OSBA specialists can represent you before the Employee Relations Board and in unfair-labor-practice disputes. We will represent you during employee grievance arbitration and assist you with non-renewal of probationary contracts, dismissal of probationary and contract teachers, and other state-agency proceedings.
This link outlines the processes required by Oregon law for teacher and administrator contract renewals, non-renewals and dismissals. District policies, collective bargaining agreements and administrator contracts should be reviewed and the District's legal counsel consulted prior to beginning any non-renewal or dismissal procedure.
A summary of a the Widget Effect report from The New Teacher Project which faults the education system for failing to use meaningful measures of teacher effectiveness in student achievement decisions.
The 2017 OSBA/COSA Legislative Summary contains a brief synopsis of new laws from the 2017 Legislative Session impacting the personnel, operations, programs and finance of school districts, ESDs, charter schools and community colleges.
