OEA staffers Kim Littrell and Heather Cody are switching job responsibilities beginning Jan. 3.
Littrell will move into Cody’s position as a member of the Northeast Regional Team and as the teaching and learning specialist for the eastern side of the state. Cody will assume the position of Aspiring Educators coordinator.
“Like many people, the pandemic has caused Heather and I to look more deeply at our work and our roles at the OEA,” Littrell said, “and we realized that switching positions would allow us both to better align with our goals.”
Littrell joined the OEA as a teaching and learning specialist in 2008 and began serving as the coordinator of the student program in 2016. She has a bachelor’s in English education and a master’s of teaching, both from Northeastern State University (NSU). She taught English language arts for 10 years before joining OEA, including seven years at Tahlequah High School.
“I’m not afraid of change, and I believe that others bring new perspectives and fresh ideas to organizing,” Littrell said. “I want to reconnect with teachers to better empathize with them and understand their challenges and professional learning needs.”
Cody joined the OEA in 2019 after teaching elementary students for five years, including three years at Tulsa’s Mayo Demonstration School. She has a bachelor’s of education from NSU and was a March for Education organizer for the Tulsa Association of Classroom Teachers, the group of educators who walked from Tulsa to Oklahoma City during the 2018 teacher walkout.
“I’m so excited to work with students and early career educators to help recruit and retain new educators,” Cody said. “I also want to find new leaders for our association who will keep moving us forward. I am not too far removed from either of those groups, and I am excited to help bring some new faces to both the classroom and association leadership roles.”
Kim Littrell
