Committees
Do you want to have your voice heard? Do you want to shape the work of OEA? Become a committee member!
YOU are the OEA. Our strength is in the collective wisdom and creativity of our members. We need you to share your talents with us by serving on an OEA committee. What do you have to do? Click the link below to find a committee that matches your talents and interests. The committee chair will contact you with information on upcoming meetings (most are held just once a month).
Compensation and Benefits
If you want to work on salaries, what’s in the master contract, this year’s negotiations, and have input into the long term discussion on alternative compensation, you need to join the C&B Committee!
Ethnic Minority Affairs
We know we need more minority teachers, but we also need more minority leaders in the Association! EMAC encourages ethnic minority participation in all levels of Association work, recommends honorees for the Human Relations Award, and advises OEA leadership on issues of special significant to our ethnic minority members.
Governance
Instructional Advocacy
Membership
MER-C
The purpose of the Member Emergency Resource Committee (MER-C) Fund is to address immediate needs of OEA members undergoing financial hardship. The fund provides one time only short-term assistance, paid directly to the debt institution (e.g., OPPD, MUD, mortgage co., hospital, pharmacy, etc.) to offer a modicum of support for the OEA member as quickly as possible.
MER-C assistance is obtained by completing the below requested information and submitting the completed form to Robert Miller, via email (subject line MER-C Request) – kathy.poehling@nsea.org – or in a sealed envelope sent to MER-C Request at OEA. After careful and circumspect review, the applicant is notified within 48 hours of the committee’s ability to assist.