Behavior Plans That Work
Dr. Erin Nation, Counselor, Piedmont Public Schools
Room CC-A (holds up to 48 people)
Stone Ridge Elementary operates a tiered intervention system for school-wide behavior plans. Kindergarten through 4th-grade students have the same expectations and work toward the same rewards. Learn more about how we "make it work" at our school and minimize behavior issues.
Target Audience: Early Childhood & Elementary School
Domain: Social/Emotional
Science Graduation Requirements Update
Tiffany Neill, Director of Science and Engineering Education, Oklahoma State Department of Education
Room CC-B (holds up to 48 people)
We will explore the new high school science graduation requirements and how the changes better prepare students for careers after high school. Additionally, we will discuss what courses meet the new graduation requirements, what constitutes a laboratory science course and examine newly developed course descriptions for science courses without standards.
Target Audience: Middle School & High School
Domain: Academic
Trauma Informed Counseling
Michelle Sutherlin, Director of Prevention Services, Oklahoma State Department of Education
Room CC-C (holds up to 128 people)
When counselors work with students who have experienced trauma, they have to be informed on best practices, and ideas and techniques that work. This session will help counselors see into the brains of children of trauma to counselors understand best approaches to counseling.
Target Audience: All
Domain: Social/Emotional
Unwrapping a School Counseling Program: Data Tells a Story
Dr. Deborah Hardy, Adjunct Professor, Long Island University
Room CC-DE (holds up to 96 people)
Data points give school counselors goals for updating a program. This workshop provides school counselors with a direction on how to collect and review data from their school counseling program. The presenter identifies different methods on sharing the data with staff, administrators and community members.
Target Audience: Elementary School, Middle School & High School
Domain: Program Management
My Body… My Life… and REAL Men Programs
Bob Moore & Darien Moore, Authors and Founders of the programs
Room 109 (holds up to 40 people)
This workshop presents an overview of the My Body…My Life… programs and their use in schools, communities, businesses, organizations and the military. These programs are evidence based, use multi-disciplinary approaches and display promising practices in addressing dating, domestic and gender violence. They enhance learning through personal stories, humor, multi-faceted presentation and experience to help others to develop self-esteem, boundary setting, build skills to recognize unsafe relationships, unsafe situations and provide tools to protect the participant’s body and life. The programs have been honored with the National 2013 School Safety Award, 2013 Oklahoma Governor’s Commendation, Oklahoma House of Representatives Citation and 2013 Norman Human Rights Award.
Target Audience: Middle School & High School
Domain: Social/Emotional
NAEP in Your School
Rebecca Logan, Executive Director of NAEP
Room 110 (holds up to 40 people)
This session will examine the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), otherwise known as "The Nation's Report Card." We will discuss what schools and school coordinators (often counselors) should expect when their school has been selected to participate.
Target Audience: Elementary School & Middle School
Domain: Academic
Tracking Your Time: Using Data to Inform Your Practice
Sally Randolph, School Counselor, Skiatook Public Schools
Room 111 (holds up to 40 people)
The presenter will demonstrate the use of google forms for daily data collection of how she spends her time as a counselor. Will demonstrate how counselors can create their own forms incorporating the ASCA model. She will also talk about the use of this data collection in planning comprehensive counseling program.
Target Audience: High School
Domain: Program Management
Getting the Most from Your FACS Education Program
Holly Hanan & Janet Karner, FACS Program Specialists, Oklahoma State Department of Career Tech
Room 112 (holds up to 36 people)
The workshop will explain the current FACS plans of study for middle school and high school programs. Career brochures will illustrate to students the endless possibilities of careers related to Family and Consumer Sciences. Come find out how the FACS Capstone will add A-F value to your school report card.
Target Audience: Middle School & High School
Domain: Career
Advocacy for Victims of Gender-Based Harassment & Violence: Title IX in Public Schools
Kristin Atchley & Lori Hollingsworth, Student Advocacy Coordinators, Norman Public Schools
Room CC-A (holds up to 48 people)
Title IX protects students far beyond equal athletic opportunities. We will discuss the further implications of Title IX and how counselors can help ensure that students are being properly protected and served under Title IX within the public schools setting.
Target Audience: Middle School & High School
Domain: Social/Emotional
OKcollegestart and OCAP: Oklahoma’s College Planning Resources
Chelsea Hunt, Student Portal Coordinator, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
Kelli Kelnar, Outreach Manager, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
Room CC-B (holds up to 48 people)
We invite you to attend a joint session focused on two key college planning programs - OKcollegestart.org and UCanGo2 - to learn about the free, dynamic online features and educational resources you can use to help students and parents plan, prepare and pay for college. This includes electronic transcript exchange, campus comparison tools, finding and applying for scholarships, FAFSA completion, and career and interest inventories.
Target Audience: Middle School & High School
Domain: Career & Academic
Creating a Growth Mindset School
Dr. Mary Waters, LPC, Assistant Professor, Northeastern State University
Room CC-C (holds up to 128 people)
The research on growth mindset (Dweck, 2007) is compelling. Learn strategies to help your parent community, teachers, and students cultivate a growth mindset. Participants will leave the session with practical tools to implement the very next day. I will share pre- and post-test surveys so that school counselors can collect data to evaluate the effectiveness of their intervention.
Target Audience: Elementary School & Middle School
Domain: Career, Academic & Social/Emotional
Students Under Stress
Dr. Michelle Taylor, Counselor, Adair Public Schools
Room CC-DE (holds up to 96 people)
Stress is how the body reacts to a challenge, so it can be good and bad for us. Learn the three types of stress, and more importantly the Five School Stress Busting Tips to help all school age students.
Target Audience: Elementary School, Middle School & High School
Domain: Social/Emotional
Helping Our Homeless Students: Getting to Know McKinney-Vento
Anthony Kibble, State Homeless Education Coordinator, Oklahoma State Department of Education
Alisha Graham, Counselor, Yukon Public Schools
Room 109 (holds up to 40 people)
The McKinney-Vento definition of homelessness has recently been amended as a result of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA). In addition, ESSA placed more focus on ensuring older homeless youth - known as unaccompanied homeless youth - are provide opportunities to pursue secondary education.
Target Audience: All
Domain: Career, Academic, Social/Emotional & Program Management
Red Devil Mentors
Joe Jacobs, Principal, Prague Public Schools
Julie Lockwood, Counselor, Prague Public Schools
Room 110 (holds up to 40 people)
Are your students at-risk, failing, and not turning in work? Pair them with a mentor! Prague identified students who were outstanding, strong leaders, and academically sound, then found at-risk students who were struggling/failing and paired them with a mentor. The mentors work with these students during the day. We will share what we know and have learned so far in our program.
Target Audience: High School
Domain: Program Management, Career, Academic & Social/Emotional
Google Classroom for Life After High School
Stephanie Chaplin, Counselor, Oklahoma City Public Schools
Room 111 (holds up to 40 people)
Learn to create a Google classroom to help create college and career awareness. Learn how to keep your faculty and students engaged in creating easy user-friendly tools that students can use to stay plugged into thinking about life after high school. Google tools will be shown to show the ease that students, teachers and faculty members to create platforms for various use throughout the educational system.
Target Audience: Middle School & High School
Domain: Career & Academic
QPR – Question, Persuade & Refer Suicide Prevention
Sherry Fisher, Director of Health and Physical Education, Oklahoma State Department of Education
Room 112 (holds up to 36 people)
Attendees will learn key components in this training: How to question, persuade and refer someone who may be suicidal; how to get help for yourself or learn more about preventing suicide; the common causes of suicidal behavior; and the warning signs of suicide How to get help for someone in crisis.
Target Audience: All
Domain: Social/Emotional
The 3 Little Pigs and the Red Hen
Audrey Harmon, Cheri Long & Melody Aufill, State Coordinators of Ag in the Classroom, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture
Room CC-A (holds up to 48 people)
This session will focus on teamwork, cooperation, and honesty. Find out how to use agriculture to teach these meaningful life lessons to your students.
Target Audience: Early Childhood & Elementary School
Domain: Career & Social/Emotional
Show Me the Money: Federal Legislation You Can Leverage for Direct School Counseling and Guidance Services for Students
Erica Harris, Advisement Specialist, Oklahoma State Department of Career Tech
Tommi Leach, Academic Coordinator, Oklahoma State Department of Career Tech
Room CC-B (holds up to 48 people)
Presenters will share Carl Perkins Federal Legislation resources and information school counselors which can be utilized to leverage to advocate for direct career counseling services for students.
Target Audience: Elementary School, Middle School & High School
Domain: Career, Academic & Social/Emotional
Now What? Discovering the State’s Mental Health System
Cheryl McGee, LPC, LADC/MH, Counselor, Norman Public Schools
Room CC-C (holds up to 128 people)
The presenter will host a discussion on inpatient criteria requirements for mental health hospitalization in our state. She will assist educators in understanding how to properly link from school to these organizations, and help educators understand what these entities are looking for regarding criteria. Provide a basic understanding of what happens within the walls of these facilities and how to prepare for students return to school.
Target Audience: Elementary School, Middle School & High School
Domain: Social/Emotional
What I Wish My Counselor Knew About Me – Student Panel
Student Panel Moderated by Michelle Sutherlin, Director of Prevention Services, Oklahoma State Department of Education
Room CC-DE (holds up to 96 people)
A panel of students will provide their feedback about what they wish their counselor knew about them and what they would like to share. A moderator will pose questions to the students and session attendees will also have the change to ask questions to the panel. The panel will be a group of students from a high school and middle school in Norman.
Target Audience: Middle School & High School
Domain: Career, Academic & Program Management
Now What? Discovering the State’s Mental Health System
Cheryl McGee, LPC, LADC/MH, Counselor, Norman Public Schools
Room CC-DE (holds up to 96 people)
The presenter will host a discussion on inpatient criteria requirements for mental health hospitalization in our state. She will assist educators in understanding how to properly link from school to these organizations, and help educators understand what these entities are looking for regarding criteria. Provide a basic understanding of what happens within the walls of these facilities and how to prepare for students return to school.
Target Audience: Elementary School, Middle School & High School
Domain: Social/Emotional
Accessing State Test Results to Facilitate Achievement
Angela Bilyeu, Assistant Executive Director of Assessment, Oklahoma State Department of Education
Room 109 (holds up to 40 people)
Attendees will explore state testing data allows administrators, counselors, and teachers to reflect on student data in order to determine areas of validation and areas for improvement; analyze data for achievement gaps in subgroups; and facilitate best practices and effective implementation in areas where students need the most support. This session will model how to use the Measured Progress portal to examine state testing data efficiently and effectively.
Target Audience: Elementary School, Middle School & High School
Domain: Program Management & Academic
SPED Accommodation for OK Classrooms and LRE
Sheila Butler, Special Education Services Program Specialist, Oklahoma State Department of Education
Room 110 (holds up to 40 people)
This will be a detailed presentation covering the special education law and how it is integrated with standard based instruction. The presentation focuses on LRE and the use of accommodations before a change of placement is considered. There are activities built in to assist in understanding the difference between accommodations and modifications .Additionally, we will discuss the overall placement options and the schools responsibility to adhere to the placement decisions of the IEP team. Placement of students with special needs is a calculated process that requires data collection and observation. Quite often we feel that a student with special needs should be separated from the general population.
Target Audience: All
Domain: Program Management
Using Google Forms to Log Your Activity as a Counselor
Jack Comstock, Counselor, Chisholm Public Schools
Room 111 (holds up to 40 people)
Tired of using pen and paper to record everything you do and then can't read your chicken scratches later (guilty!)? Tired of trying to figure out a way to turn what you wrote/typed into serviceable data and not succeeding (guilty!)? Let Google Forms help! If you have a Chromebook or laptop, bring it!
Target Audience: Elementary School, Middle School & High School
Domain: Program Management
“What are You Going to Do When You Grow Up?”: A Look at the Direct Your Future Curriculum
Jo Kahn, Coordinator of Career and Employment Information, Oklahoma State Department of Career Tech
Room 112 (holds up to 36 people)
Would you like to help your students make informed decisions about their future? In this session you will be introduced to Direct Your Future™ (DYF), a free 11-module, comprehensive career development curriculum for middle school and high school students. Curriculum materials are available online for download and feature lesson plans, resource files, classroom activities, and homework assignments. Instructional handouts to help students with their education and career planning. It is grounded in the best of career development theory and assessment, using the Kuder Career Interests Assessment® and the Kuder Skills Confidence Assessment® found in the free statewide career planning system, OK Career Guide. Students are challenged to focus on themselves and the world of work, and to learn how to map out a future career path.
Target Audience: Middle School & High School
Domain: Career
OKCareerGuide: What This FREE Online System Can Do for You and Your Students
Tara Kerr, Coordinator of OKCareerGuide, Oklahoma State Department of Career Tech
Room CC-A (holds up to 48 people)
The presenter will share about OKCareerGuide and how it can be implemented in your school: develop individual four-year education plans, take career assessments, find colleges with majors related to your career path, create an e-portfolio to store and share info with schools and employers, create resumes & cover letters, and more!
Target Audience: Middle School & High School
Domain: Career, Academic & Program Management
Creating a Smooth Transition from High School Math to College Math
Levi Patrick, Director of Computer Science and Secondary Mathematics Education, Oklahoma State Department of Education
Linda Goeller, STEM Division Chair and Associate Professor of Mathematics, Seminole State College
Room CC-B (holds up to 48 people)
Remediation rates for college mathematics remain stubbornly steady. We will introduce a number of strategies that are being researched by a network of teams across Oklahoma that are designed to improve readiness for college mathematics. We will discuss how high school advisors can promote certain course-taking sequences that will help reduce the need for remediation in college and explore how some communities are working together in innovative ways to create a smooth transition for students from high school to college.
Target Audience: High School
Domain: Academic
Therapy Dog Programs for Beginners
Beth Whittle, LPC, Counselor, Norman Public Schools
Room CC-C (holds up to 128 people)
In this session attendees will learn about the benefits of having a therapy dog program at their school. Attendees will also learn about the process of implementing a therapy dog program, as well as the process of having a pet certified as a therapy dog.
Target Audience: All
Domain: Social/Emotional
Your Digital Footprint
Traci Hopper, Grants and Special Projects Coordinator, Moore Norman Technology Center
Room CC-DE (holds up to 96 people)
We will explore social media and discuss why, as educators and counselors, we can no longer ignore it. We will cover the reasons why we need to prepare students for the good and bad of social media and the lasting effects their digital footprint can have on their long-term success.
Target Audience: Elementary School, Middle School & High School
Domain: Social/Emotional
Growing as a Counselor Through a Professional Learning Focus
Jason Perez, Executive Director of Teacher Leader Education, Oklahoma State Department of Education
Room 109 (holds up to 40 people)
Professional growth is becoming a major component of the TLE process. As counselors, finding meaningful professional development experiences at the district level can be challenging. Through the use of the Professional Learning Focus, counselors can begin redefining professional development into a personalized experience that speaks to their needs.
Target Audience: All
Domain: Professional Growth
Positive Behavior Interventions
Shawna Keene, Behavioral Specialist, Oklahoma State Department of Education
Room 110 (holds up to 40 people)
Attendees will receive a detailed presentation discussing ABA, FBAs, and BIPs as related to the special education population. Attendees will receive a break down the "dos and don’ts" in the classroom for teachers, administrators, and counselors.
Target Audience: All
Domain: Social/Emotional
How Do You Organize a Testing Schedule?
Kristy Hernandez, Director of Student Services, Moore Public Schools
Room 111 (holds up to 40 people)
Presenters will discuss practical ways to organize the entire testing process at the secondary level from working with Measured Progress to organizing test sessions to working through the corrections.
Target Audience: Middle School & High School
Domain: Program Management
Is the P the Missing Letter in Successful STEM Education?
Sara Wright, STEM Manager, Oklahoma State Department of Career Tech
Room 112 (holds up to 36 people)
The session will address the importance of engaging parents in order to further STEM educational attainment in Oklahoma and give an overview of the CareerTech STEM programs offered in comprehensive schools and technology centers in Oklahoma. This will include ideas of how to effectively engage parents with examples of successful parent involvement in OK.
Target Audience: Middle School & High School
Domain: Career & Academic
State of Mind: The Challenge of Mental Health Issues in Today’s Students
Jill Lueke, Impact Counselor, McKinney (Texas) Independent School District
Room CC-A (holds up to 48 people)
The students of today live in a world that has always had terrorism and school shootings. This trauma has only been compounded by social media. This session will address the importance of mental health support in the schools. It's a real need and not just an excuse. The presenter says not the expert, just passionate about providing support and helping students manage challenges.
Target Audience: Elementary School, Middle School & High School
Domain: Social/Emotional
Ready 4 STEM
Tiffany Neill, Director of Science and Engineering Education, Oklahoma State Department of Education
Levi Patrick, Director of Computer Science and Secondary Mathematics Education, Oklahoma State Department of Education
Room CC-B (holds up to 48 people)
In this session we will explore pathways schools can provide to increase student awareness of STEM careers and better prepare students for those careers. We will discuss what role specific courses such as STEM Blocks, robotics, and coding courses might play in these pathways and how to better describe STEM to students, teachers, and parents.
Target Audience: Middle School & High School
Domain: Career & Academic
What's New at the OSDE
Shelly Ellis, Executive Director of Counseling, Oklahoma State Department of Education
Room CC-C (holds up to 128 people)
Hear the latest updates and information from the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Hear a focus on graduation requirements, the A-F school report cards and the new ICAPS that will soon roll out.
Target Audience: All
Domain: Academic & Program Management
“Oh, the Places You Will Go!”: Promoting College and Career Readiness in Elementary
Meagan Bryant, Coordinator of College & Career Counseling, Mid-Del Public Schools
Room CC-DE (holds up to 96 people)
A big part of being an elementary counselor is founded on making sure our students are ready for what the future has in store for them. Come hear some strategies and ideas on how to enhance college and career awareness in to your counseling program. It is never too early to start preparing our students for what comes next!
Target Audience: Early Childhood & Elementary School
Domain: Career & Academic
ZAP! Zeros Aren’t Permitted
Julie Lockwood, Counselor, Prague Public Schools
Room 109 (holds up to 40 people)
Are you having trouble with keeping students off your ineligible list, probation, or failing? This session will tell you how we took our ineligible list from seven to 10 pages to two pages. Overall all of our students grades have increased and our failing students have decreased. While this is new to our school and we are struggling, it is working for the majority! Find out some of our growing pains and how the ZAP program is currently working.
Target Audience: Middle School & High School
Domain: Academic
RAM Camp
Dhea Hudson, Counselor, Owasso Public Schools
Room 110 (holds up to 40 people)
The two most important things that lead to student success: Connection to Family and Connection to School. We can connect the students to OHS by having RAM Camp. The Ram Camp Objectives are 1) Lay foundation for positive school-student and student-student connections. 2) Create a familiarity of the OHS campus, resources, and systems and 3)c. Establish “The Owasso Way” which is NOTICE – Wake up! Notice what's happening; CHOOSE – Dream It! Create a vision for what you DO want your life to look like ; ACT – Do Something! Have the courage and commitment it takes to be the change. We are building an army of students doing the right things and saying the right things.
Target Audience: Middle School & High School
Domain: Career, Academic & Social/Emotional
Parent University: Strategies to Effectively Connect and Communicate
Linda Beerwinkle, Counselor & High School Coordinator, Hydro-Eakly Public Schools
Room 111 (holds up to 40 people)
Parent University is an interactive event that can maximize connections and communication with parents. Helping parents understand and "get on board" with the mission is vital to creating a college and career readiness culture. In this session we will look at practical ideas and specific best practices that can encourage and strengthen parent understanding of their role in the mission to prepare students for life after high school.
Target Audience: Middle School & High School
Domain: Career, Academic & Social/Emotional
Understanding 504s
Lori Chesnut, Secondary Transition Specialist, Oklahoma State Department of Education
Room 112 (holds up to 36 people)
Attendees will examine 504 law and implementation in the educational setting, and the use of accommodations to assist students’ equal access to standards based learning.
Target Audience: Elementary School, Middle School & High School
Domain: Program Management, Academic & Social/Emotional
Keynote
Mid-Del Superintendent Dr. Rick Cobb