Wehave a great staff here in the Career and Academic Connections division at the ODCTE. Each month I will introduce to you a member of our team along with their specialty area. Kelly Arrington is the Guidance Coordinator for the Career and Academic Connections (CAC) division. Kelly coordinates career guidance programs in Oklahoma technology centers and assists staff in planning and implementing statewide career guidance and advisement systems. She knows about state and federal legislation issues pertaining to guidance. She is also an expert in career development strategies and career guidance professional development. She’s another source to contact if you have questions on public school career guidance programs. You can contact Kelly by calling 405-743-5159 or emailing
Great news! Many of you may already know about the e-transcript exchange on OKcollegestart.org. Students can log on and fill out applications to Oklahoma colleges and universities and notify their Counselor to send an accompanying official transcript. What a time saver for Counselors!! Plus there are advantages in transcripts not being lost, no additional equipment is needed, and you can track when transcripts are received! And it’s FREE!!
Log on to and check it out!
More great news!! Your local technology centers have the opportunity to take part in this program and receive e-transcripts. H.S. Counselor’s will be able to send transcripts for students attending the technology centers directly to the Tech Center electronically! More time saved!! Technology Center Superintendents have until June 1, 2009, to decide to participate. If you would like to be able to send transcripts to the Technology Centers electronically as early as this summer, contact your TC Superintendent’s office and let them know you want them to participate. If you have any questions, contact me at or 405-743-5524. You may also contact Sandy Decker at the OSRHE at or 405-225-9190 if you are interested in signing up to receive the training for OKcollegestart.org. It’s easy and who wouldn’t want to save TIME and MONEY!! More information on this in next month’s newsletter.
- SAVE THE DATE – GUIDANCEFEST 2009– Sept. 1 – Tulsa; Sept. 3 – OKC; Sept. 10 – Atoka; Sept. 15 – Altus; Sept. 22 – Woodward (the last three are in the afternoon following EPAS) – more details next month…
Here’s a great article on Twelve Suggestions on Counseling in an Educational Setting from the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network:
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- Teachers as Advisors Workshop
The Teachers as Advisors program is a classroom guidance delivery system where middle school and high school students are divided into small groups, each facilitated by a local educator, to receive support services including; personal/social development, academic development and career development.
The Teachers as Advisors Program
- Organizes career development into a manageable time frame and with team effort.
- Ensures consistent curriculum exposure to all students.
- Provides an opportunity for shared responsibility for career education by including parents, students, teachers and counselors.
- Enables students to gain skills and background necessary to make good educational and career decisions.
- Increases students’ choices and access to jobs and postsecondary education through adequate knowledge.
- Encourages students to set career/educational goals and construct a plan to meet those goals.
- Improves relations between school, parents, business, industry, and other community members.
- Teachers As Advisors Workshop - June 3, 2009 –at OK Dept. of CareerTech in Stillwater - Registration open NOW.Registration will close on May 20th, 2009.
To access the registration form, click here. (control + click to follow link)
(Select the second post-it note on the first row.)
May 29, 2009– You may want to check this out – LPC points available (6 hrs)
Psychological First Aid: The Acute Disaster Intervention of Choice, Thomas Thomson & Loren Stein in Lawton, OK
Great Plains Technology 4500 W. Lee Blvd., Auditorium Bldg, 100, Lawton, OK
Contact: 405-522-8300 or fax 405-522-8320
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