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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Oklahoma Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, OASCD, will be having their spring conference Thursday, March 8 at UCO. Dr. Rita Pierson, who presented at our Counselor Summer Institute in 2010, will be speaking on Framework for Understanding Poverty. She is a wonderful speaker and very entertaining. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>You can find the cost for the conference and online registration at the following website:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><a href="http://www.oascd.org/conferences.html">http://www.oascd.org/conferences.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Our 2012 Summer Institute will be June 25-28; the location will be announced at a later date.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:purple'>Lisa Nelson</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:purple'>Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:purple'>Field Coordinator for Student Preparation</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:purple'>580.614.1328</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:lnelson@osrhe.edu"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue'>lnelson@osrhe.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.okhighered.org/"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue'>www.okhighered.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'> <i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#8064A2'>“</span></i><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#8064A2'>Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true." ~ Charles Dickens <br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>