Hello Friends:

The CAC Team hopes that everyone is still safe and healthy as we move into this next phase and work toward recovery from COVID-19. It has been a strange time for all but I have been so impressed with how educators are innovating and learning new ways to teach and take care of our students and others through the crisis.

We just keep hearing stories of people reaching out to people. Examples of ways that CareerTech centers have been helping their communities include:

Donations of food/supplies for local school lunch programs who continued operations even when school was closed.

Donations of food and PPE to local hospitals

3D printed equipment for hospitals and clinics

Masks for students working in essential jobs in grocery stores, restaurants, pharmacies, and farm supply stores.

Recognizing graduating seniors via social media

Helping to print and distribute Senior 2020 Yard Signs

There are too many examples of caring to list them all, but my hope is that the momentum will carry and that once this is over we do not forget how much we actually missed our teachers, colleagues, friends, and family…and how much we need each other.

We can come out of this better than we were before. We had to think outside the box to do our work. Some of those new skills can be applied moving forward to make PD and training more accessible, and enhance our ability to share information. If we also remember – once we return to “normal”- the things that were taken away suddenly and how much we missed them, maybe this spirit of collaboration and caring … the idea that we really are in this together…. will stay.

Thank you,

Cari Lousch

Career & Academic Connections Manager

Greetings,

As the school year is wrapping up, I want to say a sincere THANK YOU for all that you've done for students over the past 8 weeks.  We've found ourselves in an unprecedented time and you've shined as educators.  

As we press forward into the summer, please review the documents regarding OCAS codes, consult your CT teacher in your building to verify you have the correct codes for their courses. Please verify with your local CareerTech as to the correct numbers to use for first year students vs second year students, the OCAS codes will be different.  This will be very important next year as OSDE will pull post-secondary points from the wave.  

We look forward getting stronger together.

Sincerely,

Shawna Nord, M.Ed.

Academic Coordinator

Gene Bottoms Pacesetter Award Winners

Congratulations,

Award Winners for year 2020

Two Oklahoma technology centers and one high school was awarded the award this year.

To qualify for the award the site must:

• Be an active member of the Making Schools Work network for two consecutive years;
• Administer SREB’s student and teacher surveys for middle grades schools, high schools and/or technology centers
• Provide evidence of implementing with fidelity one of the key practices
• Provide evidence of student achievement; and
• Participate in the staff development conference and present a session aligned to the key practice for which the school is being recognized for the award

Congratulations to the Oklahoma 2020 award winners:

Gordon Cooper Technology Center

Mid America Technology Center

Moore High School

Best Regards,

Twila Green

High Schools & Tech Centers That Work Coordinator

2019-20 Essay Contest winners awarded