Melia Melton recently joined the OEA as the assistant for the Teaching and Learning and Organizing centers as well as receptionist at the association headquarters in Oklahoma City. Melia retired after 36 years as a court reporter in Oklahoma City and Cleveland County. She also served as a program instructor
Former Mustang elementary teacher Joshua Frazier has joined the OEA as an early career/equity organizer, a new position created by a grant from the National Education Association. Frazier’s position is part of the Teaching and Learning Center. His responsibilities include working with early career educators in the western half of
SB 1647, a voucher bill that could have destroyed rural public education, was defeated on the senate floor late Wednesday night (March 23). Following is OEA President Katherine Bishop’s response to the vote: “The bipartisan defeat of SB 1647 in the Senate was a huge win for Oklahoma’s children.
True Stories of #PublicEdProud By Jessica JerniganOEA member and Director of School and Community Engagementat Bixby Public SchoolsAs published in the Tulsa World, Feb. 25, 2022. What makes us #PublicSchoolProud? These anecdotes are a mere glimpse into a true and deeper story with a name and a face, a student
Juliana Urtubey, National Teacher of the Year from Las Vegas, will bring her message of a “joyful and just education” as the closing keynote speaker at the OEA Organizing Conference on Feb. 26, at the Embassy Suites Northwest OKC. Urtubey is in her 11th year in the classroom at Kermit
With Oklahoma schools moving to distance learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OEA has compiled resources to help educators and students in these unprecedented times. The The Bridge is a movement designed to connect educators with families looking for enrichment, ideas, and teacher-created content during the statewide coronavirus shutdown. We have
Join Edmond ACT in person for a morning of classroom tricks and classroom management ideas. Kim Littrell, OEA Teaching and Learning Specialist, will encourage and motivate new educators as they continue to work with students in a COVID world. Sign Up Here! The event is free, but for Edmond ACT
Early Bird Deadline Extended Early Bird registration for the 2022 Organizing Conference has been extended through Feb. 11. Registration for just $35 before the 12. Afterwards, registration will will increase to $50. “Better Together: Organizing through Advocacy” is the theme for this year’s conference, which is scheduled for Feb. 25-26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-5BcbO4M2M ESP of the Year Award is Open! Click the photo above to get the nomination form. ESPs are represented on the OEA Board and the ESP Committee Education Support Professionals are represented on the OEA Board of Directors by two directors. If they are not elected as a zone
Scout Anvar was recently named research and campaign organizer, a new position at the Oklahoma Education Association. OEA won an NEA grant to establish the Center for Research & Campaign Organizing. Anvar’s responsibilities will include research and campaign planning on a variety of issues, including the promotion of transformational community
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