are a scholarship recipient on or before September 14, 2023.
A limited number of single accommodations will be available at a cost of $75 due the date of the conference either by cash (exact amount) or check made payable to Ohio Education Association, Attention: Chantal Dixon.
For those of you who are not an OAESP Member but would like to become a member, please check the appropriate box during your registration and you may complete a registration form at the conference. Dues for the year are $5 and cash or check (made payable to OAESP) can be paid at the conference.
We have some exciting professional development offerings, and we look forward to seeing you at the Conference.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Chantal Dixon at 614-227-0046 or via email at dixonc@ohea.org
Revised September 13, 2024
ESP Education Support Professional (ESP) Award
Some years ago, education support professionals were not members of the Ohio Education Association. Today, OEA Education Support Professional members are actively involved in the Association, in bargaining, political action, community organizing, and school restructuring efforts, as partners with their education colleagues.
Once a year, OEA/NEA members join school districts and communities on National Education Support Professional Day to honor the many dedicated education support professionals around the nation. The OEA Board of Directors approved a special annual honor, the OEA Education Support Professional Award, to further emphasize the contributions of education support professionals to their schools, communities, and all education workers.
OEA will present the Education Support Professional Award to an OEA member whose activities reflect the contributions of education support professionals to public education. Nominations may be submitted by any member and/or affiliate of the Ohio Education Association.
Current members of the OEA Board of Directors and association staff members are not eligible for this scholarship. In addition, OEA Awards and Scholarship Committee Members are not eligible for two years after completion of service on the committee to apply or to be nominated.
The award will be presented at the OEA Spring Representative Assembly Awards Luncheon. For additional information, please contact Awards by emailing: awards@ohea.org.
NOTE: The completed online application form must be received on or before January 31, 2025. ** Late applications will not be considered.
All applicants will receive notification of receipt of his/her application. The finalists may receive an interview request at the discretion of the committee. Only complete applications will be considered. The OEA Awards and Scholarship Committee reserves the right to present no award, or to refer an applicant to another award or scholarship.
TIP: Consider using this nomination worksheet as a guide prior to completing the online form. This guide can not be submitted in lieu of the online nomination form.
Questions or Concerns? Please contact us at awards@ohea.org
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