Staff News

The 2026 Elevating Voices in Education (EVE) Workforce Survey from the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) is now open. Your voice is essential to help school, district, and state leaders identify and prioritize your needs and allocate resources most effectively. 

What You Need to Know:

• All members of Oregon’s Public Education Workforce are invited to participate (i.e., licensed, classified, and contract staff who work for a Public Education Provider). 

• The survey is voluntary, confidential, and anonymous. ODE will not share your individual responses with schools, districts, ESDs, or other public education providers.

• The survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.
  • Link to the survey
    • English or Spanish versions of the survey will automatically display if the respective language is the browser's default language. Participants can also select English or Spanish in the language toggle at the top of the survey.
  • Instructions for Survey Participants

• The survey window will be open now through March 31, 2026.
• ODE will provide aggregated and suppressed data to each Public Education Provider for use in improvement planning processes.

Additional Information:
The EVE Workforce Survey was designed with input from over 200+ educators and education groups across the State of Oregon. You can read more about the process to develop the survey and input that was shared on the EVE Workforce Survey website. 

Contact Us:
If you have questions or concerns during the open survey window, please contact the survey help desk at ode.edstaffsurvey@ode.oregon.gov.

In response to recent community stressors, two of our community partners have generously offered to provide free virtual staff support opportunities: School Staff Support Group sessions provided by Youth Contact, and Group Traumatic Episode Protocol sessions provided by the Sage Counseling Collective. 

The latest edition of HR’s High Five Podcast focuses on staff appreciation, with a special focus on the Crystal Apple Awards. Host Martha Rodriguez Siordia interviews Katie Russell-Willis and Julio Galian to learn more about the positive impact staff appreciation can have on the culture of our workplaces, our relationships with each other, and even student success. Listen on our website.

By February 1, classified staff members may request consideration for a voluntary transfer to another school or assignment for the 2026-27 school year. Please see the email sent to you on Wednesday, January 7, for additional information, and reach out to Human Resources Director Martha Rodriquez Siordia with questions. 

By March 1, 2026, licensed staff members may request consideration for a voluntary transfer to another school or assignment, leave of absence, and/or decreased or increased FTE for the 2026-27 school year. Please see this document for additional information, and reach out to Human Resources Director Brian Haats with questions.