March Student Support Newsletter

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In This Issue:

Announcements & Upcoming Deadlines
School-Based Mental Health
Comprehensive School Counseling
Crisis & Intervention Services
Scholarships & Opportunities

Announcements & Upcoming Deadlines

FREE PREPaRE CRISIS WORKSHOPS

We still have seats available. PREPaRE is a comprehensive, evidence-based, and resource-rich curriculum for school crisis prevention and response. This training is ideal for schools committed to improving their school safety and crisis management plans, empowering crisis teams, and providing appropriate emergency response with an emphasis on balancing physical and psychological safety for students and staff. You may choose to attend one or both workshops. Please see attached descriptions of both trainings to see which is best for you!

OKC Metro Area Deadline March 2nd

PREPaRE Workshop 1
60 Participants
March 6
8am - 4pm
Metro Technology Center
1900 Springlake Dr, OKC

>> Register Here

PREPaRE Workshop 2
40 Participants
March 7-8
8am - 4pm
Metro Technology Center
1900 Springlake Dr, OKC

>> Register Here

>> Workshop Overview

Nominations Open: Oklahoma School Counselor of the Year

The Oklahoma School Counselor Association is excited to announce that they are accepting nominations for Oklahoma School Counselor of the Year. This award honors an Oklahoma school counselor who is running a top-notch, comprehensive school counseling program at the elementary, middle, or high school level. Oklahoma's winner will be submitted to the national level. The winner will be honored with the winners from every other state at a black-tie gala where the American School Counselor Association will announce the national School Counselor of the Year.

To qualify for the award, candidates must:

Be a current member of OSCA.
Have served for three years as a school counselor in Oklahoma.
Be a current, practicing school counselor in Oklahoma now and again in the fall.
Note: Counseling directors and MTSS Coordinators are not eligible.

Nominations will be accepted from March 1^st until March 15th.
Applications will be accepted until April 12th.

>> Click here for Nomination Form

School-Based Mental Health

Single Sign-On is LIVE!

Mental Health Protocol is now available on Single Sign-On. You can now upload your documents! Please Note: You will upload your Mental Health Protocol in the same area as your Bullying Prevention documents - but they are SEPARATE uploads. Please do not combine your information.

>> Log on to Single Sign-On

Comprehensive School Counseling

Concurrent Enrollment Course Equivalency Document Review

We want to hear from you!

The Oklahoma State Department of Education and Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education have been collaborating on a course equivalencies document for students participating in concurrent enrollment. We are in our final stages of edits and wanted to share the document with this group for feedback.

Please review the document and provide feedback to help us improve the document before it is published.

>> Complete the Survey

Attention Oklahoma School Counselors

In 2020, we collected survey information from nearly 600 Oklahoma School Counselors about their implementation of comprehensive school counseling. We are now conducting the same survey in order to assess our progress. We are hoping to get responses from as many Oklahoma School Counselors as possible. This will help guide us as we continue to seek innovative ways to support you. Please take a moment to complete this short survey.

>> Complete the Short Survey

Coffee With Counselors 2023 Dates

Please join us for "Coffee with Counselors!" This is an informal time for school counselors from across our great state to come together for celebration, collaboration, and continued growth. We look forward to you joining us!

Mar 7th - 9:00-10:00
Apr 4th - 9:00-10:00
May 2nd- 9:00-10:00

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting (it will be the same Zoom link for all sessions).

>> Click Here to Register

Crisis & Intervention Services

Crisis Team is Ready to Help

If your school or district experiences a crisis, the OSDE Crisis Team is ready to help. We offer as little or as much support as needed. We respond to everything from an individual student in crisis to a large-scale disaster.

We offer consultation and technical assistance, digital resources, or in-person support. This service is FREE to all Oklahoma districts and schools.

>> Call the Crisis Line at 405-397-7108 for assistance.

Crisis Toolkit Available

It is always a great reminder to make a plan of action before a crisis occurs. Having a plan in place before a crisis will lessen the traumatic impact of the crisis on everyone involved.

With that in mind, remember that we have several "best practice" documents available in our Crisis Toolkit on our Crisis Preparedness and Response website.

Here are the links to those best practice documents.

Anytime you have a question about a specific issue or are setting up best practices for your school or district, please reach out. If you are in a crisis, call the crisis line at 405-397-7108. You can also call Michelle Strain at 405-522-0031 for consultation in non-crisis times.

Scholarships & Opportunities

TSET - My Life, My Quit

The TSET Healthy Youth Initiative recently released a new round of posters to school administrators promoting the My Life, My Quit youth tobacco and vape cessation helpline. This promotion is being handled by Refuel Agency, which is running a separate photo contest to capture pictures of the posters being used in select schools across the state. This contest offers a cash prize. As a result, we've received some questions asking about the legitimacy of the poster campaign.

The attached letter provides more context about the posters and TSET's goal for the in-school promotion. Participation in Refuel's contest is not a condition of accepting and posting our materials - they are provided at no cost, no strings attached. As a supporter of My Life, My Quit, I hope that you will share this information with your network to encourage their confidence in using these resources to help Oklahoma students.

>> Download Letter

Request FREE Professional Development

Did You know we offer FREE training in School-Based Mental Health, Prevention and Intervention and Comprehensive School Counseling? We offer in person as well as virtual trainings.

>> Request FREE Professional Development

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Student Support Contact Information

Jenna Jones, Executive Director of Comprehensive School Counseling
jenna.jones@sde.ok.gov, (405) 521-3263

Cheryl McGee, Executive Director of School-Based Mental Health
cheryl.mcgee@sde.ok.gov, (405) 415-5468

Michelle Strain, Executive Director of Prevention and Intervention Services
michelle.strain@sde.ok.gov, (405) 365-5764

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