Digital Leadership Academy 2022–2024
Application now closed. Please revisit this webpage April 2024 for the 24-26 application.
Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN) has a long history of providing professional development, resources and technical support to adult education agencies and educators for over 30 years. Services provided include online workshops and in-person training in promising practices for technology integration, online and blended learning resources and training, electronic collaboration, educational resources, and much more. In keeping with changing technologies, new research and advances in professional development and to ensure our adult educators have access to quality professional growth, OTAN announces an opportunity for adult education agencies, including their administrators, teachers, and support staff through the Digital Leadership Academy (DLAC). This program combines OTAN's previous Academies (Technology Integration Mentoring Academy and the Online Teaching Academy) and offers the program for a full two years to ensure agencies can meet projected goals.
The Digital Leadership Academy will assist agencies in meeting their technology integration, online, or blended teaching goals. The program is designed to be flexible in how agencies can best use the resources offered by OTAN to support their own agency goals.
Year One (Fall 2022 through Spring 2023)
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Professional development days in Sacramento (may be virtual due to COVID)
- Thursday, October 20 and Friday, October 21, 2022
- Thursday, January 19 and Friday, January 20, 2023
- Thursday, May 18 and Friday, May 19, 2023
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Online DLAC project meetings (required) on Fridays, 12:30–2:30 p.m.
- November 18, 2022
- December 16, 2022
- February 10, 2023
- April 14, 2023
- Online meetings and communication for teams with OTAN staff and/or coach throughout the year (flexible times)
- Online coursework and tutorials customized to team's needs (throughout the year, 10–40 hours)
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Attending select local, regional, or state conferences
- Technology and Distance Learning Symposium, March 2023 in California
- Other conferences as appropriate
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At school sites
- Continuous teamwork on development of project goals
- Visits by coaches and OTAN staff (up to three times, TBD)
- Complete DLAC data collection forms as needed
Year Two (Fall 2023 through Spring 2024)
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Professional development days in Sacramento
- Thursday, October 19 and Friday, October 20, 2023
- Thursday, May 16 and Friday, May 17, 2024
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Online DLAC project meetings (required) on Fridays, 12:30–2:30 p.m.
- August 18, 2023
- November 17, 2023
- December 15, 2023
- January 19, 2024
- February 9, 2024
- April 12, 2024
- Online meetings and communication for teams with OTAN staff and/or coach throughout the year (flexible times)
- Online coursework and tutorials customized to team's needs (throughout the year, 10–40 hours)
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Attending select local, regional, or state conferences
- Technology and Distance Learning Symposium, March 2024
- Other conferences as appropriate
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At school sites
- Continuous teamwork on development of project goals
- Visits by coaches and OTAN staff (up to three times, TBD)
- Complete DLAC data collection forms as needed