The Oakland Education Association is the exclusive bargaining agent for teachers, counselors, nurses, psychologists, librarians, speech pathologists, social workers and substitute teachers in K-12, Early Childhood and Adult Education in the Oakland Unified School District. We have approximately 2700 members. We are governed by an Executive Board elected by the membership. The policy making body is the Representative Council consisting of elected members from each school site. We are affiliated with the 3.2 million National Education Association (NEA) and the 325,00 member California Teachers Association (CTA).