Show Me The Money Using Perkins Funding for Direct School Counseling and Guidance Services Erica Harris, Advisement Specialist, ODCTE Tommi Leach, Academic Coordinator, ODCTE

Standards for Accreditation for Oklahoma Schools Standard VI Student Services OAC 210:35-3-106 (c) 4 Counseling and guidance services shall be coordinated and shall work cooperatively with other school staff, community resources, and other educational entities. Additional Standards for CareerTech/ Comprehensive Secondary Schools OAC 210:35-11-51(a) (3) The technology center guidance staff coordinates services with guidance and counseling staff from partner schools, higher education institutions, and other agencies through planned informational meetings, correspondence, and /or other communications. (c) The sending school guidance program shall complement and coordinate with those services available in the technology center counseling, assessment, staff consulting, educational and occupational planning, and follow-up activities.

Carl Perkins Legislation Carl Perkins Act of 1984 Amendments in 1990 Reauthorized in 1998 Reauthorized in 2006 Passed House of Rep. in 2016 Passed House of Rep. with a few changes in May 2017

What is Carl Perkins Funding? Allocation to the State 15% State Leadership and Administration 85% Local 15 million and some change flow to state of Oklahoma Allocation to Local Recipients -84% Secondary -16% Postsecondary

Distribution of Perkins Funds Basic Grant – 75% Secondary School Districts Technology Centers (secondary) Postsecondary (collegiate & tech centers) Supplemental Grants – 10%

You get a payday…

Local Plans Professional development Career guidance and academic counseling describe how career guidance and academic counseling will be provided to career and technical education students, including linkages to future education and training opportunities; Community awareness strategies Teacher recruitment

Consortiums Representatives from each school meet with intention to determine goals of the Perkins application. Team determines the local student and industry needs within the consortium and then leverages the money to meet those needs.

Local Control and Planning Have you ever seen your local application? What does your local application say about the guidance and counseling services offered to students? How do you think your school counseling program should be involved in the planning?

Resources to Leverage Carl Perkins Supplemental Grants Career Development Disabilities Services Recruiting Students to Non-Traditional Careers High Growth and Emerging Technologies Gateway to Technology

Let’s Brainstorm What do your students need? How do you know what your students need? What intervention, initiative or activity could be done to address those needs? How will you know that your intervention worked? (Hint: DATA)

A little extra…

Supplemental Grants – 10% Who- Any school or consortium that receives Carl Perkins funding What- Your innovative ideas for 7th -12th grade When- Check each spring – get your user name and password now and start making plans How- Complete application http://www.okcareertech.org/about/state-agency/divisions/federal-legislation-assistance/carl-perkins/supplemental-grant-documents

Remember Your school cannot use this grant money to supplant services your school already has in place. Once you receive the grant and services are in place, you should be able to sustain the work without the grant money.

Previous Grants - Highlights Career Development Ipads/Surfaces with charging cart for school counselors to use OKCareerGuide.org with students, and track services through the school counseling program Purchased the National Student Clearing House student tracker program to gain cohort follow-up data on students postsecondary transitions and completions Training day for OK Career Guide. Grant funded professional development and paid for substitutes. All teachers attended training on career development tool that could be used throughout core and elective subjects Teacher As Advisors training/professional development Galaxy – Elementary component is Fall 2016 Journey components will stay the same, smoother format to access them. Throughout the fall, additional enhancements to: eProfile for Navigator- Oct Ed Plans -Nov CTE Reports- Nov Parents Portal- Nov Test Prep packages through Peterson’s- Sept Connect 2 Business – Dec Link 2 College – Dec All site in Spanish in Feb 2016. (this will include assessments)

Previous Grants - Highlights Non-Traditional Careers Non-traditional speaker forum presented at mother/daughter tea Videos highlighting students in non-traditional careers Disability Services - Transition Stipend for Transition Coordinator Lift for bus Computers to develop skills for transitioning Transition Coordinator from community college

Web Resources Federal Legislation Assistance – Carl Perkins http://www.okcareertech.org/about/state-agency/divisions/federal-legislation-assistance/carl-perkins Career and Academic Connections http://www.okcareertech.org/educators/career-and-academic-connections Advance CTE https://careertech.org/

Contact us: Erica Harris, Advisement Specialist 405 743-5164 erica.harris@careertech.ok.gov Tommi Leach, Academic Coordinator 405-743-5524 tommi.leach@careertech.ok.gov