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Ready to join a group of educators from around the state, all working together to improve teaching and learning conditions in the state of Oregon?! OEA’s Center for Great Public Schools has two opportunities for you!

Coaching for Empowerment Academy

We take nominations each spring from OEA members and leaders to participate in our annual Coaching for Empowerment Academy, a year-long learning community that focuses on helping members grow as coaches in OEA’s Empowerment Process. Twenty OEA members from around the state will be chosen to participate in this exciting opportunity from August 2023 - May 2024. If you would like more information about this opportunity, please let us know via this form. If you or someone you know would be interested, please nominate yourself or forward your colleague this flyer and application, due July 12th.


Educator Empowerment Academy

We are recruiting teams of 3-5 people to participate in our fifth annual Educator Empowerment Academy, a year-long learning community that empowers teams to solve a problem of practice in their school, district, local, or UniServ with coaching and support using OEA's Empowerment Process. Up to ten teams from around the state will be chosen to participate in this exciting opportunity from October 2023- June 2024. Please see this flyer for more information about the Educator Empowerment Academy. If you are interested and know of people who could join your team, fill out this brief interest survey.

For more information, direct all questions to OEA staff:
Erin Whitlock erin.whitlock@oregoned.org and Leah Starkovich leah.starkovich@oregoned.org