Navigation Home What's New Course Information Courses Evaluation Standards ME Specifications OK Career Clusters ODCTE Skills Standards Brainbench Testing Student Opportunities Instructors Teacher Certification Forms Resources State Regions Training Opportunities DECA General Information Fall Leadership State CDC International CDC DECA National Association State Action Team State Officer Information About Us CareerTech Directory Contact Us Vision, Mission & Goals	What's New! Dates to Remember 8/2/10 - 8/3/10 Summer Conference 9/9/10 New Teacher Academy Follow-up 10/19/10 Fall DECA Leadership Conference 1/27/11 New Teacher Academy Follow-up 2/8/11 - 2/9/11 New Teacher Academy Follow-up Click on Dates to Remember to download a copy of the important dates to remember for the year. New Teacher Academy The New Teacher Academy will be held on July 19-21, 2010 in Stillwater at Meridian Technology Center. The two follow-up sessions for the New Teacher Academy will be held on Thursday, September 9, 2010 and January 27, 2011 at the Oklahoma Department of Career Tech in Stillwater. All new career tech teachers are required to attend all five days of training. Details about the academy as they become available can be found on the Training Opportunities page of this website. For more information, please email Karen Skidmore or Janette Sagersa or call 405-743-5119. Summer Conference The 43rd Annual Oklahoma Career and Technology Education Summer Conference is scheduled August 2- 3, 2010 in Tulsa. Be sure to visit the CareerTech Summer Conference website for the lastest updates on this year's conference. The address is www.okcareertech.org/confer/summerconference. The following documents provide information about the BMITE activities planned: BMITE Agenda BMITE Breakouts-at-a-Glance Schedule Visit iCAT - http://icat.okcareertech.org - and navigate to the Business, Marketing, and IT Agency Division. Pre-registration for the breakout sessions has now been posted for you to register for the sessions you are interested in. You will also find the presenter files that were shared and posted in the August Conference area. The following document contains a list of the years of service to the BITE division: BITE Years of Service. School Based Enterprise Certification For those who plan to certify or re-certify your school store this year, go to http://www.schoolbasedenterprises.org, download the guidelines and start preparing your documentaion. Participating in the certification program is a great way for SBEs to earn recognition for outstanding achievement and to validate with your administration that your school store is an integral part of your Marketing Education curriculum. For more information, click here. H&R Block Dollars & Sense H&R Block is providing Personal Finance curriculum that is interactive, computer-based learning that will teach students the essentials of personal finance, like how to balance a checkbook, avoid credit card debt, open a savings account and even manage their taxes. They will also work throughout the program to help parents talk to their teens about money and sound financial habits. Click here for more information about the Dollars & Sense program, or visit their website at www.hrblockdollarsandsense.com. Membership Campaign DECA's Membership Campaign is designed to encourage local chapters to demonstrate to the school and community the value of participation in DECA. By doing this, the chapter can create goodwill with community leaders, school staff and administrators and, in the process, recruit new members. Achieving the top level of the Membership Campaign means that the chapter has made an impression on the community and it means special recognition for the chapter at the International Career Development Conference where representatives of the chapter are invited to appear on stage. In order to achieve the Diamond Level, all Membership Campaign activities must be promotional in nature and therefore, must include or be visible to people who are not current DECA members. For Membership Campaign Activities go to www.deca.org/membershipcampaign.html. Below is a list of standard activities that qualify for the Membership Campaign. You can choose to do some of these activities or think of your own. Here's what you get for being a Diamond Level achiever: Recognition on stage at ICDC Special plaque for the classroom Letter of commendation to your principal Your chapter listed in Dimensions, the Advisor and on deca.org A certificate and membership cards/pins for members and advisor Here's what you have to do to be a Diamond Level achiever: Recruit 10 or more members than last year of achieve 100% membership. Recruit 10 or more alumni and/or professional members. Implement 5 promotional activities between the start of school and Nov. 15. Implement a "DECA Serve Day" during DECA Week. *All links to external sites open in a new browser window.

What's New!

8/2/10 - 8/3/10
Summer Conference

9/9/10
New Teacher Academy Follow-up

10/19/10
Fall DECA Leadership Conference

1/27/11
New Teacher Academy Follow-up

2/8/11 - 2/9/11
New Teacher Academy Follow-up

Click on Dates to Remember to download a copy of the important dates to remember for the year.

New Teacher Academy

The New Teacher Academy will be held on July 19-21, 2010 in Stillwater at Meridian Technology Center. The two follow-up sessions for the New Teacher Academy will be held on Thursday, September 9, 2010 and January 27, 2011 at the Oklahoma Department of Career Tech in Stillwater. All new career tech teachers are required to attend all five days of training.

Details about the academy as they become available can be found on the Training Opportunities page of this website. For more information, please email Karen Skidmore or Janette Sagersa or call 405-743-5119.

Summer Conference

The 43rd Annual Oklahoma Career and Technology Education Summer Conference is scheduled August 2- 3, 2010 in Tulsa.

Be sure to visit the CareerTech Summer Conference website for the lastest updates on this year's conference. The address is www.okcareertech.org/confer/summerconference.

The following documents provide information about the BMITE activities planned:

Visit iCAT - http://icat.okcareertech.org - and navigate to the Business, Marketing, and IT Agency Division. Pre-registration for the breakout sessions has now been posted for you to register for the sessions you are interested in. You will also find the presenter files that were shared and posted in the August Conference area.

The following document contains a list of the years of service to the BITE division: BITE Years of Service.

School Based Enterprise Certification

For those who plan to certify or re-certify your school store this year, go to http://www.schoolbasedenterprises.org, download the guidelines and start preparing your documentaion. Participating in the certification program is a great way for SBEs to earn recognition for outstanding achievement and to validate with your administration that your school store is an integral part of your Marketing Education curriculum.

For more information, click here.

H&R Block Dollars & Sense

H&R Block is providing Personal Finance curriculum that is interactive, computer-based learning that will teach students the essentials of personal finance, like how to balance a checkbook, avoid credit card debt, open a savings account and even manage their taxes.

They will also work throughout the program to help parents talk to their teens about money and sound financial habits. Click here for more information about the Dollars & Sense program, or visit their website at www.hrblockdollarsandsense.com.

Membership Campaign

DECA's Membership Campaign is designed to encourage local chapters to demonstrate to the school and community the value of participation in DECA. By doing this, the chapter can create goodwill with community leaders, school staff and administrators and, in the process, recruit new members.

Achieving the top level of the Membership Campaign means that the chapter has made an impression on the community and it means special recognition for the chapter at the International Career Development Conference where representatives of the chapter are invited to appear on stage.

In order to achieve the Diamond Level, all Membership Campaign activities must be promotional in nature and therefore, must include or be visible to people who are not current DECA members.

For Membership Campaign Activities go to www.deca.org/membershipcampaign.html. Below is a list of standard activities that qualify for the Membership Campaign. You can choose to do some of these activities or think of your own.

Here's what you get for being a Diamond Level achiever:

Recognition on stage at ICDC
Special plaque for the classroom
Letter of commendation to your principal
Your chapter listed in Dimensions, the Advisor and on deca.org
A certificate and membership cards/pins for members and advisor

Here's what you have to do to be a Diamond Level achiever:

Recruit 10 or more members than last year of achieve 100% membership.
Recruit 10 or more alumni and/or professional members.
Implement 5 promotional activities between the start of school and Nov. 15.
Implement a "DECA Serve Day" during DECA Week.

*All links to external sites open in a new browser window.