State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Announces Additional Educator Trainings and Grants to Address Equity and Learning Gaps SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced Tuesday that the California Department of Education (CDE) is launching additional virtual educator trainings and mini-grants designed to accelerate ongoing efforts to address equity gaps, strengthen distance learning, and support students’ […]

This entirely online CoP incorporates both collaborative work (online in Moodle) and two live sessions (3-hour online workshops). Equity and cultural competence are important aspects of creating a fair and equitable educational environment for learners. Adult education often serves marginalized populations that either have not had the opportunity to complete their education as youth or […]

See original calendar post on December 16, 2020. Instructions and other information mailed to all Superintendents on December 16!!!

Dear Region 12ers, The opening date to submit nomination forms for the 2021 Administrator of the Year and Every Student Succeeding awards was August 1. Nominations may be submitted any time from now until the deadline of January 14, 2021 at 11:59 PM PST. These submissions go to a State ACSA website, not our region, […]

Plans are underway for OTAN's Technology and Distance Learning Symposium 2021, scheduled for Wednesday, March 3 through Friday, March 5. This year, TDLS is going virtual! The call for proposals has opened! You are invited to present and share your promising practices, strategies, lesson plans, and other resources related to technology integration and distance/blended learning […]

This entirely online CoP incorporates both collaborative work (10 hours online in Moodle) and two live sessions (3-hour online workshop). Equity and cultural competence are important aspects of creating a fair and equitable educational environment for learners. Adult education often serves marginalized populations that either have not had the opportunity to complete their education as […]

The California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project (CALPRO), in conjunction with the California Department of Education (CDE), is seeking applications for CALPRO’s Integrated Education and Training (IET) Implementation Clinic (the Clinic). We are seeking agency teams consisting of an IET program administrator, an English as a Second Language instructor and a Career and Technical Education […]

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This entirely online CoP incorporates both collaborative work (online in Moodle) and two live sessions (3-hour online workshop). This module provides examples of integrating transferable work skills and contextualizing workplace forms and activities into general English as a second language (ESL) class instruction. The purpose is to provide background to educators for teaching skills transferable […]

DEADLINE IS APRIL 15, 2021!!!   Nomination guidelines and procedures can be accessed here: OTAN Adult Education Students Succeed Nomination information .