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Thank You for Supporting the Dr. Dinah Wright Scholarship
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Thank you to the following businesses for supporting the Dr. Dinah Wright Memorial Scholarship Fund.
McCormicks and Schmicks (Thx Bill Murphy), Tucci's Restaurant, Rusty Bucket, Audacious, Park your Paws Doggie Day Care, Lori Sudler, Jason's Restaurant, Dublin Village Tavern, Coldwater Creek, Dublin Marriot, and The Spa at River Ridge. |
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233% Increase in your Licensure Fees
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Congratulations and thank you for your great work in making our views known to the State Board of Education! It is safe to say that each one of them understands our concerns, as more than one thousand email letters have been sent to each member. |
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OVER 10,000 BOOKS COLLECTED
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DEA members helped collect over 10,000 books for the Reach Out and Read program. Many thanks to Kristi Jerger and Dawn Boerger for their effors in organizing this event and to everyone who donated their time and books. |
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OEA Press Release on Licensure Fees
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Columbus, Ohio - The Ohio Education Association’s 130,000 members express extreme disappointment with the unreasonable increase in teacher licensure fees from $60 to $200. |
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State BOE Fee Increase
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From DL: I found out late last week that the State Board of Education has decided to increase fees to renew teaching licenses. The new fee will be $200, and this increase goes into effect March 1st... |
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OEA Background Check Update
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From OEA:
Recent legislation passed by the Ohio General Assembly has made changes to background check requirements for school employees. The major elements of the reconfigured background check system are as follows: |
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Reach Out and Read
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Last year DEA collected over 10, 700 books and hope to collect even more this year. The mission of the Ohio Reach Out and Read (ROR) program is to make literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric primary care, so that children grow up with books and a love of reading. The ROR model uses the existing structure of pediatric primary care, |
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Read Across America
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The Dublin Educators Association will join thousands of other affiliates of the National Education Association to celebrate Read Across America 2008. We would like your help in creating a huge celebration to express the importance of reading. We will be celebrating Read Across America with guest readers on Friday, February 29th. Have students invite local celebrities, parents, athletes and other friends of educators to spend 30 minutes in the classroom reading to students. Please take pictures and send to Kristi Jerger or send me your schedule and I'll try to stop by. Thank you for making both events a huge success in Dublin. |
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TIM MYERS - STRS Election....again
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There are very few things more important than securing your financial future. There will be an opening again this April on the STRS board. OEA has endorsed Tim Myers to represent OEA members. It's crucial our future retirement that STRS Board members are looking out for our best interests. Please don't take this election lightly. |
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GPO-WEP update
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Over 60 NEA activists from across the country came to Washington, DC, on January 16 to attend a hearing held by the House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Social Security, on the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. |
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Why become a member?
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Combined, OEA and its parent organization, the National Education Association (NEA), offer an impressive array of services and benefits, providing members with financial gains, legal representation and protection, and professional development, as well as resources and programs. |
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Need a lawyer?
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As a DEA and OEA member you are entitled to four free half hour consultations per year and reduced legal rates. Please click the link on the left for more information. |
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 Keeping You Informed |
Dawn's Retirement Party |
RSVP here...
Directions here... |
Teacher Appreciation Event 2008 |
| Pictures here... |
Scholarship |
| Dr. Dinah Wright Scholarship |
NCLB Video |
| www.notonthetest.com |
HB 315 |
| OEA strongly supports HB-315 (Oelslager - R - North Canton) to create a dedicated revenue stream for health care through STRS. |
NCLB |
| Court Ruling January 7th, 2008: Districts and States are not required to spend their own funds to comply with NCLB. More here... |
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