Flash Points

 Go to www.oaklandea.org to see our new and improved look!

Welcome back to a new school year! Pardon the lack of information on the website — we are in the process of redesigning the OEA website — watch for a new and greatly improved version on September 13th! Same address: oaklandea.org.

In the meantime,continue to keep those calls coming in to the OEA office about class size, longer work days, etc. Huge appreciations to the Site Reps who have already written

I’m sure most, if not all, teachers would agree that it’s NOT poring over test score data and starting the inevitable test prep routine. I’m fairly certain that most, if not all, teachers would agree that in the first few weeks of school, the emphasis should instead be on establishing a safe, welcoming, and respectful environment where students are engaged and enthusiastic about what they’re learning. 

Hopefully the days are

We have just received information from HR about the Voluntary Transfer process.

Click here for the application for Voluntary Transfers and the(Positions) Vacancy List.  The deadline for submitting the application is 4:00pm Friday, 06/18/10.  Per HR, late forms will not be processed.

May 25, 2010                                     NEWS RELEASE

Contacts by cell: OEA President Betty Olson-Jones, 510-866-3676, or OEA/CTA staff member Memo Durgin at 510-502-6844.

After 4 Days of Negotiations, Oakland Teachers’ Contract Talks Are Halted Over Compensation, Other

The OEA Bargaining Team, with staff and OEA president Betty Olson-Jones, met with the OUSD team for four hours this afternoon. (Our team caucused for some time both before and after the negotiating sesion.)

Superintendent Tony Smith was present with his team for the first hour and a half.  He has changed the OUSD Bargaining Team– it now consists of Troy Christmas (Labor Relations), Vernon Hal (CFO), Jacqueline Minor (General Counsel)

Reminder: BE AT OAKLAND TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL TODAY, MAY 3RD AT 4:00PM! AFTER INFORMATION AND DEBATE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THE FOLLOWING MOTIONS:

1.    Authorize the OEA Executive Board to call all actions as necessary to settle the contract dispute with OUSD up to and including a strike.

Read the entire story

What an amazing day! April 29th showed the real power of teachers, nurses, counselors, speech therapists, social workers, librarians, substitute teachers, Early Childhood and Adult Education teachers — all together in a brilliant display of unity, creativity, passion and energy!

More links will be posted as soon as possible. Here’s a link to CTA’s Stand Up For Schools website: http://www.standupforschools.org/video/oakland-teachers-1-day-strike 

Late Tuesday afternoon we received a letter from Superintendent Tony Smith requesting a meeting next week to discuss a return to bargaining.This is what we have been demanding since the Fact-Finder’s Report was issued April 13! It is clear that our consistent message is showing results. This means it is even more vitally important that OEA members stand strong tomorrow on the picket lines! We need our message to be