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:
- Academic Standards Development and Implementation
- Oklahoma Frameworks and the Development of Family Guides
- Textbook and Instructional Materials Adoption and Selection
- Various Open Education Resource Development and Pilot Projects
- Professional Learning for PK-12 Educators
- Advanced Placement and Gifted and Talented Education
- Academic Scholars and the Oklahoma Seal of Biliteracy
- Education Technology and Distance Learning
- Various Academic Grants awarded to the Oklahoma State Department of Education
Staff and Program Information
- Division Administrator - Roni McKee
- Program Director - Sharon Morgan
- Division Coordinator II - Vickie Hale
Advanced Placement and Gifted and Talented Education
- Project Manager of Advanced Placement and Gifted and Talented Education
- Advanced Placement and Gifted and Talented Education Grant Programs currently include the Oklahoma Young Scholars Project.
Early Childhood Education
- Program Director Early Childhood Education -Sharon Morgan
- Director of the Oklahoma Imagination Library - Laura Sikes
- Early Childhood Specialist - Rori Hodges
- Early Childhood Specialist - Yvonne Rossiter
Fine Arts, Health, Physical Education and World Languages
- Administrative Assistant - Parvathy Sangaran
- Project Manager of Fine Arts (Visual Art, Music, Dance, Drama/Theatre) - Dr. Elizabeth Maughan
- Project Manager of Health and Physical Education - Shana Classen
- Project Manager of World Languages - Dr. Cathleen Skinner
- Fine Arts, Health, Physical Education, and World Languages Grant Programs currently include Art Tech, Get Fit, and TSET.
Instructional Materials
- Visit the Instructional Materials website.
- Project Manager, Educational Materials - Carolynn Bristow
- Administrative Assistant -Shanda Finnell
Literacy
- Project Manager of Elementary English Language Arts (PK-5) - Christie Barris
- Program Manager of Secondary English Languages Arts and Library Media (6-12) - Jason Stephenson
- Project Manager of Social Studies and Personal Financial Literacy - Brenda Beymer-Chapman
- Program Director of Literacy Policy and Programs - Melissa Ahlgrim
- Project Director of Strong Readers - Deann Jones
- Specialist of Early Literacy Programs - Megan Ashbaugh
- Reporting Specialist - Dylan Savage
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)
- Administrative Assistant - Johnny Bray
- Project Manager of Computer Science - Jeremy Maker
- Program Manager, Education Technology and Micro-Credentialing - Karen Leonard
- Project Manager of Secondary Science and Engineering Education -
- Project Manager Mathematics
- Oklahoma Math Tutoring Corps
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.
- Administrative Assistant - Parvathy Sangaran
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.
- Project Manager - Elisabeth Roop
- Specialist - Abagail Pappas
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.
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Project Manager - Leah Murphy
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/.
- Project Manager Health and PE - Shana Classen
- Health and Physical Education Specialist - Ianthi deAlwis-Shields
- Health and Physical Education Specialist - Virginia Mitchell
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
