OEA Committees

CHARGES:

1. Recommend strategies to increase OEA membership in all categories.

2. Review and evaluate OEA’s strategies to strengthen local associations and develop strong leaders, and recommend changes if necessary.

3. Review and update the criteria for the 5 Star Local Program.

4. Administer the 5 Star Local Program and recommend strategies to expand.

5. Monitor zone alignment to assure one person – one vote for state board of directors.

CHARGES:

1. Hold regional open hearings on the budget.

2. Study the immediate and long range financial needs of the Association.

3. Review budget proposals, policies, and mandates of the Association.

4. Prepare the annual budget for submission to the OEA Board of Directors.

5. Recommend financial resources as well as expenditures to accomplish the goals set forth in the recommended budget.

CHARGES:

1. Monitor local, state and national developments in collective bargaining with particular attention to bargaining successes and problems of OEA affiliate organizations.

2. Make recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding goals for the OEA advocacy program.

3. Assist staff in planning OEA Advocacy Conference and other major bargaining program events.

4. Make recommendations to the Legislative Committee regarding legislation relevant to the OEA bargaining program.

5. Promote, review nominations and recommend to the Board of Directors a recipient for the OEA Collective Bargaining Award.

6. Monitor national bargaining activity regarding professional issues and communicate as appropriate with the Advocacy Center.

CHARGES:

1. Recommend communication activities designed to solicit and consolidate public support for continued improvements in education.

2. Recommend strategies to improve internal Association communications including networking and other telecommunication advances.

3. Recommend strategies to enhance the public image of OEA.

4. Promote the Marshall Gregory Awards and promote the Local Association Newsletter Awards to increase the number of entries by local Associations.

5. Promote and review nominations and recommend to the Board of Directors one award recipient per category for the Communications Awards.

6. Review OEA policies on communications and recommend appropriate changes.

CHARGES:

1. Review the Constitution and Bylaws and recommend appropriate amendments to the Board of Directors for Delegate Assembly action.

2. Receive and review suggested amendments submitted by members, check for conflicts with Association policies and/or other constitutional provisions, and make appropriate recommendations to the Board of Directors.

3. Prepare amendments as directed by the Board of Directors.

4. Review standing committees both for titles and relevance to organizational structure.

CHARGES:

1. Plan the annual statewide convention, including recommendations on speakers, program, workshops, and logistics.

2. Recommend the site for the annual convention to the Board of Directors and the Delegate Assembly.

3. Discuss and evaluate the current annual convention structure. 

CHARGES:

1. Supervise the accreditation of delegates and alternates to the Delegate Assembly.

2. Supervise the seating of delegates and members at the Delegate Assembly.

3. Perform other appropriate duties as specified in the Standing Rules or assigned by the President.

CHARGES:

1. Conduct all elections of the Association.  (Prepare ballots, supervise voting, act as judge of the elections, and perform other appropriate duties.)

2. Study the elections procedures and, if needed, bring recommendations to the Board of Directors to correct any problems in the current system.

3. Determine the number of NEA-RA Delegates for each zone based on membership figures as of January 15.

4. Review filing procedures/deadlines concerning election of statewide officers and NEA Board members.

5. Continue to monitor the feasibility of holding OEA elections on-line and make recommendations to the OEA Board of Directors.

CHARGES:

1. Recommend strategies to increase ESP membership.

2. Review and make recommendations to increase the integration of education support concerns into Association policies and recommend workshops of interest to ESP members for inclusion in the convention program and other Association training.

3. Assist staff in planning the ESP workshops to be included in the Advocacy Conference.

4. Promote and review nominations and recommend to the Board of Directors a recipient for the OEA ESP award.

5. Review the reauthorization provisions of ESEA impacting education support professionals and make appropriate recommendations.

6. Encourage ESP participation at all levels of the Association, including governance, workshops, programs and activities.

7. Monitor and report on the privatization of support professional positions in local Oklahoma districts.

8. Recommend strategies to increase salaries and benefits for support professionals.

CHARGES:

1. Identify groups and individuals that oppose public education and/or the goals of the Oklahoma Education Association, and recommend strategies to the Board of Directors for effectively combating such opposition.

2. Continue to monitor reports of censorship and recommend strategies for effectively dealing with such attempts.

3. Promote and review nominations and recommend to the Board of Directors a recipient for the OEA Advocate for Academic Freedom Award.

4. Continue to monitor the effect of charter schools on Oklahoma public schools.

5. Continue to monitor the threat of vouchers on Oklahoma public schools.

6. Review the impact of private and/or corporate business practices on local and state budgets.

CHARGES:

1. Recommend strategies to increase the number of minority educators.

2. Recommend strategies to increase member awareness of human and civil rights - emphasizing the rights of students and school employees.

3. Recommend strategies to increase the participation of minority members in OEA programs and leadership training.

4. Promote and review nominations and recommend to the Board of Directors the recipients of the Human and Civil Rights Awards.

5. Review the plan and recommend strategies to assist OEA in meeting its 3-1.g. goal at NEA-RA.

6. Recommend strategies to expand recruitment of students at colleges with large minority student populations.

7. Recommend strategies to encourage people/locals to nominate potential recipients for OEA and NEA H&CR awards.

CHARGES:

1. Develop and recommend strategies to assist locals in the implementation of parental and community involvement programs.

2. Promote and review nominations and recommend to the Board of Directors the recipients of the IPD Awards.

3. Make recommendations for the OEA conferences in regard to professional development.

4. Make recommendations regarding the implementation and reauthorization of ESEA.

5. Continue to monitor the Title One teaching assistant ESEA requirements to determine “Highly Qualified” status under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

6. Examine the effects of mandated standardized testing and provide recommendations for time-sensitive reform. Such review should include the following:

   • the use of such test data including scores for disaggregated group, student, teacher, and school evaluations

   • the funding for such tests

   • the scheduling of testing in the academic year

   • the impact of any national assessment policies.

7. Make recommendations regarding the implementation and reauthorization of IDEA, paying particular attention to special ed “Highly Qualified” status.

CHARGES:

1. Review, consider and act upon requests for legal assistance in accordance with the Legal and Corporate Service Committee Guidelines.

2. Review, authorize and monitor expenditures made in accordance with the Legal and Corporate Services Committee Guidelines under the Unified Legal Services Program (ULSP).

3. Develop, when appropriate, recommendations for legislation for submission to the Legislative Committee for the purpose of assuring committee input into the legislation that impacts member rights.

4. Participate in those activities that will promote understanding of the rights of members and protection afforded members including, but not limited to, developing members' understanding of employment rights, constitutional and civil rights.

5. Periodically review the Legal and Corporate Services Division for the purpose of evaluating the general operation of the program and recommending alterations or additions that will assist the OEA in the delivery of quality legal services at a reasonable cost to the Association and the member.

6. Periodically review the guidelines for the Personal Legal Services Program (PLSP) and make recommendations for changes in the guidelines to the Board of Directors.

7. Review recommendations on non-funding of an application under the Personal Legal Services Program at the request of the Executive Director.

8. Review the legislative, initiative, and litigation strategy to deal with adequacy and equity in school funding.

CHARGES:

1. Recommend to the Board of Directors the 2006 legislative agenda.

2. Correlate OEA and NEA legislative goals.

3. Study and recommend positions on state questions.

4. Recommend to the Board of Directors and the Delegate Assembly the 2007 OEA Legislative Goals.

5. Facilitate an open hearing at the OEA Convention on the issue of expanding the Education Leadership Oklahoma Program, to include persons who attain national certification through an avenue other than National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. (2005, NBI #2)

6. Recommend a new OEA Legislative Goal designed to grant teachers that work at least ½ day for  120 days step movement on their local salary schedule. (2005, NBI #5)

7. Recommend that legislation be drafted to call for the development and implementation of Professional Development Institutes to reverse the existing achievement gap between students of different ethnic and racial backgrounds.

8. Review the legislative, initiative, and litigation strategy to deal with adequacy and equity in school funding.

9. Recommend to Delegate Assembly an organizational position on the continuation of the current two tiered calculation method being utilized by the Oklahoma Teacher Retirement System.

CHARGES:

1. Oversee all Association endorsements of products and services.

2. Re-evaluate the currently endorsed products or services where necessary and recommend changes to the Board of Directors.

3. Evaluate and recommend new products or services for endorsement by the Board of Directors.

4. Recommend effective ways of communicating to members the availability of endorsed products or services.

5. Monitor the relationship between NEA and OEA Member Benefits.  

CHARGES:

1. Prepare and present to the Delegate Assembly proposed resolutions for adoption.

2. Edit resolutions and amendments to resolutions submitted by members and present to the Board of Directors and to the Delegate Assembly with or without recommendations.

CHARGES:

1. Supervise the submission and processing of new business during the Delegate Assembly.

2. Supervise and count roll call votes during the Delegate Assembly.

3. Perform all other duties as specified in the Rules or requested by the President.

4. Study the Standing Rules and make recommendations for changes where necessary.

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