OAESP

Glen Abshere, OAESP Executive Director

OAESP membership had tremendous growth last year, ending the year with 849 members!

It is time to renew your membership for the 2023-24 school year. Join online today at www.ccosa.org/ membership. We have a new membership database. You should have received an email from membership@ccosa.org with a unique link to update and renew your membership. If you did not receive this email, please contact our office, and we can resend it to you. If you have a new email address, we will update the email address and reset your password for you. We are proud to say we are now 3,000 members strong at CCOSA. Thank you for being a member of CCOSA and OAESP! Please encourage others to join. Our goal this year is 900 members or more.

TeleLEAD is preparing for the beginning of our fourth year. TeleLEAD returns on September 6 and meets on the first and third Wednesday of the month. We need case studies to present. If you have a case study for consideration, please get in touch with me. FERPA and privacy are guaranteed.

The New Principals Academy is designed to promote an interactive discussion on topics essential for participants to develop understanding and knowledge of the leadership role at the school level. The purpose is to provide guidance to steer an early career principal or assistant principal through the initial period of adjustment as a beginning administrator and set the foundation for a long and rewarding career as a school administrator. The academy meets four times in the fall semester and once in the spring for an advocacy experience. Registration is now open on our website.

OAESP Leadership Conference

The OAESP Executive Committee approved changes to the OAESP Leadership Conference. The conference will be held February 28-29, 2024, at the Embassy Suites OKC Downtown/Medical Center. Information about the conference, including registration and hotel reservations, will be released in October or November. The keynote speaker will be Jessica Cabeen, author of “Principal in Balance,” “Lead With Grace,” “Unconventional Leadership,” and others.

The conference will be in a one-and-a-half-day format with breakout sessions and roundtable discussions. RFPs for breakout sessions will be released in November. Please mark your calendars now to join us for the OAESP Leadership Conference.

The OAESP Executive Committee nominated Andrea Sifers to serve as the NAESP State Representative and Federal Relations Officer. Sifers is the Principal of Ft. Gibson Intermediate Elementary School. She will represent Oklahoma at the national level, advocating for public education in Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma Principal Leadership Institute is entering its second year. This year-long seven-day training is designed for principals and assistant principals who are beyond their first year of service. The new cohort will take a deep dive into essential skills of school leaders to be effective leaders. The application period for this institute is now closed for this year with 20 participants. The application period for the next cohort will open in April 2024.

Principal Coaching and Mentoring: Supporting and Sustaining School Leaders training is designed for those who supervise principals or mentor other principals and will give participants tools to use when mentoring other leaders to provide thoughtful guidance. This cohort meets three times in the fall semester. Registration is now open on our website. ■