OASA

Dr. Pam Deering, CCOSA/OASA Executive Director Derald Glover, OASA Assistant Executive Director

The CCOSA Summer Leadership Conference was a huge success! The effort to host such a large event should not be taken for granted. Our CCOSA staff worked for months securing the conference center and hotel, scheduling meeting spaces, preparing promotional materials, developing the conference app, securing sponsors and vendors, and answering thousands of questions from administrators and sponsors. Our directors spent months getting input on presentations, planning presentations, securing speakers, and creating schedules to maximize the professional development opportunities for the attendees. The conference wouldn’t be possible without the support of you, our OASA membership. OASA leaders create a culture within their school of continuous learning and encourage the rest of their leadership team to attend conferences like ours. It is your leadership that makes CCOSA the most powerful voice for public education in the state! This last year we achieved our goal of 3,000 CCOSA members. We are thrilled to reach that milestone, but we want to continue to grow membership. There is strength in numbers! With over 90% of our school superintendents as members, OASA participation is at an all-time high. So, during this summer, let’s celebrate the end of another challenging year but also be proud of the leadership of our OASA membership.

Speaking of OASA leadership, OASA Banquet attendees celebrated the accomplishments of our OASA members. OASA District Superintendent and Asst. Supt/Central Office Administrators of the Year, State Superintendent and State Asst. Supt. Central Office Administrators of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients, retiring members, OASA Years of Service recognitions, and OASA leadership were recognized for their work as school leaders in their districts and in OASA. We are proud to work with these educators whose hearts and minds are devoted to serving students in our public schools.

Dr. Kirt Hartzler is the OASA District Superintendent of the Year. Hartzler has been the Superintendent of Union Public Schools since 2013, and before becoming a superintendent, he held multiple roles such as Deputy Superintendent and Associate Superintendent with Union Public Schools as well. He received his master’s degree in education from Northeastern State University and later graduated from Oklahoma State University with his doctorate in education. Hartzler is active on several education boards and consistently provides meaningful content through his presentations and publications, covering topics from Curriculum Issues to Public Education in a Changing Society.

Stephanie Williams is the Asst. Supt/ Central Office Administrator of the Year. Williams is wrapping up her 19th year in education. Beginning as a teacher in Norman and Oklahoma City Public Schools, she has worked in several administrative roles over the years and is currently the Executive Director of Student Services with Norman Public Schools. In 2022, she started her doctoral program with Southern Nazarene University, pursuing an Education in Administration and Leadership degree. Williams is an active member in both OASA and NASSP and contributes her time and expertise serving on several boards. She also chairs the Diversity and Equity Council at Norman Public Schools.

At the banquet, OASA honored Dr. Ann Caine, Billie Jordan, and Robert Trammell as our 2022-23 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients.

Dr. Ann Caine has spent her entire career involved in education, beginning in the Geary, Moore, and Putnam City Public Schools. She was promoted to Elementary Assistant Principal and then Principal while also teaching higher education at night. Caine also served as Superintendent of Stillwater Public Schools. She continued to have a positive impact on teaching and learning as she worked to educate school board members in her position with OSSBA. Currently, Caine serves as the 16th president of the Oklahoma State University Alumni Association. She has received numerous honors, such as the Oklahoma PTA Administrator of the Year, Leadership Oklahoma, Journal Record “50 Women Making a Difference,” OASA District 4 Superintendent of the Year, OASA Superintendent of the Year, and OSU College of Education and Human Sciences Hall of Fame.

Billie Jordan received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from NSU and completed doctoral hours at Oklahoma State University. She has been involved in education for 41 years, with 28 of those years as an administrator. Jordan’s administrative service began as a Curriculum Director/High School Principal at Gore Public Schools, and then she continued her career as an Elementary Principal in Tahlequah. She was soon promoted to Assistant Superintendent over Grants and Federal Programs in Tahlequah and from there to

Superintendent. Jordan currently serves as the Executive Director of both the Oklahoma School Advisory Council and the Oklahoma Association Serving Impacted Schools. She has touched many lives and impacted many school districts with her passion to help children. Jordan currently serves on the Cherokee County Board of Health, has received the Tahlequah Police Service Award, Boys & Girls Club Volunteer Service Award, and was active in Leadership Tahlequah.

Robert Trammell has served Oklahoma public schools for 36 years, with 27 of those years as an administrator. He received a bachelor’s degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University and a master’s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma. Trammell began his career as an Elementary Principal at Boone-Apache schools. Later, he served as an Elementary Principal, High School Principal, and the Superintendent of Snyder Public Schools, where he established their first E-Rate grant and started Snyder’s first pre-K program. In 2016, he joined Cheyenne Public Schools as Superintendent. In 2022, under his leadership, Cheyenne Elementary earned national recognition as a Blue Ribbon School. Over the years, Trammell has held memberships and offices in numerous professional organizations such as OASA, OSSBA, OSAG, OSSAA, and OROS. He is also known as a community leader in Rotary Club and Kiwanis. Trammell is frequently asked to speak to these community organizations regarding school administration and finance.

Finally, we would like to send heartfelt congratulations to OASA’s newly retired members. Their service to children, their districts, and their communities has made a profound and lasting impact. You have our enduring gratitude for your courageous leadership!

■ Shelley Arrott

■ Dr. Alan Baker

■ Rick Beene

■ Larry Case

■ Mike Davis

■ Dr. Melonie Hau

■ Tod Harrison

■ Larry Henson

■ Stephanie Hime

■ Keith Fisher

■ Dr. Darrell Floyd

■ Geri Gilstrap

■ Dr. April Grace

■ Mickey Gregory

■ Dr. Kyle Reynolds

■ Robert Trammell

■ Dr. Keith Weldon

■ Susan VanZant

OASA is your professional organization, and our strength is through engaged members.

We will continue to fight on behalf of public school administrators by advocating on your behalf at the State Capitol, but we need your input and involvement as we move forward. Through our Quality School Frameworks, our communications networks, and our advocacy, we continue to show that schools are being led by true professionals. We hope you will continue to be an active part of this amazing organization! ■

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