May 22, 2013 - SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ALL OUT MOBILIZATION

HOUR OF POWER 5:30-6:30
OUSD School Board Meeting
La Escuelita School
2nd Avenue and 10th Street

We know that the OUSD Budget for next year will contain ample resources to provide for more than
"up to" a 1.5% raise.

We have waited long enough.

We will:

- Join with Adult Ed and GED teachers, parents, and students to keep these programs;

- Unite to demand a FAIR CONTRACT NOW that includes adequate compensation, health coverage, and class size maximums for Special Education classes

Support your OEA Bargaining Team! Stand up!

May 14, 2013 - The Radical Educators Study Group Meets

The Radical Educators Study Group
meets on Tuesday, May 14. Details here

May's Radical Educator Study Group
TOPIC: Strategy for building a movement of Oakland parent,
teachers, students and staff for the funding and transformation of our
school district
DATE: Tuesday 5/14 6-8:30pm
LOCATION: Sol House - 1236 23rd Ave, Oakland (off International
Ave)
FOOD: $5 donation requested for Thai take-out order
RSVP: classroomstruggle@gmail.com if you would like us to include
you in food order (let us know if you are vegetarian)
and mark your calendars! Wed May 22nd 5:30pm Mobilization at
School Board meeting to Rebuild Adult Education, Reduce Special
Ed Caseloads and Demand a Fair Contract for Oakland teachers

May 14, 2013 - May 17, 2013 OEA General Election

The Elections Committee Can't Do It All!

OEA General Election May 14-17

PLEASE PICK UP BALLOTS FOR YOUR SITE

Saturday, May 11 9:30-12:00

OEA Center, 272 E12th St.

PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!

If your site does not have election materials by Wednesday, May 15, please contact the OEA Center 510-763-4020.


Below are links to candidate information.

All candidate statements written on declaration forms. click here


Click on names to read flyers submitted by candidates:


OEA 2nd Vice President
Mark Airgood
Kei Swensen (We apologize that a glitch prevented pics to be included.)


OEA Executive Board Seat 3Stella Collins
Toni Morozumi


OEA Executive Board Seat 4
Tania Kappner 
Jesse Muldoon 



CTA State Council Seat 2
Betty Olson-Jones
Tania Kappner


CTA State Council Seat 5
Keith Brown
Mark Airgood


It does make a difference--Please Vote!

May 9, 2013 OUSD Blended Learning Event

There are currently four OUSD schools (Korematsu, EnCompass, Elmhurst and Madison) fully engaged in the Blended Learning pilot. Blended Learning is a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace. This also means that teachers have the ability to work with small heterogeneous groups. Blended Learning offers one very powerful way to transform teaching and learning. This event provides the opportunity to hear about lessons-learned so far and a platform for discussing how to truly prepare our students to be literate in the 21st Century. The outcome of this event is that teachers, principals and parents leave with tools to begin their own design thinking process.

Click HERE to print the flyer

May 8, 2013 OEA Membership Meeting, Bargaining Update, Resolution Vote and California Day of the Teacher Celebration

Thank you for your patience in dealing with an ever-changing bargaining landscape. While we held out the hope that May 8 would be a ratification meeting, it is now an informational meeting for members to get questions answered and to decide on next steps. AND a Day of the Teacher Celebration!

FLYER FOR MAY 8 click here
RESOLUTION TO BE VOTED ON MAY 8 click here

Wednesday, May 8, Oakland High
4:00-5:30 Membership Meeting
5:30-7:00, Day of the Teacher Celebration

This is your opportunity to get the information that you need to make decisions about how we address bargaining and membership issues. It is especially important to those sites without elected OEA Reps.

The current Bargaining Update will be available with information about OUSD's proposal to have Health Net members pay significantly more per month for their coverage. It will explain why health benefits are bargained as part of a district-wide Health Benefits Insurance Committee.

Your OEA Site Representatives unanimously adopted the Resolution Declaring the Current offer by the District unacceptable at Monday's Representative Council. TOMORROW, you get to vote! Join your colleagues at this important (but short!) meeting.

The District has also made no movement from their original compensation offer.
Come to the meeting to get the latest information and stay for Food and Live Music.

So many have shown your Bargaining Team support this year. Let's keep it up!

Sincerely,

Trish Gorham
Oakland Education Association

April 30, 2013 - Locally Controlled Funding Formula

Locally Controlled Funding Formula

While it is still a legislative moving target, with a final version still unknown, the proposal to create a more equitable funding formula to provide needed resources to the most needy students would bring millions of dollars in additional funds to OUSD.

To receive the latest information and to participate in an action to support Governor Brown's proposal:

5:30-7:30pm

Tuesday, April 30

Castlemont High School, 8601 MacArthur Blvd.

April 30, 2013 - Tell Arne Duncan: "EDUCATION IS A RIGHT, NOT A RACE!"

Tell Arne Duncan: "EDUCATION IS A RIGHT, NOT A RACE!"

While the time is not convenient for most, I want to invite all who can to join other educators to picket Arne Duncan's speech in San Francisco at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
Tuesday, April 30
2:00-3:30
Hilton Union Square
333 O'Farrell Street

Virtual support:

Follow @reclaimAERA on Twitter and Facebook
Post about the protest on your own Facebook and Twitter accounts, using the hashtag #reclaimAERA or #edjustice.
Sign the petition at http://dumpduncan.org