From cbrown at osrhe.edu Fri Aug 8 14:40:47 2014 From: cbrown at osrhe.edu (Brown, Cynthia (OSRHE)) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 19:40:47 +0000 Subject: [Okepas] Happy New Year! August is here! Message-ID: <40725C2F1AA6F1439615D767C663D7754D5282A2@Drake.osrhe.edu> OK Colleagues & Friends, I hope this note finds you well and ready for another great year. You all do such important work. The Student Preparation Team appreciates what you do for Oklahoma's future. The Student Preparation Team of the State Regents has been preparing for the year as well. Two schedules are attached AND were mailed in hard copy to all public, private and career tech school sites. Registration is open for both the workshops and retreats at: http://okhighered.org/epas/prof-dev.shtml ? Please note the September 14-15 Counselor's Retreat is much earlier than we have had these in the past. We hope this will be a good time especially for the newest counselors among you to get together with experienced folks and pick their brains. We need you to register ASAP. In case you have not yet ordered Explore and Plan we will send the ordering instructions in another note. Please let one of us know if we can be of assistance to you. Our contact information is available at http://okhighered.org/epas/contact.shtml. We hope you will be able to join us. Cindy Cynthia Brown, Ed.D. Director, Student Preparation [Description: RegentHighEdu-2c-horz-lr] "It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default." - J. K. Rowling -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If you have difficulty ordering, please call ACT for assistance 877-789-2925. Unfortunately we can't assist you with ordering. If you do not receive the assistance you need, please email us. Cindy Cynthia Brown, Ed.D. Director, Student Preparation [cid:image009.jpg at 01CF7C1A.D348EF00] OSRHE Contract Ordering ACT Explore or ACT Plan Test Materials with ACT's College and Career Readiness Information System (CCRIS) Testing window is August 20 through October 31. 1. The first and most important rule of thumb when placing your EXPLORE or PLAN test material order (for public schools affiliated with a school district), is that your order MUST be placed by your district in order to be funded by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. [Only private schools may order as a school. You should see and select the correct Program as in Step 6 below.] 2. To place your district order, type or paste the following into your browser: readiness.act.org You will then see the following screen where you may enter your e-mail and password to begin the ordering process. Links are provided on the right if you have forgotten your password or need to sign up for an ACT account (a personalized account is needed to place an order for your district). Click the "Sign In" button as the enter key will not work on this screen. If you placed an order last year as part of the OSRHE contract, you already have an account. Please do not set up a new account unless you are new to your position or did not place the order for 2014-2015 testing. If you have forgotten your password, click "I forgot my password" or call ACT for assistance at 877-789-2925. [cid:image010.jpg at 01CF7C1A.D73C9760] 3. Once you have entered your e-mail and password or have set up an account, you will advance to the following page where you should see YOUR district's name in the upper right hand corner. (See 2012-2013 sample below. Your 2014-2015 screen will look slightly different.)[cid:image011.jpg at 01CF7C1A.D73C9760] 4. Select ACT Explore (or ACT Plan) and you will see YOUR district name in the upper right-hand corner. (See 2012-2013 sample below. Your 2014-2015 screen will look slightly different.) [cid:image012.jpg at 01CF7C1A.D73C9760] 5. Enter Testing Year: 2014-2015 6. Choose Program: ACT EXPLORE Funded by OK State Regents for Higher Ed. Grade 8 ONLY or ACT PLAN Funded by OK State Regents for Higher Ed. Grade 10 ONLY If you do not see either of these "program" choices, it means that you have not logged in as an eligible district. Do not continue with your order as it will not be funded by OSRHE. Log out of the system and log back in as your district instead of your school or contact ACT at 877-789-2925 to verify that your district is on the OK eligibility list if you do not see it. 7. Read the Participation Agreement in the shaded box and check the box below to agree to the Participation Agreement. 8. Click "Select Schools and Quantities" and continue with your order by clicking on the name of the school for which you need to order. If you have more than one school in your district, you will need to place an order for each school. 9. Order enough test packages to cover your anticipated Grade 8 ACT Explore or Grade 10 ACT Plan fall enrollment as well as any accommodated and/or supplemental test materials that you anticipate needing. ACT will ship an overage of the following items based on your enrollment: test booklet, answer folder, Instructions for Completing Your Answer Folder, and Why Take ACT Explore [or ACT Plan]. Package Quantity Overage 1-10 1 11-50 3 51-20 5 201-500 10 501-1000 15 1001+ 20 10. If you wish to test students other than grades 8 and 10, you must place a separate order. Go to http://www.act.org/products/k-12-act-explore/ to order ACT Explore for other than grade 8 or to http://www.act.org/products/k-12-act-plan/ to order ACT Plan for other than grade 10. OSRHE will not pay for non 10th grade students taking ACT Plan or non 8th grade students taking ACT Explore. Please call ACT Customer Support at 1-877-789-2925 if you have any questions about ordering for contract or off-grade students. 11. If you do not see a school for which you need to order, please contact ACT at 877-789-2925. The school may need to be added to the OK eligibility list. ACT's Service Center will be able to initiate that process for you. 12. Select the "Standard" delivery option to avoid delivery charges. Test materials will begin shipping in early August. Please do not select expedited shipping. 13. Select the test materials delivery date if a date later than the default delivery date of 8/11/2014 is desired. 14. SHIPPING OF TEST MATERIALS PRIOR TO TESTING--Select shipping address and contact from drop-down box OR add correct address and contact. 15. SHIPPING ADDRESS FOR SCHOOL REPORTS--Choose address from drop-down box OR add correct address as indicated. Note: Reports must ship to a valid school or district address. Do NOT select the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to receive your reports. 16. After placing each school order, click "Next" in the lower right hand corner to return to the list of schools. 17. After you have ordered for all of your schools, hit the "Enter Billing Information" button at the bottom of your screen. 18. You should see: For EXPLORE: "Billing Information - ACT Explore Funded by Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Ed. Grade 8 ONLY". For PLAN: "Billing Information - ACT Plan Funded by Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Ed. Grade 10 ONLY". If you do not see these words followed by the address of OSRHE and Dr. Cynthia N Brown as the contact, call ACT's Service Center at 877-789-2925. 19. Enter your District Reporting address and contact information and note the date indicated for processing of your district reports. 20. Check out. 21. The Payment Page must show a Total Amount due of $0.00. 22. Review your order to make sure everything is accurate then agree to the terms and conditions.[cid:image013.jpg at 01CF7C1A.D73C9760] 23. Finally, hit the "Place Order" button shown on the right side of the graphic above. Your order will not be complete until you have done so. 24. Thank you for your order! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image009.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 5679 bytes Desc: image009.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: image013.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3878 bytes Desc: image013.jpg URL: From vautry at osrhe.edu Thu Aug 14 11:12:31 2014 From: vautry at osrhe.edu (Autry, Valarie) Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:12:31 +0000 Subject: [Okepas] Counselor Retreat September 14 and 15 at Lake Murray Lodge In-Reply-To: <8DD76B7FB621AC409D7CE57771C370735FF870F8@Drake.osrhe.edu> References: <8DD76B7FB621AC409D7CE57771C370735FF87044@Drake.osrhe.edu> <8DD76B7FB621AC409D7CE57771C370735FF870F8@Drake.osrhe.edu> Message-ID: **PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. ALL INQUIRIES SHOULD GO TO lnelson at osrhe.edu.** Good morning, We have openings for our counselor retreat at Lake Murray Lodge, Sunday, September 14, and Monday, September 15. Please go to our website and register: http://www.okhighered.org/epas/prof-dev.shtml#cacr Our retreats are free food and lodging, you just have to come. It is a relaxing time to get together to discuss EXPLORE and PLAN and share best practices. We would love to for you to join us at Lake Murray Lodge! Unfortunately, our counselor retreat for Fin and Feather is full. However, we do have a waiting list, so if that location is your preference, you will be put on the waiting list. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email me, lnelson at osrhe.edu. Thank you! Have a great day! Lisa Nelson Field Coordinator for Student Preparation Cell phone: 580.614.1328 lnelson at osrhe.edu www.okhighered.org/epas [Description: RegentHighEdu-2c-horz-lr] "How you begin your day, can make or break your day. Your attitude and your actions have a strong effect on your whole day. Begin with a smile, a calmness of mind, and a heart filled with gratitude; a positive mindset that it's going to be a wonderful day." Author Unknown -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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