OEA Training Information

Training for Local Leaders

Dealing Effectively with Race to the Top and House Bill 1

August 11-12, 2010

Holiday Inn Columbus-Worthington, 7007 N High Street,

Worthington, Ohio 43085

(Phone: 614.436.0700;Fax: 614.436.5318)

OEA is offering training for local leaders to position their associations for advocacy and bargaining on Race to the Top (RTTT) and House Bill 1 issues. The two-day event will feature strategies for pursuing teaching and learning conditions that benefit members and the learners they serve. Accordingly, the theme for the training is members building bridges to 21st century learning.

Key Takeaways:

• Strategies for professional issues advocacy, e.g., implementation MOUs, labor management teams guiding school improvement
• Perspectives on shaping, adapting to, and growing with change
• Implications for members of new academic content standards, aligned assessments, and data-support systems, e.g., just-in-time data for teacher decision making
• Teacher evaluation approaches work for teachers and their students
• Networking opportunities
• NEA Priority Schools programs and tools

Register online at http://www.regonline.com/BuildingBridges beginning June 29, 2010. Space is limited, so register now. This training event will offer information for every local leader.

Priority will be given to RTTT locals, if registration numbers exceed the conference's capacity. We encourage each local to send the president and a member of the labor-management team that will be overseeing school improvement for the district (e.g., RTTT transformation team).

Training location: Holiday Inn Columbus-Worthington, 7007 N High Street, Worthington, Ohio 43085 (Phone: 614.436.0700;Fax: 614.436.5318).

Expenses: OEA will provide meals for all participants and lodging for members who travel 50 miles or more to Columbus. In addition, members may submit expense vouchers for mileage reimbursement to and from the Holiday Inn Columbus-Worthington.

Please contact Laurie Nelson (nelsonla@ohea.org or 614.227.3078), if you have questions.