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November 2008

10-Day Rule Information

Representatives from ODCTE, Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activity Association, and SDE have been meeting about the 10-day rule. The documents available to download are the result of these meetings. The LETTER document is the letter that went recently from the Dept. of Ed. announcing that the Dept. of Ed, the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activity Association and the Dept. of Careertech are in agreement and support of the suggested guidelines. The GUIDELINES document is the suggested guidelines for schools to use in developing their local policy.

OKCIS Information

OKCIS has a great new feature; the Plan of Study Custom Link. This new feature will let you link to your school's plan of study if you have it posted on the web. Students will be able to see what THEIR school requires as they fill in their OKCIS Plan of Study. To make the link, go to your administration site and under site options, enter your school's plan of study URL. For tips like these and more, sign up for the OKCIS blog. Contact Natalie Gay, ngay@okcareertech.org to sign up to receive the blog through your email.

Oklahoma Association of Minorities in Career and Technology Education (OAMCTE) ESSAY CONTEST 2008-2009

The essay theme is "Why I Chose Career and Technology Education as Part of My Career Pathway". Eligible students must meet all three of the following criteria:
1. Currently enrolled and attending a Career and Technology Education class or program.
2. A high school junior or senior.
3.A member of a minority race.
The deadline is December 19, 2009 Download information and details HERE.

Free Spanish Language Publications

As you begin to see a change in your student demographics and need Spanish language publications, the website of ED Pubs http://edpubs.ed.gov/ may be helpful to you. You can search for free brochures in Spanish over a wide variety of topics. On the webpage, look to the left and look for: "FIND PUBLICATIONS BY" and then click on "Language." Topics include: ¿Necesita Dinero Para Los Estudios Superiores? (Do You Need Money For College?); Know How 2 Go: Ir A La Universidad No Ocurre Magicamente (College Doesn't Just Happen); Estudiantes Con Discapacidades Preparandose Para La Educacion Postsecundaria: Conozca Sus Derechos Y Responsabilidades (Students With Disabilities: Preparing For Postsecondary Education), plus many more.<

Mid-Year Update

The Mid Year Update for Student Services will be held January 14, 2009 at Metro Tech, Springlake Campus in their conference center. Download the basic format for the day. Online registration and a more formalized agenda will be available in approximately 3 weeks. Registration will be $20.00 for breakfast, lunch, and breaks. Registration and continental breakfast will be from 8:30- 9:00. The one hour concurrent sessions begin at 9:00. The workshop will adjourn at 2:45.

Scholarship Activity

In a recent conversation with Indian Capital Technology Center, Johni Wardwell-Muskogee campus, was kind enough to share these materials/resources with me so I could pass on to you. She recently did a scholarship workshop with seniors. Download the list she uses and an outline of her workshop. You can also download the worksheets she encourages the students to use when applying for college and getting scholarships.
Download: Document 2 Document 3, Document 4
To get the workshop started, the students do create portfolios in OKCIS and do college search, and the financial aid search and sort.
Thank you, Johni!

Myra Sadker Student and Teacher Awards

The Myra Sadker Foundation provides financial awards and scholarships for students and teachers committed to equity. Student Awards fund projects or activities proposed by students of any age that promote gender equity goals. Undergraduate Scholarships are designed to attract and reward students who plan to teach and are committed to educational equity. Dissertation Awards are designed to financially support doctoral level dissertations that explore or promote educational equity. Teacher Awards fund a lesson, unit, or project that promotes fairness and human dignity.

Deadlines

Undergraduate Scholarship and Dissertation Awards are due by December 1. Student and Teacher Awards are given throughout the year. Please share this announcement with interested parties. For more information and applications, visit http://www.sadker.org and click on "Scholarships and Awards."

If you have any questions about these awards, please use this email link: ncwge@aauw.org

Career and Academic Connections Web site focus

Take a moment to explore the Student Services Standards link on the Career and Academic Connections website.
It consists of:

Quality Indicators Quality indicators delineate strategies and elements that are important for student success at a technology center and are used to help define and enhance student services during accreditation visits.
Rubrics These rubrics were designed to help show what a successful student services system would look like in a technology center. Use these rubrics to benchmark your current services and to identify areas of strengths and opportunities for improvement.
Evaluation Standards Every five years, a technology center is evaluated on the services it provides to its students. Guidance (which includes assessment and special needs services), Job Placement, and Integrated Academics are the standards the ODCTE Career and Academic Connections Division assesses in the student services area.
Comprehensive Guidance Program The "Comprehensive Guidance Program" charts are designed to assist school counselors in strengthening their current program or in designing a new one.
Guidelines for Using Assessment for Program Placement It is extremely important to have several kinds of information about a potential student when assisting that person with making career education decisions. This information can be gathered by informal, documented conversation (interview) with the person or by administering formal assessment instruments (tests or surveys). This document covers guidelines in using assessments for program placemen.
Sample Technology Center Counselor Responsibilities This is an example of the foundational services that are expected from a counselor at the technology center. It was provided to give structure to what a counselor does as well as provide enough flexibility for individual campuses.