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How to get college credit from job training, the military or even a hobby | Quick Guide
Emma Gallegos, EdSource reporter, wrote about broadening the “ways students may be able to receive credit for what they’ve learned outside a college classroom, whether on the job, through volunteering or even a hobby...” Governor Gavin Newsom “praised credit for prior learning as an important way to recognize the skills that adults pick up in the military or even volunteering through the California Service Corps.” This change would support adult learners and their work and life experiences.
6 Strategies for Building Stronger Collective Efficacy
Have you ever led a team that could not function quite as well as you would have liked or hoped? What feelings come to mind? Frustration? Disappointment? Anger? Leading a team of professionals which don’t believe in themselves as a team is debilitating. Oftentimes the most overlooked impact of team dysfunction are our students. Students are more impacted by a team’s lack of efficacy than anyone on the team. After all, the mission of education is our students, and the greater health of the community begins with a leader building a strong sense of collective teacher efficacy. This strong sense is essential for creating a collaborative and thriving school environment.
Upcoming OTAN Activities - Week of January 13
Registration Open for TDLS (Technology and Digital Learning Symposium) 2025, a hybrid conference either online or at the Long Beach School for Adults, March 7 and 8, 2025. California Adult Education Students Succeed Nomination Window Opens January 1, 2025. Think about the adult learner you would like to nominate!
Getting Devices and Internet to Our Adult Learners
We are pleased to announce an opportunity for California adult learners and our adult education colleagues to obtain refurbished technology and free/low cost wifi. COABE and CCAE are partnering together with human-i-t to bring devices and wifi to covered populations in California. Here are a couple of items to review for more information:
Teaching Martin Luther King, Jr. And Biographies with Teaching with Technology Tool
Teaching Civil Rights is an opportunity to understand how leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. affect current history. With the help of OTAN’s Teaching with Technology database, there are many cost-free resources, and lesson plans available for all program areas. New lesson plans are being created and uploaded for adult educators. For ideas, about Civil Rights biographies, consult the following resources:
As a Principal, I Thought I Promoted Psychological Safety. Then a Colleague Spoke Up.
When communication breaks trust between a colleague, what are some ideas about how to fix the relationship? This blog post written by Damen Scott shares a personal experience where he unwittingly “disregarded [his] colleague’s need to feel supported due to [his] own internalized pressure to perform.”
Upcoming OTAN Activities - Week of January 6
Registration Open for TDLS (Technology and Digital Learning Symposium) 2025, a hybrid conference either online or at the Long Beach School for Adults, March 7 and 8, 2025. California Adult Education Students Succeed Nomination Window Opens January 1, 2025. Think about the adult learner you would like to nominate!
6 Ways to Balance Tech with Traditional Methods
Giving adult learners a “healthy balance of traditional” and technology integration results in an enhanced instruction. Alicia Sewell, author of this article, recommends the following 6 Tips:
New Year's Message
OTAN reopens tomorrow, January 2, 2025
Holiday Message
Wishing you and your loved ones a peaceful and joyful holiday season, and a new year filled with continued health and happiness. OTAN will be closed December 24 – January 1st, 2025. OTAN will reopen, January 2, 2025.