Ohio school counselors are a new targeted audience for the Ohio Economic-Education Summit on March 7, 2012 in Columbus. While understanding the multiple responsibilities of counselors, the summit planners recognize counselors as a critical group to assist with improving the state’s economy – an objective of the Summit – by better understanding Ohio’s main industries in need of workers today and in the near future. The fifth annual Summit’s primary sponsor, the Ohio Department of Education, Office of Career-Technical Education, is seeking for at least 50 counselors to be part of up to 600 secondary educators, college faculty, business/industry representatives and state officials at the 2012 event, which starts the evening of Tuesday, March 6, and concludes the afternoon of March 7. The Summit content is of particular interest to school counselors for the Grade 7-12 student population as the agenda focuses on 10 important Ohio industries where these students could most likely be working either directly after high school or after college. Check out the Web site at or contact for more information and to register online. The $90 cost includes meals and all materials.