The 2022 Central OEA/NEA Power Up! Conference will be held on March 5th from 9:00 AM until 2:30PM. The conference will be virtual over Zoom. Registered attendees will be sent the Zoom information two days prior to the conference.
To register
Log in to your Central account (or create an account if you don't have one)
Scroll down to the "Power Up! Conference" event and click "Attending"
Wait a short moment for it to register. That's it.
Conference details will be published shortly.
The 2022 Central OEA/NEA Diversity conference will be held on January 22nd from 8:45 AM until 12:30PM. The conference will be virtual over Zoom. Registered attendees will be sent the Zoom information two days prior to the conference.
To register
Log in to your Central account (or create an account if you don't have one)
Scroll down to the "Diversity Conference" event and click "Attending"
Wait a short moment for it to register. That's it.
Three sessions will be presented.
Session 1 A Legal Look at Diversity
Presented by Makia Burns.
Makia Burns is a staff liaison for The Ohio Education Association. Makia focuses on Professional Development for members and focuses on laws that affect members teaching skills and parameters.
Session 2 Counseling Students with Diverse Backgrounds
Presented by Ernest White.
Ernest White is a Strategies for Intervention and Prevention Program School Counselor for Licking Heights Local Schools. Ernest focuses on working with at-risk youths within the district who have faced disciplinary issues.
Session 3 Classroom Diversity Tips
Presented by Aneeka Farrell.
Aneeka Farrell is a prominent member of the Washington Education Association. Aneeka's experience, working with implicit bias in classrooms, gives her a keen insight as to how to build peer to peer relationships and work with students of all backgrounds.
The Central OEA/NEA Vivian Brown Educational Scholarship for College Students was created in memory of thirty-three-year teacher and Central OEA/NEA member Vivian Brown, who dedicated her life to the purpose of public education and the mentoring of future educators.
The purpose of the Central OEA/NEA Vivian Brown Educational Scholarship for College Students is to provide $1,000 scholarships to students pursuing degrees in education at an Ohio university or college. This scholarship will be awarded each spring to the child of a Central OEA/NEA member.
Criteria & Eligibility
1. Each applicant must be a child of a member of Central OEA/NEA district.
2. Each applicant must be accepted and enrolled in a course of study leading to a degree in education at a degree-awarding university or college.
3. Applications will be received beginning January 1, 2022 and no later than February 28, 2022.
4. Each applicant must include two (2) recommendation letters with the application, with one (1) being from a current professor/teacher.
5. The total amount of the scholarship must be used during the school year immediately following the presentation.
6. Previous recipients of the Central OEA/NEA Vivian Brown Educational Scholarship for College Students are not eligible.
7. To download an application go to: www.centraloeanea.org/documents/VivianBrownscholarship.pdf
8. Applications and recommendation letters must be returned to:
Central OEA/NEA
Vivian Brown Educational Scholarship for College Students
360 S. 3rd Street
Columbus, OH 43215
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 6th, 2021 at 6:00 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 FCPE is & is not
• Statehouse lobbying
• EAL Stipend Criteria
• Campaign 2021
To apply to become an Education Advocate Leader apply online: www.centraloeanea.org/eal
