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Professional Learning

Professional Learning

At every stage of your career, OEA helps you grow into your passion and be a leader for your students.
High quality, consistent, and accessible resources to improve your professional practice, support student excellence, and build community with other Oregon educators. All free as a benefit of your union membership.
We provide cutting-edge resources from OEA experts—our staff, affiliates, and members—on the skills and topics educators need to join, stay in, and advance our profession.

Events

OEA offers professional learning opportunities on a variety of relevant topics and skills to help you grow in your professional practice. All courses and events are free as a benefit of your union membership and range in length from one hour to one year. Most offer PDUs and/or undergraduate/graduate credit. To find your next professional learning opportunity, browse the list below or view the current quarter's print catalog linked above.

Facilitators

OEA member facilitators come from a from a variety of schools, specialties, and disciplines. They are practicing educators sharing their wisdom and expertise with other members.

Core Programs

OEA offers a variety of professional learning opportunities to help you grow your practice. We respond in a dynamic way to member needs, member input and requests, and current school environments and issues to shape our core programs.

Independent Study

Are you looking for a way to grow your professional practice on your own timeline in independent study? Are you interested in earning PDUs or graduate credits? OEA independent study options allow you to do just this.

Eye on Equity

Every student deserves a safe, welcoming, affirming learning environment. We provide the tools for educators to make it happen.
Rose Janusz, North Clackamas member
As members of a strong union, we have the power to effectively advocate for our students and win better learning and working conditions in our schools.
Quote by: Rose Janusz, Middle School teacher, North Clackamas EA
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Keeping the Promise of Quality Public Education

The Oregon Education Association (OEA) is a union committed to the cause of providing the basic right of great public education to every student. OEA represents about 41,000 educators working in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 public schools and community colleges. OEA’s membership includes licensed teachers and specialists, classified/education support professionals (ESPs), community college faculty, retired educators, and student members. OEA members also belong to the 3.2 million members of the National Education Association (NEA).
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The Oregon Education Association is a state affiliate of the National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest professional employee organization. NEA has affiliate organizations in every state and in more than 14,000 communities across the United States.

Learn more at NEA.org