Standards and Learning


Office of Standards and Learning

Introduction to the Office of Standards and Learning

The Office of Standards and Learning supports school leaders, educators, families and communities in providing high quality curriculum and instruction to Oklahoma students to ensure students are college, career and citizen ready.

The Office of Standards and Learning supports and oversees:

Staff and Program Information

Advanced Placement and Gifted and Talented Education

Early Childhood Education

Fine Arts, Health, Physical Education and World Languages

Instructional Materials

Literacy 

 

 

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Academic Grants

Academic Grants, overseen by the Office of Curriculum and Instruction provide opportunities to pilot and develop resources and professional learning aimed at improving teaching and learning in Oklahoma classrooms.

Art Tech Project

Art Tech Project is a $5.8 million dollar, 5-year grant designed to restore arts education in Oklahoma schools currently without arts programming.

Get Fit Project (CDC Grant)

The Get Fit Project is a $1.85 million dollar, 5-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Healthy Schools Division, designed to improve student health and academic achievement through nutrition, physical activity and the management of chronic conditions in schools. One year supplemental funds providing an additional $333,333 in FY21 and $433,333 FY22 for Project Switch provide additional resources and professional learning on the CDC's Covid-19 School-Based Guidance and to further support the objectives for the Get Fit Project.

Oklahoma Young Scholars Project (Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Grant)

The Oklahoma Young Scholars Project is a $2.3 million, 5-year U.S. Department of Education grant to identify, serve, and support potentially gifted and already identified gifted and talented students from historically underrepresented populations, students with disabilities, students who are economically disadvantaged, or students who are English language learners. 

Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) Grant

The Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) grant is a $1.16 million, 3-year grant to support the implementation of the Health Education Act (70 O.S. 11-103.6). The grant provides funding for the development of coursework for a health education micro-credential, professional development, instructional guidance, and other resources designed to assist educators in providing instruction aligned to the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Health. To learn more about the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) program visit  https://tset.ok.gov/.

Special Projects

Ag in the Classroom

Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom is a program of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Oklahoma State Department of Education, and the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. The purpose of Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom is to help familiarize Oklahoma school children with Oklahoma's food and fiber industry by providing resources for Oklahoma teachers.

For more information, contact: Office of Standards and Learning, (405) 521-4287

 

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Last updated on September 4, 2024