Your SCOPE Day Committee is hard at work planning this year’s event, however the group is already looking ahead to alternate venues and programming for SCOPE Day 2018 and beyond.
We value your honest input regarding what you like to see at SCOPE Day. To that end, please answer the following survey questions at the link below. It should take no more than two to three minutes to complete.
SCOPE Day Future Planning Survey
Congratulations to the SCOPE members voted to the positions outlined below:
Officers (2-year term):
President: Dominic Marsano
Secretary: Diane Prettyman
Delegates:
NEA Delegate–2018 (3 delegate positions):
Dominic Marsano
Todd Dygert
Betsy Lavinder
OEA Delegate–2017-18 (7 delegate positions):
Tammy Koontz
Todd Dygert
Diane Prettyman
Janet Carter
Bruce Moore
Eric Sottosanti
Otheus Jackson
Candidacy forms are now available for the upcoming SCOPE general election. All SCOPE general election candidacy/nomination forms and biographical forms must be mailed to the following address:
SCOPE Elections Committee
PO Box 305
Hayesville, OH 44838
The mailed forms must be postmarked by April 30, 2017. Click on links below to access forms. Ballots will be sent back out to you in early-May, and will be required to be returned postmarked by May 25, 2017. Ballots will be counted on June 2, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. at Cheddar’s in Mansfield, Ohio. Below are the positions up for consideration:
Officers (2-year term):
Delegates:
NEA Delegate–2018 (3 delegate positions)
OEA Delegate–2017-18 (7 delegate positions)
We hope to see you at SCOPE Day 2016 on Monday, November 14th at the Crowne Plaza Columbus–North! Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. and the opening session starts at 9:00 a.m. Our keynote speakers are Piper Kerman, author of “Orange is the New Black,” and Rick Banas.
In advance of the event, feel free to take a look at the SCOPE Day program and schedule for the day:
Thank you to all who voted in the recent SCOPE election. Here are the results:
Officers (2-year term; begins August 2016):
Treasurer: Marianne Huffman
Vice President: Betsy Lavinder
Executive Board Department Representatives
(2-year term; begins August 2016):
School for the Deaf Representative: Anthony Coy-Gonzalez
School for the Blind Representative: Mary Christine Ross
State Library & Misc. Agencies Representative: Evan T. Struble
Department of Youth Services Representative: Scott Skaggs
Department of Rehabilitation & Correction Representative (5 seats available):
Todd Dygert
Bruce Moore
John Landin
Tammy Koontz
Diana Jackson
2017 NEA Representative Assembly (1-year term):
Tammy Koontz
Dominic Marsano
Bruce Moore
2017 OEA Representative Assembly (1-year term):
Bruce Moore
Chuck Steinbower
John Landin
Eric Sottosanti
Janet Carter
Delegate #6 (TBD, by tie-breaker)
Delegate #7 (TBD, by tie-breaker)
Do you have a great idea for a workshop presentation for your fellow SCOPE members? Then the 2016 SCOPE Day Planning Committee wants you! Fill out the form attached below with your session title, description, and some biographical information and you’re all set!
Completed forms must be submitted electronically to SCOPE Vice President Betsy Lavinder by August 31, 2016 in order to be considered. (Her contact information is on the form.) You will be contacted with confirmation whether your session proposal has been accepted or declined.
SCOPE Day 2016 Call For Papers
As a reminder, SCOPE Day 2016 is being held on Monday, November 14th at the Crowne Plaza North in Columbus, Ohio.
Candidacy forms are now available for the upcoming SCOPE general election. All SCOPE general election candidacy/nomination forms and biographical forms must be mailed to the following address:
SCOPE Elections Committee
PO Box 305
Hayesville, OH 44838
The mailed forms must be postmarked by April 30, 2016. Click on links below to access forms. Ballots will be sent back out to you on May 13th, 2016, and will be required to be returned postmarked by May 23, 2016. Ballots will be counted on June 3, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. at a location to be determined. Below are the positions up for consideration:
Officers (2-year term):
Executive Board Department Representatives (2-year term):
School for the Deaf Representative
School for the Blind Representative
State Library & Misc. Agencies Representative
Department of Youth Services Representative
Department of Rehabilitation & Correction Representative (5 seats available)
2017 NEA Representative Assembly (1-year term):
3 Delegates (subject to change based on membership numbers)
2017 OEA Representative Assembly (1-year term)
7 Delegates (subject to change based on membership numbers)
Voting on the proposed SCOPE 2015-2018 contract will take place on Tuesday, December 15th. Please click the link below to find the voting times for your institution. Additionally, you will be able to see which SCOPE executive board member will be on hand to collect your vote.
Don’t forget, there will be a SCOPE General Membership Meeting at the Correction Education Association of Ohio Conference in Independence, Ohio, on Tuesday, September 15 at 5:00 p.m. in the Ballroom at the Embassy Suites by Hilton–Cleveland Rockside. (5800 Rockside Woods Blvd. Independence, OH 44131)
At this meeting, information about contract negotiations will be discussed and general membership questions will be answered. You must be a current SCOPE/OEA member to attend.
According to a Department of Administrative Services communication posted to the MyOhio.gov portal on May 28th, a new Employee Development Fund (EDF) application system will be rolled out on Wednesday, June 29th.
The last day to submit applications for reimbursement through the current EDF interface is Monday, June 8th. During the next three weeks, the new system will be uploaded to the MyOhio.gov site. Then, on Wednesday, June 29th, the Ohio Department of Administrative Services will resume accepting reimbursement requests via the newly-developed tuition reimbursement system.
On June 9th, new job aids will be posted to MyOhio.gov so that we can learn more about the new interface. To access the new system, your State of Ohio user ID and password are all you will need to begin. You will no longer need to create or remember a separate account and password.
If you have questions regarding the close out of Fiscal Year 2015 or the new Tuition/Education Reimbursement system, please email your questions to EDFunds@das.ohio.gov.