Student Services Monthly Email Items

These are some items from my monthly email to Oklahoma CareerTech Student Services Contacts.  I hope you find some useful information in it!

OKCRC Annual Conference

The OKCRC Annual Conference will be November 6 at Moore Norman South Penn Campus.  The conference will begin at 8:30 am with sign-in, coffee and conversation.  The big change this year is lunch will be on your own.  A map with restaurants in the area will be supplied at the conference.  There is no cost to attend the OKCRC Annual Conference--register today. Click here to register

Oklahoma Labor Market Information

Want to see the top 30 fastest growing jobs in Oklahoma or the declining jobs in Oklahoma?  Go to the Oklahoma Employment Securities Commission website at:

http://www.ok.gov/oesc_web/Services/Find_Labor_Market_Statistics/Projections/trends2018.html

OSCA Fall Conference

Oklahoma School Counselor Association (OSCA) conference will be Friday, November 14 at Northeastern State University Campus in Broken Arrow. If you are interesting in attending and to register go to http://okschoolcounselor.org/  for more details.  The keynote will be delivered by Dr. Carey Dimmitt and the address will be “What Works in School Counseling” and in the afternoon there will be concurrent sessions from which to choose. 

Resources

Our Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center (CIMC) does a newsletter update twice a year.  Go to: https://www.okcareertech.org/educators/cimc/about-cimc/news/cimc-update  and read their short updates.  You can find out about new products, what they are working on and recipes!  Here are two recently updated products (revised 2014) you may be interested in.

Basic Strategies: Meeting Everyone’s Needs

CS1110 

“Diversity is the one true thing that we all have in common. Celebrate it every day.” This anonymous quote expresses the purpose of the book Basic Strategies: Meeting Everyone’s Needs—to help parents, teachers, counselors, and students meet the needs of the ever-increasing diversities they will encounter in today’s world. The book includes sections dealing with diversity and disabilities. It also discusses gender equity, harassment, and bullying

                                     

Career Exploration Guide   CS3205

Students in grades 6-8 connect what they are learning in the classroom to the world of work. An interest inventory and student activities help students to see the importance of preparing for a career.  

Inforgraphic

This pdf document is an infographic on Professionalism in the Workplace.  Even though the heading says: Preparing College Graduates for the Workplace, the information is good for any student striving to be in the workforce. 

Source: York College of Pennsylvania. Center for Professional Excellence

 Click here to download a copy of the
Professionalism in the Workplace infographic.