Check your mail, SCOPE members! You should be seeing your official ballot any day. This particular ballot is a little different than normal because it has a bylaw change to vote on at the bottom.Fill it out, seal it in the return envelope, and sign the back on the line. Vote early and vote oft—only once!
Also, FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINALY the new contract is available digitally. The books are coming later, but we promise they won’t be outdated by the time you get them.
Registration is now open for the 2025 OEA Minority Leadership Training Program. The OEA Minority Leadership Training Program (MLTP) provides OEA members of color with the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully serve as leaders at all levels of the Association: local, district, state and national. This program includes leadership development experiences and support throughout the year to develop each participant’s ability to match their leadership interests with leadership opportunities to positively impact OEA’s growth as an inclusive and diverse organization.
This program is scheduled for May 16 –17, 2025, at the Renaissance Columbus Westerville-Polaris Hotel, 409 Altair Parkway, Westerville, OH, 43082. Additional details and the link to registration are available here. If you have questions, please contact Demetrice Davis, OEA MLTP Staff Liaison, at davisdem@ohea.org
Whether you have a ticket to ride, or you would like to ride your bicycle, it’s a long way to SCOPE Day if you wanna rock n roll!
No worries though, because here are some directions to help you and your Crüe get to SCOPE at the Great Lakes Science Center on November 4th.
Directions from Cincinnati Columbus to GLSC
Directions from Dayton to GLSC
Directions from Southeastern Ohio and Akron Canton Area to GLSC
Well SCOPErs, the time has finally come. There is nothing really to say, but check back here in the future for updates.
Please check your email from January 17th for links to our newsletter and the bargaining survey
… is coming soon. See, or “see” for the virtual attendees, you on November 13th!
Hello Members,
If you are interested in becoming an officer of the union or a delegate for state or national conventions, a call for nominations closes soon and forms must be postmarked by April 30, 2023.
Click this link, to get a form for President, Secretary, OEA Delegate, NEA Delegate.
Look for your ballot in May.
THere are no site rep elections this year, as this is year 2 for them.
The event is virtual, but the learning is real!
SCOPE Day 2022 is coming up on Thursday November 10th! Register now for our day of educational sessions and a chance to catch up with your colleagues. Attendees will receive event login info via email ahead of time, and a special SCOPE Day care package from USPS afterwards – don’t miss out!
Register online now at https://forms.gle/doGAYNXRzfAXdp9P8 and contact Jen Johnson at jjohnson@library.ohio.gov with questions. The SCOPE Day planning team and SCOPE Board are looking forward to seeing you there!
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
All candidacy/nomination forms and biographical forms must be postmarked by April 30, 2022. Ballots will be sent back out to you on May 16th, 2022, and will be required to be returned postmarked by May 29, 2021. Ballots will be counted on June 6, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. Location of the ballot-count is to be determined.
Below are the positions up for consideration: Click on the Position for the appropriate nomination form.
Officers:
Vice President (2 -year term)
Treasurer (2 – year term)
Department Representatives (All use the same form) – 2 year term. Below are the listed available seats.
DRC – 5 seats
DYS – 1 seat
Deaf School – 1 seat
Blind School – 1 seat
State Library/Misc Agencies (AG, BWC, MH) – 1 Seat
Constitution and By-Laws – Changes to be approved at the April 21st Executive Board Meeting
2023 NEA Representative Assembly – Orlando, FL– 3 Delegates (subject to change based on membership numbers; 1-year term)
2022 – 2023 OEA Representative Assembly – 7 Delegates (subject to change based on membership numbers; 1-year term) Meeting dates in Dec 2022 and May 2023
Dear Members,
The contract has been extended for 3 years, and we took some housekeeping language that all unions took.
An email was sent out to your home email address on June 18, 2021 that details our process and how we arrived at our decisions.
We plan on holding the vote to ratify the contract on July 8 or July 9, depending on your work location. Notification is coming via your site representative and your email.
See you soon. Scope Leadership Team