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.
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:
A. Do I have free speech rights as an educator?
B. What are your True Colors? –identify your strengths and work with them.
C. Mindfulness/Wellbeing – using mindfulness and movement to recenter.
D. ESPs and The Perils of Privatization –what it means and how to organize against it.
E. OTES 2.0 – what have we learned about HQSD and PGPs.
Session A - 09:00 - 09:45
Session B - 10:00 - 10:45
Session C- 11:00 - 11:45
Session D - 12:30 - 2:00
Session E - 12:30 - 2:00
Registrants will be sent a Zoom link 2 days before the conference.
Central will be hosting a virtual Pre-Retirement Workshop on March 19th from 10:00 AM until 11:30 AM.
Presenters:
Guy Kendall-Fries, NEA Member benefits, who will present for both teacher and ESP members.
Tamla Cole, STRS, who will present on the various steps necessary to move from active to retired.
Register in advance for this Zoom meeting, here.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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
OEA board of Directors Unit 3
(Three-year term ending July 14th, 2025)
OEA board of Directors Unit 6
(Three-year term ending July 14th, 2025)
Central Area 1 Rep
(Three-year term ending August 31st, 2025)
Central Area 2 Rep
(Three-year term ending August 31st, 2025)
Central Area 3 Rep
(Three-year term ending August 31st, 2025)
Central Area 5 Rep
(Three-year term ending August 31st, 2025)
For OEA Board of Directors positions, candidates must submit this form to William Baird no later than March 8th, 2022.
For Central positions, candidates must submit this form to Central no later than February 22nd, 2022.
