Contact

Orange Unified Education Association

1224 E. Katella Ave., Ste 203
Orange, CA 92867

 

Telephone: (714) 288-1288

E-mail: ouea@sbcglobal.net

Mission

Our mission is to implement an Association program that provides the best possible conditions of educational service, that maintains a contract on behalf of our members, and to further enhance the educational program of the District for its students and staff.

Information

The Orange Unified Education Association was established in 1953 and represents the teachers, counselors, nurses, media specialists, psychologists, and speech pathologists who work in the Orange Unified School District.

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Thanks to the 5th and 6th grade teachers and VAPA teachers for completing your respective surveys and giving valuable feedback after the first year of implementation. Also, thanks to the RTI teachers and the elementary teachers who work at sites with RTI positions for completing your respective surveys and sharing your feedback. The results from the surveys in the last newsletter regarding the VAPA program and the RTI position have been shared with Anne Truex, Kerrie Torres, and Cathleen Corella, Administrative Director of K-12 Curriculum/GATE. I would also like to point out that OUEA will never conduct a survey or engage in any action that asks members to evaluate other members as it is against our policy.

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  • Potential Facilities Bond Survey Open or Close

    If you were wondering why there hasn’t been a survey to ask for priorities in bargaining, that is because negotiations will not begin until December as agreed in the most recent contract. The November 2016 elections, especially the potential bond measure, deserve our focus which may better inform negotiations for the 2016-2017 school year. If you have not yet taken the Potential Facilities Bond Survey, please do so at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PotentialBondCampaign.

  • About Open or Close

    The Orange Unified Education Association was established in 1953 and represents the teachers, counselors, nurses, media specialists, psychologists, and speech pathologists who work in the Orange Unified School District.

  • Mission Open or Close

    Our mission is to implement an Association program that provides the best possible conditions of educational service, that maintains a contract on behalf of our members, and to further enhance the educational program of the District for its students and staff.

  • OUEA Survey Open or Close

    When OUEA asks members to take a survey, it is for the purpose of gathering information and feedback in general—please don’t assume that creating/conducting a survey implies a dissatisfaction. For example, the principal surveys are not given to all sites at the same time, and the sites that do conduct a survey are not necessarily selected because concerns have arisen. The recent principal surveys were conducted at sites that had a principal for at least one and a half years and that were not surveyed during the last round three years ago; the same parameters will be used when the next round of principal surveys are conducted. Furthermore, some sites that were selected expressed their happiness with their current principal, which is also relevant information. The elementary survey results were only shared with Anne Truex, Executive Director of Elementary Education, and the middle school and high school results were only shared with Kerrie Torres, Executive Director of Secondary Education. Before the comments were shared, any specifics that may reveal the identity of the responder were removed or edited to ensure anonymity. Please note that the members of the selected sites received postcards with the survey link—if you were asked to take a survey and did not get the postcard, it may not have been an official OUEA survey so the results may not be handled with the same concern for anonymity.

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Representation

The California Teacher’s Association (CTA) is the state's largest representative of education employees. It exists primarily to protect and advance the professional and economic interests of its members. CTA works for better working conditions, higher salaries, improved health benefits, progressive personnel policies and an affordable and dignified retirement. CTA advocates with the legislature, the public and local boards of education to maintain a sound, effective and productive public education system.

The National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public education. NEA's 3 million members work at every level of education—from pre-school to university graduate programs. NEA has affiliate organizations in every state and in more than 14,000 communities across the United States.

The Orange Unified Education Association was established in 1953 and represents the teachers, counselors, nurses, media specialists, psychologists, and speech pathologists who work in the Orange Unified School District.

Our mission is to implement an Association program that provides the best possible conditions of educational service, that maintains a contract on behalf of our members, and to further enhance the educational program of the District for its students and staff.