2008-2009 GOALS & OBJECTIVES
1000 OEA Goals & Purposes
1100 GOALS & OBJECTIVES FOR 2008-2009
PREAMBLE
The purpose of the Oregon Education Association is to:
Assure quality public education for every student in Oregon by providing a strong, positive voice for school employees.
Goal I.
The top priority of the Oregon Education Association is to ensure that all students in Oregon receive a quality education. To meet this goal, OEA will pursue adequate and stable funding for public education.
Objective 1.1
To promote and support legislation that creates sufficient revenue to achieve adequate and stable funding for quality public education.
Objective1.2
To qualify and support a ballot measure or measures that will create a revenue system to achieve funding adequacy.
Objective 1.3
To initiate and implement an external, public awareness program that will educate the public on the need for adequacy and stability in the funding system for public education.
Objective 1.4
To implement statewide, UniServ, and local activities to advance the goal of adequate and stable funding for public education.
Objective 1.5
To work with other organizations, parent and civic groups, students, unions, and the business community to organize for the purpose of achieving adequate and stable funding for public education.
Goal II.
Promote educational excellence for all students, and be a leader in establishing and evaluating decisions on education issues.
Objective 2.1
To advocate high standards of achievement for all students.
Objective 2.2
To ensure that education employees participate effectively in decisions on educational issues.
Objective 2.3
To advocate that public educational agencies ensure an educational environment that enhances learning.
Objective 2.4
To promote a safe school environment.
Goal III.
Build support for public education and education employees.
Objective 3.1
To advocate a free public education for every student.
Objective 3.2
To advocate for affordable access to higher education.
Objective 3.3
To promote confidence in public education and education employees.
Objective 3.4
To respond effectively to critics of public education.
Objective 3.5
To encourage community, business, and parental participation in public education.
Objective 3.6
To advocate for strong, well funded, affordable community colleges which encourage lifelong learning and provide a gateway to many futures.
Objective 3.7
To strengthen the OEA through issue-oriented coalition relationships with other organizations and agencies.
Objective 3.8
To elect school board members and legislators who support the United Education Profession concepts.
Goal IV.
Secure and expand personal, professional, legal, and human rights for all school employees.
Objective 4.1
To prevent violation of human and civil rights of teachers and other school employees and to help those whose legal rights have been violated or threatened.
Objective 4.2
To achieve exemplary personal and professional benefits for teachers and other school employees through a coordinated program of collective bargaining, political and legislative action.
Objective 4.3
To foster the inclusion of a competitively priced OEA Choice program with a comprehensive benefit package in local contract negotiations.
Goal V.
Help members achieve professional excellence and meet the demands and stresses of their jobs.
Objective 5.1
To advocate resolution of instructional concerns of the profession.
Objective 5.2
To develop programs in instruction and professional development based upon professional excellence and membership needs.
Objective 5.3
To influence programs in professional preparation.
Objective 5.4
To increase professional self-governance through an independent Teacher Standards and Practices Commission which is comprised of a teacher majority.
Objective 5.5
To develop strategies concerning coping with the demands and stresses of the workplace.
Objective 5.6
To increase professional autonomy through greater access to technology.
Goal VI.
Pursue organizational excellence including systematic communications with members and involvement of members in decision-making.
Objective 6.1
To maintain a full-time teacher membership of at least 95 percent of the potential, increase membership in current OACE affiliates, and create new affiliates of school employees.
Objective 6.2
To build and maintain strong local associations.
Objective 6.3
To communicate effectively with members; and to enhance member participation in decision making.
Objective 6.4
To maintain the financial strength of the Association at a ratio of at least three to one between current assets and current liabilities, and a ratio of three to one between equity and total liabilities.
Objective 6.5
To attain a net value between current assets and current liabilities of three twelfths of the following year's budget as soon as possible and maintain it indefinitely by normal budgetary procedures each year.
Objective 6.6
To continue a high level of OEA-PIE membership.
~ 2008-2009 OEA Goals and Objectives, August, 2008 ~
