OEA Class Size Campaign

What’s Your Class Size?

Oregon classrooms are in crisis. Our failure to invest in our public schools is shortchanging our students and our future. We now have the third largest class size in the country. Educators can't give their students the individual attention they need to succeed. This is unacceptable. What can we do about it? 

Tell Your Story!

To share your class size, please click on the link below. Your story will be shared with fellow educators, the public and Oregon legislators.

 

 

 

http://www.oregoned.org/action-center/class-size

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Membership Drive October 2013

MESSAGE TO MEMBERS:

“Dear PTFA members",

Philip Sahaayardhon and myself, Heidi Cropsey,  have volunteered to relieve Jennifer of the responsibility of maintaining the RoadScholar (spelling) Blog site.  Jennifer has been doing a great job fulfilling her duties as President,  but is feeling overwhelmed and we are hoping to help her by taking on this exciting project.  We plan to combine our efforts with Lauren Zavrel ,  in order to connect the blog site with Moodle.  We are looking forward to start working on the project in a couple of weeks!

In Unity,

Philip Sahaayaruban
Heidi Cropsey

Pro-Educaton / Social Justice organization

• marriage equality
• large corporations pay their fair share (to fund schools and social programs)
• protecting the environment

http://www.ouroregon.org/

Our Oregon is a 501(c)(4) organization dedicated to fighting for economic and social fairness for all Oregonians. Our coalition represents organizations and individuals who care about a range of issues, from preserving funding for our schools and critical services to protecting the environment. (See our list of priorities for more details.)

Our accomplishments have included defeating Bill Sizemore’s many destructive ballot measures, securing the passage of crucial initiative protection bills, and bringing together an unprecedented coalition of groups to pass Measures 66 & 67. In November 2012, we successfully reformed the corporate kicker tax break and defeated Kevin Mannix's tax break for millionaires.

House Bill 3120: authority for HECC (Higher Ed Coordinating Council)

The OEA would like to see this bill passed. It is part of the overall OIEB reform. This bill would do the following:

  '  { - (2) Under the direction and control of the Oregon
Education Investment Board, the Higher Education Coordinating
Commission shall: - }
  '  { - (a) Develop a strategic plan for achieving state higher
education goals, identifying priority areas for attention and
taking into consideration the contributions of this state's
independent institutions and other organizations dedicated to
helping Oregonians reach state goals. Goals should include, but
need not be limited to: - }

It's too much for me to cut and paste the whole bill. See here for more info:

http://gov.oregonlive.com/bill/2013/HB3120/

OEA Leadership Conference in Bend

It's not too late to sign up (and, it's free). The PTFA will reimburse you for mileage and snacks / meals on the road. But...if you are teaching this summer, you probably can't go because the dates are July 30 thru August 1st.

Click here to sign up. http://www.oregoned.org/whats-new/summer-leadership-conference