The Oklahoma Labor-Management Conference is back in 2021 after last year’s cancellation due to the pandemic. The 22nd annual conference will be held virtually 9 a.m. to noon, Aug. 4-5. Registration is $50 per person and due by July 26. No registration refunds will be given after the 26th. The conference
2021 Legislative Goals OEA’s 2020 Delegate Assembly approved the associations legislative goals for the 2021 session. The Legislative and Political Organizing Center will use these goals to help the Legislative Committee develop an agenda for the next session. OEA Fund for Children and Public Education No dues dollars are ever
Oklahoma’s Education Support Professionals have an important decision to make about their retirement now that SB 683 has been signed into law. The new law allows ESPs to join the Teachers’ Retirement System upon their initial hiring by a school district. They no longer need to work for a year
2022-2023 NEA Rankings & Estimates 2023 NEA Rankings & Estimates Extra Duty Comparisons NEW! The 2023-24 Extra Duty Comparison study ranks the extra duty stipends of Oklahoma’s largest schools, split out by 6A and 5A schools. 2021-22 Extra Duty Comparison 2019-20 Extra Duty Comparison. 2018-19 Extra Duty Comparison 2017-18 Extra
Make the Connection – OEA’s 2021 Organizing Conference will be held virtually this year and is free to attend, Feb. 26-27. Anthony Daniels, minority leader of the Alabama House of Representatives and a former chair of NEA’s student program from aspirirng educators, will give the keynote address Saturday the 27th.
Oklahoma maintained its spot at 34th nationally in average teacher salaries but continues to rank last in the region and near the bottom nationally in per pupil expenditures, according to numbers recently released by the National Education Association. According to NEA’s Rankings of the States 2020 and Estimates of School
May 13, 2021 The governor and legislative leaders announced their plan today for next year’s budget, which includes a $171.8 million increase in public education appropriations. OEA President Alicia Priest Responds “This budget does a lot of good for Oklahoma students and their families. Our students will especially benefit from
Muskogee’s Cherokee Elementary has been awarded a $2,000 grant that will fund sensory paths for its students and revive the school’s courtyard. The grant is from the Oklahoma Aspiring Educators Association, the student division of the Oklahoma Education Association. OAEA is comprised of college students majoring in education and planning
2021 Poster Contest Winners Named Bridgett Krup’s depiction of Katniss Everdeen from “Catching Fire: The Hunger Games Book 2,” earned Best in Show honors in OEA’s 2021 Read Across America Poster Contest. Krup is a senior at Valliant High School. Students in grades three through 12 entered drawings depicting their
Congratulations to Norman’s Jessica Eschbach, who today was named 2021 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year. An OEA member and an innovative learning coach, Jessica will serve as the state’s public education ambassador for the 2021-22 school year. She will begin her duties as state Teacher of the Year on July 1.
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