The 2016 SCOPE Professional Development Day is Monday, November 14th at the Crowne Plaza North Hotel (6500 Doubletree Ave, Columbus, OH 43229). Conference materials can be picked up at 8 AM; the first session starts at 9 AM.
Please fill out all of the areas of the registration form below, and scan and email or mail to Diane Prettyman, SCOPE Secretary, at dcpretty@sbcglobal.net or 5999 Glenfinnan Ct, Dublin, Ohio 43107.
SCOPE Day 2016 Registration Form
Registration deadline is October 1st, 2016.
SCOPE’s site representative training will be held on Friday, August 19, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. at the Office of Collective Bargaining (OCB). (1602 West Broad Street, Columbus OH 43223) You will be given union leave to attend this training session.
All SCOPE/OEA membership materials and training guides will be provided at this training session so it is very important that all SCOPE site reps attend. If you cannot attend, please designate a substitute from your site to attend in your place and pick up the various materials provided.
To RSVP, or if you have any questions, please contact SCOPE Secretary Diane Prettyman at dcpretty@sbcglobal.net by August 18th.
SCOPE’s Executive Board Meeting will be held on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at Central OEA (947 Goodale Blvd. Columbus OH 43212).
If you would like to have an item added to the agenda, please contact Diane Prettyman, SCOPE Secretary, at 614-562-5119.
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.
SCOPE’s Executive Board Meeting will be held on Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at Central OEA (947 Goodale Blvd. Columbus OH 43212).
If you would like to have an item added to the agenda, please contact Diane Prettyman, SCOPE Secretary, at 614-562-5119.
The May 2016 SCOPE & Sequence newsletter has been published. Please click below to read an important letter from our union president, Dominic Marsano, regarding new contract booklets, teacher evaluations, and site representative elections. Additionally, 2016 SCOPE Day has been announced, and will be held on November 14th. Check out the link below:
SCOPE’s Executive Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Central OEA (947 Goodale Blvd. Columbus OH 43212).
If you would like to have an item added to the agenda, please contact Diane Prettyman, SCOPE Secretary, at 614-562-5119.
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)
SCOPE’s Executive Board Meeting will be held on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. at the Central OEA Office (947 Goodale Blvd, Columbus, OH 43212).
If you would like to have an item added to the agenda, please contact Diane Prettyman, SCOPE Secretary, at 614-562-5119.