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Latest Info For Members

Training for Building Reps

Central will be providing in-person training for members who are Building Reps for their Local Association. The training will take place on June 12th, with Breakfast and registration at 8:30 a.m. The training is expected to last 2-3 hours. Lunch will also be provided.

Interested members must register. To register:

  • Log in to your Central account at www.centraloeanea.org (or create an account if you don't have one)
  • Scroll to the "Building Rep Training" event and click "Going". Wait a short moment for it to register. That's it.

During this training with Amber James, building/faculty reps will learn about more than just the basics of their contract. The training will include a review of the professional code of conduct, social media considerations, how to represent members in meetings with administration and how to have one on one conversations with members. Practicing these conversations/representations is key to being a rep and merits more focused training. Recommended for new and newer reps, but experienced reps are welcome.

Take Action: Honesty in Education

Our communities overwhelmingly support fully and equitably funding our public schools so that every child gets an honest education, providing our students with critical thinking skills and the freedom to pursue their dreams. As a professional, you know what is best for our students. Below are ways you can take action to ensure our students continue to get the education they deserve. We need your voice to be heard! A personal message from a leader like you will go a long way in showing the power of the union.

Four things you can do now

NEA Edjustice: Pledge to Support Honesty in Education: Take the pledge and ask others to do the same!

Support Honest & Accurate Education: Pledge your voice so students can learn from the past, make sense of the present, and prepare for the future.

NEA: Your Priorities for Public Schools: Let NEA know what you most care about in our schools.

NEA Edjustice: Join the Justice League and build power back in your local Association and community

Resources: Honesty in Education

No matter our culture, ethnicity, or zip code, we want our kids to have an education that imparts honesty about who we are, integrity in how we treat others, and courage to do what’s right. Some politicians use distraction and division to dictate what we as educators can say and block kids from learning our shared stories of confronting injustice to build a more perfect union. Joining together, we can demand that our schools have the resources to meet every student’s needs with well-trained and supported educators and an honest curriculum to help shape our future.

NEA: Honestly in Education
https://neaedjustice.org/honesty-in-education

We Make the Future: Messaging Guide and Digital Tool Kit
www.wemakethefuture.us/resources-docs/freedom-to-learn-messaging-guide

Honesty For Ohio Education
www.honestyforohioeducation.org

Innovation Ohio
https://innovationohio.org/io_hub/honestyined

Become an Education Advocate Leader

Education Advocate Leaders (EALs) are members! They strengthen their Local Associations legislative and political grassroots capacity year-round, by engaging fellow members around legislative and political campaigns.

Each local should try to have at least one Education Advocate Leader to represent primary, one for intermediate, one for secondary educators and one to represent the different classifications in a classified local, SCOPE or Higher Ed.

Central OEA/NEA will provide a $100 stipend to each local Education Advocate Leader who meets the Mandatory Criteria.

To become an Education Advocate Leader, apply online: www.centraloeanea.org/eal
A list of criteria for receiving the Education Advocate Leader stipend follows.

Mandatory Criteria:
• Communicate with your local/colleagues on education issues
• Contribute to the OEA Fund
• Recruit at least 10 colleagues to receive Central ACE's emails and send their addresses to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Attend an Education Advocate Leader training session
• Join the OEA Outreach Circle

Strongly Recommended:
• Play an active role in local election activities
• Attend OEA phone banks or an OEA sponsored canvass
• Like and Share Central Social Media Content
Stipends are paid to Education Advocate Leaders who have completed all the mandatory requirements.

Education Advocate Leader training details: We will have a virtual training on October 5th, 2022 at 5:00 PM via Zoom.

Topics covered will include:
• Communication & Involvement (sign up colleagues to ACE’s list, disseminating info to your local)
• How to sign up for the OEA Outreach Circle
• How to sign up for and use the Hustle App
• Cyber lobbying, and engaging Central, OEA, NEA Social Media
• Understanding what the Fund is & is not
• Statehouse lobbying
• EAL Stipend Criteria
• Campaign 2022
To apply to become an Education Advocate Leader apply online: www.centraloeanea.org/eal

2022 Fall Communique & Member Resource Guide

2021 Power Up! Materials

Materials for the 2021 Power Up! Conference can be downloaded here.

10:00 – 10:45 “Building Your Resilience During Uncertain Times” Materials
Pause & Reflect_Reflection Questions.docx
Personal Resilience Plan.docx
Stress and Burnout Presentation March 2021.pptx
ProQOL_5_English_Self-Score.pdf
Regulation Strategies for Self-Care.pdf

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