OKTSA September Newsletter

Fall is finally here, and with that approaches some of our first events of the year: LEAD conferences and the Fall Leadership Conference! Your state and regional officers have been hard at work behind the scenes, including posting Member Mondays, preparing for LEAD conferences, and visiting chapters across Oklahoma. Check out our state and regional news so that you’re ready for the beginning of a great TSA year!

October Monthly Challenge: Pumpkin Decoration Challenge

Are you ready for your second Monthly Challenge? OKTSA’s Monthly Challenges offer you a fun way to showcase your creativity, problem-solving skills, and TSA spirit throughout the school year. Each month, we will run a competition where you can submit your project for a chance to win a $100 credit toward your chapter’s State Leadership Conference registration!

October’s Monthly Challenge will be pumpkin decoration! Submit any pumpkin decoration that you happen to complete in the next month and get a chance to have your pumpkin spotlights and some awesome bragging rights. 

LEAD Conferences:

LEAD Conferences are coming up in September and October! Led by your State and Regional officers, the LEAD (Leadership, Empowerment, Achievement, and Development) Conference is a one-day experience aimed at helping your chapter officers learn more about TSA and grow as a team into better officers and leaders. You will develop a Program of Work, discuss competitive events, connect with chapter officers across the state, and so much more. This event is free for up to 6 TSA officers per chapter.

At the LEAD conference, you can earn the Statesman Award, which recognizes students with outstanding leadership skills and TSA knowledge. Start preparing for this honor by learning the requirements: https://www.oktsa.org/_files/ugd/061425_79f1713bbf61453d904c006ed0e9f917.pdf

Dates & Locations:

• September 30th - Kiamichi Tech, McAlester

• October 1st - Indian Capital Technology Center, Muskogee

• October 7th - Mid-America Technology Center, Wayne

• October 8th - Great Plains Technology Center, Lawton

• October 21st - Meridian Technology Center, Guthrie

• October 28th - Mid America Industrial Park, Pryor

Find more information here: https://www.oktsa.org/lead-conferences

Fall Leadership Conference:

Registration for the 2026 OKTSA Fall Leadership Conference opens on October 5th and closes November 2nd. There are two dates this year: November 16th is for High School chapters and November 17th is for Middle School chapters, Fees are included with each chapter’s annual affiliation, but advisors still need to complete the process so OKTSA has an accurate number of all who are attending.

The FLC theme and logo for this year will be revealed soon… stay tuned on OKTSA’s social media accounts. 

Oklahoma Degree Program:

The Oklahoma TSA Degree Program is a recognition initiative designed exclusively for Oklahoma TSA members. This 3-tiered program allows students to build and demonstrate their knowledge of TSA through progressively challenging tests and reflective documentation of their experience.​

Members can earn three distinct degrees—Congressional, Senatorial, and Presidential—each representing an increasing level of knowledge and involvement. To earn the Congressional Degree, members must successfully complete a knowledge-based test. The Senatorial and Presidential Degrees require both a test and a brief application highlighting the member’s TSA leadership and participation.

The congressional degree test is due October 30th.

Find out more information here: https://www.oktsa.org/ok-degree-program

Request an Officer Visit:

As the school year begins, getting your chapter organized can be difficult. Invite a State Officer to visit and help you get things off the ground. From starting a new TSA chapter to hosting interest meetings, State Officers can share their experience with your chapter officers, members, and faculty to help you grow within TSA!

Find more information here: https://www.oktsa.org/state-officer-visits

Fill out the form to request an officer visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwMYyy2ktQ1jwk6B3V6GJ7Bu3si2BLcEH3veh2mgfC94-b5g/viewform

Member Mondays

OKTSA is what it is because of our amazing members. We would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work, achievement, and contribution to OKTSA. Every other Monday, we will spotlight an outstanding member on the OKTSA website, on social media, and in the newsletter. Fill out the form now to nominate yourself or another current TSA member! 

Fill out the form for Member Monday recognition: OKTSA Member Monday!

Social Media Accounts

Follow your state and regional officer accounts on Instagram to stay connected all year long! These pages are the quickest way to keep up with all things TSA. You can find fun TSA posts, important resources, chapter spotlights, member highlights, competition recaps, and behind-the-scenes looks at what your officer teams are up to. Give the accounts a follow, engage with their posts, and DM them if you need any help. We’d love to hear from you.

State Officers: @oktsa78 

Eastern Region: @okeasternregion

Western Region: @oktsawesternregion

Regional Announcements:

Western Region: 

The Western Regional Team is working on our preparation for LEAD and FLC Conferences as well as organizing documents for future posts. We are also in contact with a food bank that will set us up for a fundraiser around January. Lastly, we are working on a scholarship for high-achieving chapters/chapter members for their pathway to SLC.

Eastern Region:

Eastern Region Fun Day is coming up on October 7th! There will be dunk a regional officer, snow cones, hot dog eating contest, glider contest, chase the officer, and more. We are also hosting a canned food drive for the Eastern Regional Food Bank in Tulsa, so bring some donations since anything helps. Registration closes on October 1st. The Eastern Region team also has their chapter spotlight form open and would love to receive more submissions. We’re excited to see the delegation at upcoming LEAD conferences and at events coming up!

Thank you for reading and we’ll see you next month!