We have posted some of the Mid-Year presentations online. We hope to add more in a week or two. Go to our Career and Academic Connections website and click on Bulletin Board or click on link below to go directly to the page.
The 2009 Oklahoma KeyTrain Users Meeting! Wednesday, Feb. 25 OR Thursday, Feb. 26
Dates: February 25th in Jenks at Tulsa Technology Center - Riverside Campus OR February 26th in OKC at Metro Tech - South Bryant Campus (Automotive Center Auditorium)
Times: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM , with lunch provided.
(Optional KeyTrain 101 training update session: 3:05pm-3:55pm)
What We Do is this year's theme. Sessions will include:
-What We Do In Oklahoma (panel) - KeyTrain use in various agencies
- What's 'Doing' at the KeyTrain National Office - update on what's new and what's coming from KeyTrain
-Meeting Employer Expectations - what role can KeyTrain play in better preparing future employees?
-What's Being Done About Soft Skills A how-to on the effective use of KeyTrain's Career Skills
-What we do in Oklahoma High Schools - High School representatives share their successful KeyTrain programs.
- Does What We Do Make a Difference? Identifying research models for WorkKeys and KeyTrain studies
Don't miss this opportunity to learn about the many uses of the KeyTrain program in Oklahoma. You'll leave
the meeting with lots of ideas for ways to implement and expand the program at your site. These sessions
fill up quickly so register today!
Please contact Jack Reese at 918-369-9710, mobile 847-507-1015 or e-mail
reesej@keytrain.com with any questions. For more information and to register, go to:
http://www.keytrainnews.com/Emails/OK/OK2009Announcement.html
OCA Mid-Winter Conference will be February 27-28, 2009 at the Biltmore Hotel in Oklahoma City. Pre-Conference is Feb. 26. [Six CEUs pending approval for LPC, LMFT, LADC, LSW per day for the OCA Pre-Conference and Mid-Winter Conference. There will be three hours of ethics
and three hours of ethics for supervisors offered during the conference.] For more detailed information on the conference, go to their newsletter at http://www.fotizo.net/oca/pdf/newsletter_14.pdf
February 2009 Addendum
Counselor Conference Program Booklet
The Counselor Conference program booklet to dowmnload. Hope to see you counselors there. Reminder: This workshop is sponsored by SDE and ODCTE. It is March 3 at Moore Norman Tech Center, South Penn Campus. To register online go to: http://sde.state.ok.us/Services/Conference/default.html
Cox Communications Scholarships
Cox Communications is offering scholarships to students who will attend an Oklahoma college or university. The Cox Connects Foundation, which is sponsored by Cox employees, is now taking applications for its scholarships. Applicants must live in the Cox service area (see following paragraph for those areas). Those eligible include parents older than 25, 2009 high school graduates or current career tech or college students. The application deadline is March 6. More than $50,000 in awards will be given. School counselors and college financial aid offices have applications. For more information, go to www.coxconnectsok.com. Click on 2009 Education Scholarship Application.
All Cox Connects Education Scholarships are specific to students whose permanent home mailing address is in a Cox Communications service area. Tulsa-area communities include: Tulsa, Bixby, Broken Arrow, Catoosa, Claremore, Coweta, Glenpool, Jenks, Keifer, Owasso, Sand Springs and Sapulpa. Oklahoma City-area communities include: Bethany, Choctaw, Del City, Edmond, El Reno, Forest Park, Guthrie, Harrah, Lake Aluma, Midwest City, Moore, Mustang, Nichols Hills, Nicoma Park, Norman, Oklahoma City, Spencer, The Village, Tinker AFB, Valley Brook, Warr Acres and Yukon.
FREE TEAM SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE
Oklahoma Stock Market Game, Feb. 17 thru April 24, 2009 (Please share with your academic instructors.)
----A program of the Oklahoma Council on Economic Education
Register now thru www.econisok.org or call 405-974-5346
$ Show your students how the Stock Market Works!
$ Helps meet Oklahoma PASS in Personal Financial Literacy, Math, Social Studies, Language Arts, Technology, Business Education, Life Skills, and More!
$ A highly successful, interactive, interdisciplinary educational tool for students in grades 4-12.
$ Teams of three to five students invest a hypothetical $100,000.00 in a portfolio of common stocks and Mutual Funds listed on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.
$ Uses the Internet to build and track stock portfolios, research stocks, study how financial markets work, enter trades at real time prices, manage budgets, and see their weekly regional and state rankings.
$ Provides an unmatched level of comprehensive curriculum materials, print and on-line for students of all ability levels as well as hands-on support.
For more information, contact Laurie Burt at the Oklahoma Council on Economic Education, lburt@uco.edu or 405-974-5346.
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS)
ODMHSAS offers a ton of training over different mental health areas. Click on
http://www.odmhsas.org/ and go to "Upcoming Events" on the left hand side. There is an upcoming Gambling Prevention workshop on March 6, 2009 entitled: Problem Gambling Prevention and Treatment Conference, at Newcastle, OK Chickasaw Training Center, 400 NW 32nd, Hwy 37, Newcastle, OK 73065. You can click on its links for event information and registration.