Counselor Conference powerpoints/handouts

The majority of the powerpoints/handouts from the March 3rd Counselor Conference are now online.  To view these, go to:
http://www.okcareertech.org/cac/Pages/guidance/ForCounselorsOnly2009.htm

Summer conference dates are Tuesday through Thursday, August 4-6, 2009 in Oklahoma City.  General sessions will be at the Cox Center.  Guidance, Special Needs, Equity, Tech Prep, and Financial Aid sessions will be at Moore Norman, S. Penn Campus.  The housing email will come out later this month.

College Week Live

CollegeWeekLive is the world's biggest virtual college fair, with more than 200 colleges and universities from around the world exhibiting and more than 25,000 attendees.  CollegeWeekLive occurs yearly in November and March and is completely free to attendees.  March dates are March 25 and 26 which I know are too close for implementing if you have just heard about it.  However, you can sign up to check it out for yourself.  

For more information go to: http://www.collegeweeklive.com/
To see the part for counselors,  go to: http://www.collegeweeklive.com/counselors.html

If you are interested, these are the future dates for other CollegeWeekLive online events:
Thursday June 25, 2009-Paying for College
Thursday September 24, 2009-Test Prep
Wednesday & Thursday November 3-4, 2009-Fall College Admissions
Wednesday & Thursday March 24-25, 2010-Spring College Admissions
Thursday May 25, 2010-Paying for College
Thursday September 23, 2010-Test Prep
Wednesday & Thursday November 2-3, 2010-Fall College Admission

The Financial Literacy Series teaches the basics about topics that are essential to personal financial success. The topics in the series include Getting Organized; Credit Basics; Credit and Loans; Banking; Homeownership; Insurance; Investing; and Taxes. Each DVD includes video segments that explain each topic in detail. Also included on the DVD-ROM section of each DVD is an Instructor's Guide containing an overview of each program, a list of relevant vocabulary words, lesson exercises and answers, lesson quizzes and answers, and handouts. The DVDs
are available separately or as a set.  To view this product and other featured products and download samples, visit: www.okcimc.com/sample

 

Reminder: Adobe Acrobat has a function that will read a PDF document aloud. This can be beneficial for teachers who have students with reading difficulties. Teachers could type up notes and convert them to a PDF. Students then could listen to the notes aloud if needed. The Read Out Loud feature is listed under the View menu. 

 

To view this newsletter go to:

http://www.okcimc.com/about/index.htm

 

The ABC Awards Program
The ABCs of Career Awareness and Exploration Awards Recognition Program was developed by the National Consortium for State Guidance Leadership (NCSGL) to recognize exemplary career awareness and exploration programs for students in Grades K-8.
 
The ABC Program helps to identify, promote, and share the content and concepts of successful career awareness and exploration programs throughout the country. 
 
All districts, schools, institutions, businesses, or agencies that serve students at the elementary and/or middle school levels (K-8) are eligible to participate.  Each participant must submit an application in order to be eligible for recognition, and the program must be in operation at the time the application is submitted.  The program must be available to all elementary/middle students within the applying school, institution, or agency.
 
The application cannot be longer than nine pages:
Cover sheet (1), Program criteria abstract (1-3 pages), and Documentation (1-5 pages)
 
For an application or for more information, please feel free to contact Janet Hawkins, Department of Career and Technology Education, at 800-522-5810 x123, 405-743-5123, or jhawk@okcareertech.org .  Applications are due on or before April 30, 2009. For more
information on the award program, go to:  http://www.guidanceconsortium.com/projects/TheABCAwardProgram.shtml

CareerTech 2008 Report

The 2008 Annual CareerTech Report has been released. You can read about our Skills Centers, Youthful Offenders Programs, Technology Centers, System expenses and revenues, and our comprehensive high school programs.  It can be found online at http://okcareertech.org/newsroom/AnnRpt08.pdf

 

Casy Cundiff Outstanding Student Award Application

It's scholarship application time. If you have any student who may be interested in a cash award from the Special Needs Division of OkACTE go to the website listed below for the application in word format. Click here for the document to determine if you have any students who qualify for the award. Deadline: April 15. http://www.okactesnd.org/scholarships

Frances Koop Parsons/SBC Pioneers Memorial Scholarship

The recipients of this scholarship will receive a $500 cash award to be used at an eligible Oklahoma career technology center, two-year college, or four-year university. This scholarship is open to first-time freshmen with at least a 3.0 high school GPA whose family income does not exceed $50,000. Click Here for a copy of the 2009 application (App09). Any questions you have need to be directed to:

LaTreece L. Langston, Scholarship Programs Coordinator
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
655 Research Parkway, Suite 200
Oklahoma City, OK  73104
Phone: 405.225.9131
Fax: 405.225.9230
E-mail: llangston@osrhe.edu 

Wind Energy Summer Camp:

Southwestern OSU is hosting 3 one week camps this summer that will deal with WIND ENERGY.  All students, sophomores and above, are eligible.  The camp is free for all selected.  Grades are not a factor, just a desire to learn about Wind Energy by experimenting in a hands on environment.  Camp dates are: June 7-12 ; June 14-19; and June 21-26.