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Upcoming Dates:
- July 3 through 24-OEA Foundation Gala Virtual Auction open
- July 25-OEA Foundation Gala-COSI, Columbus
- July 29-ECOEA Summer PD Zoom-earn up to 3 hours at our PD Zoom!
- September 4-Rubber Ducks Family Night-FREE!
- September 26-SAVE THE DATE! Public Education Matters Celebration Day for all members at zoos across the state!
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All members are invited to Zoom with us on Wednesday, July 29, for some Summer PD from wherever you are! Join us from 9:00 AM-11:00 AM for a Special Education Update with Daria DeNoia, OEA Consultant, and receive a 2-hour Professional Development certificate. After a short break to stretch your legs, Stuart Graham from OEA Computer Services will present an engaging and entertaining session on internet scams and ways to recognize the bad guys on the internet for a 1-hour PD session.
9:00 AM-11:00 AM - What's Next for Special Education in Ohio? The national and state special education landscape is unpredictable, causing confusion and uncertainty for Ohio's educators, families, and school districts. Join us to discuss the current federal education landscape and how this affects the implementation and enforcement of IDEA, how Ohio's education policies affect special education service delivery in Ohio, recent changes to Ohio's specially designed instruction rule and how educators and children will be impacted, resources and support that are currently available for the special education community, and advocacy suggestions for anyone who supports a student with special needs.
11:15 AM-12:00 PM - 2026 Online Safety--Enter Your SSN for Tips and Tricks! Hackers are hiding behind every link, email, and website. The bad guys are watching and attacking you in ways you don’t even know. Keeping yourself safe online in 2026 doesn’t need to be difficult. Spend 45 minutes with Stuart from OEA Computer Services for some SIMPLE tips and tricks to keep yourself safe online.
Both sessions are free, and you will receive a PD certificate for hours attended. We will have some door prizes, too! We look forward to seeing your sunny faces at the end of July before you head back to school!
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Are you interested in becoming more involved in ECOEA? We are looking to fill two vacancies, Carroll County and Holmes County representatives, to our ECOEA Executive Committee. You must be a member of a local in Carroll or Holmes County to be eligible for one of these positions. Being a county representative entails attending Executive Committee meetings at our office at 129 Easton NE, Canton, near Walsh College, and being the link between ECOEA and the locals in your county. Executive Committee meetings are generally held the second Wednesday of the month at 5:00 pm, 7 times during the year. We will also be having an orientation meeting at the Akron-Canton Foodbank, Stark campus, on August 3. We provide dinner at each meeting and mileage to attend.
If interested, please email ECOEA at ecoea@sbcglobal.net and someone will reach out to you.
| | Check out the link below to bid online for the OEA Educational Foundation Gala Auction items. The virtual auction is open through July 24. There are a variey of baskets, gift cards, and tickets to the Columbus Zoo and Columbus Crew available! | | | Join local union members at a FREE Akron Rubber Ducks game on Friday, September 4, hosted by the 717 Credit Union! Bring the whole family for a fun night when the Rubber Ducks face the Richmond Flying Squirrels. Hot dogs, soda/water, and fun in the stands filled with labor families as guests of the 717 CU! What a great way to kick off the Labor Day weekend!
Special guest at this event will be Senator Sherrod Brown, a champion of labor and workers, who will be there to honor union families.
The 717 Credit Union is hosting this event to honor all union workers. The 717 is a member-owned credit union rooted in the Warren, Youngstown, Akron, and Canton communities.
Sign-up early; first come, first served!
Make sure to look for ECOEA officers, Juliann Doerschuk, President; Heather Zuniga, Vice-President; and Kelli Mohn, Secretary, who will be there cheering on the Rubber Ducks!
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NEA RA Denver 2026
Thank you to the delegates, active and retired, who gave up a week of their summer to do the work of the association on the national level in Denver. Our delegates did us proud, serving on screening committees, voting, speaking at the microphone both for and against New Business Items, Constitutional Amendments, and Resolutions.
Our delegates were fully engaged in the work of the RA as well as networking with other delegates from across Ohio and the US. They rose early for 7 AM Ohio caucuses, and then spent extra long hours in their seats on the RA floor--8 and 9 hours a day! They were simply amazing!
You were represented by:
- May Alayamini, Canton Professional EA
- Matt Balsinger, Wooster EA
- Juliann Doerschuk Canton Professional EA
- Caitlin Driscoll, Alliance EA
- Jennifer Eberle, Canton Professional EA
- Michelle Martin Jones, Canton Professional EA
- Angel McCune, Jackson Classified PA
- Jennifer McKelley, North Canton EA
- Rita McMillen, Canton Professional EA
- Kelli Mohn, Plain Local TA
- Julie Nelson, North Canton EA
- Paul Palomba, Canton Professional EA
- Kathleen Purdy, OEA-Retired
- Kristine Twigg, Fairless EA
- Lynne Watson, Canton Professional EA
- Heather Zuniga, Malvern EA
Be sure to give them a shout-out when you see them back at school in the fall!
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ECOEA-Retired Newsbrief
We are ECOEA-proud of Kathleen Purdy for her re-election to the NEA Resolutions Committee representing Retired members from across the nation! Kathleen was re-elected at the NEA-Retired Rep Assembly in Denver earlier this month.
Attached please read Kathleen's final newsbrief as our ECOEA representative to the OEA-Retired Advisory Council. She has just completed her fourth three-year term. The position is vacant; no one ran in the spring election to fill this seat. If you are interested in being appointed to be the ECOEA Rep to the Advisory Council, please contact President Juliann Doerschuk at ecoea@sbcglobal.net.
Thank you, Kathleen, for your years of dedicated service to the retired members in ECOEA and Ohio!
Read Kathleen's July Newsbrief here
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Your ECOEA officers and staff:
President Juliann Doerschuk, Canton Professional EA
Vice President Heather Zuniga, Malvern EA
Recording Secretary Kelli Mohn, Plain Local TA
Business Manager Valerie Heban, OEA-Retired, North Canton EA
Executive Director, Laurie Spangler, Plain Local TA
Website ecoea.ohea.us
ECOEA Office Phone (330) 499-8587
ECOEA Email ecoea@sbcglobal.net
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