Welcome to OkPACE
What is OkPACE? We are Oklahoma Post-Secondary Adult Career Education, comprised of adult education and workforce economic development employees from all across the Oklahoma CareerTech system.
Our mission is to be advocates for career and technology professionals, serving business and industry.
OkPACE 2025 Officer Election Openings
President-elect
Reporter
Nominations will be accepted beginning May 20th through May 31st. If you want to nominate someone or run for the office yourself, send an email including a headshot and bio to Krista Scammahorn at ksmagichappens@gmail.com
Candidates will be posted on the website from June 1st through June 7th and the election will run from June 12th to June 21st.
Winners will be announced on August 1st at the OkPACE business meeting at Summit.
President-elect - 3-year commitment as president-elect, then president, then past-president. You must have been a member of OkPACE for at least 3 years and previously served on the OkPACE Board of Directors.
Reporter - 1-year commitment (although the plan is to ask the membership to vote to change this to a 2-year term this year). You must have been a member of OkPACE for at least 3 years and previously served as a committee chair or member.
The responsibilities of these positions are found in the PACE Policies & Procedures document here.
Conference
Spring Conference 2024 Registration is closed.
Pictures and calisthenics so you can stand on your head for some of them. Working on why some are upside down. Stay tuned!
Please send pictures to susan.nightingale@tulsatech.edu
Contacts
IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PACE MEMBERSHIP PLEASE CONTACT WWW.OKACTE.ORG
We are a division of the Oklahoma Association of Career and Technology Education Organization (OKACTE)
PACE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2023-2024:
Career Tech Advisor | Lori Laufer | ODCTE | lori.laufer@careertech.ok.gov |
Past President | Krista Scammahorn | n/a | KSMagicHappens@gmail.com |
President | Kathy Adair | Indian Capital | kathy.adair@ictech.edu |
President-Elect | Kirsten Lindsay | Francis Tuttle | kirsten.lindsay@francistuttle.edu |
Secretary | Susan Nightingale | Tulsa Tech | susan.nightingale@tulsatech.edu |
Treasurer | Ben Evans | Pioneer Tech | bene@pioneertech.edu |
Reporter | Derek Black | Canadian Valley | dblack@cvtech.edu |
CTAC Representative | Brad Bentley | Southern Tech | bbentley@sotech.edu |
COMMITTEE CHAIRS FOR 2023-2024:
Standing Committees |
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Audit |
Ben Evans | Pioneer Tech | bene@pioneertech.edu |
Awards & Recognition | Cara Evans | Francis Tuttle | cara.evans@francistuttle.edu |
Conference Planning | Stephanie Sumrall | Tulsa Tech | stephanie.sumrall@tulsatech.edu |
Diversity Action | Megan Edwards | Northeast Tech | megan.edwards@netech.edu |
Membership Services | Lisa Benjamin | Tulsa Tech | lisa.benjamin@tulsatech.edu |
Mutual Benevolence | Shawn Freie | Canadian Valley Technology Center | shawn.freie@cvtech.edu |
Bylaws & Guidelines | Russell Parker | Tulsa Tech | russell.parker@tulsatech.edu |
Nominating | Krista Scammahorn | n/a | KSMagicHappens@gmail.com |
PAC/Legislative | Russell Parker Stefanie Garland |
Tulsa Tech Moore Norman |
russell.parker@tulsatech.edu stefanie.garland@mntc.edu |
Ad-hoc Committees | |||
Professional Development | Julie Griffin Krista Scammahorn |
Meridian Tech n/a |
julieg@meridiantech.edu KSMagicHappens@gmail.com |
Social & Networking | Kathy Gregory | Autry Tech | kgregory@autrytech.edu |
Sponsor Acquisition | Ernie Gomez | retired | ernestgomez1@yahoo.com |
Technology | Susan Nightingale | Tulsa Tech | susan.nightingale@tulsatech.edu |
Awards
OkPACE 2024 Awards Presentation
OkPACE 2023 Awards Presentation
AWARDS Resources
Click the link below to view the Livestream training from December 2023
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hG1CDYzGGaNwDQpCCwjUPfuN7Bw4-uOi/view?usp=drive_link
OkPACE AWARDS CRITERIA 2024
The application link for OkPACE awards is: https://acte.secure-platform.com/a/organizations/OK/home
Scroll almost all the way to the bottom of the page below the OkACTE Excellence and Impact Awards. There are separate links for each OkPACE award. Below, are links for the scorecard criteria for each award. These scorecards and other Awards resources are also available in this folder. Please email a photo of the person, collaborative team, or outcome being nominated to pace@okacte.org when you submit your nomination.
PACE members can also compete for OkACTE awards. Winners may advance to compete at the OkACTE, Region IV, and ACTE levels. Descriptions and award criteria may be found at www.okacte.org/awards.
PACE Award of Excellence Scorecard
PACE Innovation Award Scorecard
PACE Outstanding Training Project Award Scorecard
PACE Economic Development Award Scorecard
Diversity
Contact megan.edwards@netech.edu if you have events or suggestions for content.
COMING EVENTS
All OkACTE / PACE members are welcome to attend the OkACTE Diversity Action Committee meetings. You can't vote unless you're a member of the committee, but your input, participation and enthusiasm are greatly welcome and appreciated.
TBD
Diversity Action Committee
Name | Tech Center | Phone | |
Sarah Adcock | Central Tech | sarah.adcock@centraltech.edu | 918-224-0235 |
Lori Broyles | ODCTE | lori.broyles@careertech.ok.gov | 405-361-5268 |
Megan Edwards | Northeast Tech | megan.edwards@netech.edu | 918-476-8252 |
Tamera Hicks | Mid-America | thicks@matech.edu | 405-449-7685 |
Chuck Kearney | Autry Tech | ckearney@autrytech.edu | 580-747-0830 |
Laci McCool | Caddo Kiowa | lmccool@mycktc.com | 405-643-3281 |
Crystal Stewart | Tulsa Tech | crystal.stewart@tulsatech.edu | 918-828-5264 |
Angela Thornton | Indian Capital | angela.thornton@ictech.edu | 918-348-7967 |
Elena Troya | Metro Tech | elena.troya@metrotech.edu | 405-824-2777 |
What's New
Upcoming Events
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