1. Roberta Douglas Career Development Specialist Oklahoma Department of Career & Technology Education roberta.douglas@careertech.ok.gov 405.743.5425

2. Our Current State of Career Development

3. Results? Students still may not be ready  50-70% of college students change their major at least once  80% of freshman enroll as undecided  Other trends…. National Association of Colleges & Employers

4. WHY?

5. So Many Options

6. How can we better help Oklahoma students? Analyze Request for Proposals Evaluate Decide

7. We’ve Chosen

8. Post Secondary Education Take Action for Student Success

9. What do most systems offer? Portfolios Assessments Schools Database Occupation Research Scholarships Database Curriculum for teachers & counselors Resume Builder

10. What Oklahoma Career Guide will ALSO do: Wider audience Administrative tools Reporting options More storage for users Post Secondary test prep Identifies barriers FAFSA Parents Portal Gaming features Tutorials Education Plans Link2College Connect2Business

11. CareerTech’s Timeline to Launch K-5 th grade: Coming in 2016 6 th – Adult users : Currently being built, customized for Oklahoma. This part of OK Career Guide will be launched in August 2015 with training for educators across the state.

12. Let’s take a look

13. The NATIONAL model www.kuder.com

14. Resources www.okcareerguide.org Coming August 2015 - Elevating Student Success - @TommiLeach - Career & Academic Connections www.okcareertech.org

15. Roberta Douglas Career Development Specialist Oklahoma Department of Career & Technology Education roberta.douglas@careertech.ok.gov 405-743-5425 Questions?