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Our now-retired colleague
@otanpenny
received a Lifetime Achievement Award for all of her groundbreaking work done over the years. Well deserved, Penny!
Congrats to
@otanpenny
on the
#2022IDEAL
Lifetime Achievement Award! Penny is a long-time adult learner advocate. She advocates for adult learners nationwide in the areas of edtech, BL/DL, ADA/Accessibility, OER’s, digital learning, and Career Technical Education.
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OTAN is happy to be welcomed! Visit our website for info on our sessions!
RT
@CASASsystem
: We welcome the
@otan
team to the Summer Institute 2019
#casassi2019
#AdultEdu
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Torrance Adult School
#adultedu
student Marlyn Cudeback is one of our 2020
#adulteducation
Students Succeed honorees! You can read Marlyn's story of her journey to become a certified medical professional:
@torrance_adult
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It's
#AdultEducation
and
#FamilyLiteracy
Week and
@COABEHQ
social media center has informative graphics that can be used this week and beyond. Make sure to visit:
Coalition on Adult Basic Education Coalition on Adult Basic Education
#AdultEdLiteracyWeek
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As we close out the month of February, we’d like to take a moment to say special thanks to Diana Batista, who recently stepped down from her position as the Director of Adult Education at SCOE.
#AdultEd
#AdultEdu
#AdultEducation
@sac_coe
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Thank you
@OTANNeda
@otanpenny
@AdultEdIsBestEd
and
@ZaZachry
for kicking off
#TDLS21
and
@BrooksHarper
for his inspirational keynote to get us going!
Session 1 presentations starting at 2:45!
#AdultEDU
#AdultEducation
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Join us for OTAN’s first Tech Talk on Friday,
April 20 from 1-2 on Social Media Safety by Karla Frizler. Learn strategies to
stay safe online as you build your social media presence. Sign up at
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October 5 to 9 is
#DIW2020
Digital Inclusion Week sponsored by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance. Read our news item to learn more about addressing
#DigitalDivide
#DigitalInclusion
and
#DigitalEquityNow
issues to help those in need:
@netinclusion
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In response to COVID-19 and the closure of schools across the state, OTAN is setting up a number of online webinars and Office Hours for our adult education colleagues who are continuing to teach and support their learners.
#AdultEdu
#AdultEducation
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Congratulations
@CCAEState
(and
@AdultEduBranka
and her team) on a great conference! Who's ready for CCAE 2022!
California Council for Adult Education California Council for Adult Education
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Wait! TWO adult schools celebrated 100-year anniversaries on the SAME DAY? What are the odds,
@martinezadulted
and Alameda Adult!
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OTAN wishes everyone a happy, healthy, and safe 2021! We look forward to working with our amazing
#AdultEducation
colleagues in the coming year!
#AdultEDU
#AdultEd
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We are so heartened to hear about
#adulted
ceremonies in these most unusual times.
#adulteducation
Vacaville Adult School hosts intimate graduation for students – The Reporter
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Happy National
#AdultEducation
and
#FamilyLiteracy
Week! Learn more about this week's activities at the
@COABEHQ
website:
Also join us at 1:00pm PDT for Part 1 of our Bitmoji Classroom Series:
#AdultEDU
#AdultEdLiteracyWeek
#AdultEd
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Wow! We are inspired to see our
#AdultEducation
colleagues (and former DLACers!) go the extra mile for our
#AdultEDU
students! (And multiple laptops at once warms our OTAN heart!)
Here's our awesome tech team member, CASAS proctor and math teacher
@Hyatt
conducting remote testing. Anything we can do to place students in the right classes to accelerate learning!!!
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We made it to the end of
#COABE19
! Thanks to all at
@COABEHQ
and we will see you next year in Baltimore!
@otan
and
@theNROCproject
concluding the
#COABE19
conference with "Math Pathways in California" - shout out to all the attendees who came to the last session of the conference! 🙌🙌
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On a visit to New York on a snowy day in 1902, Mary Anderson got the idea to create a windshield wiper instead of the driver getting out of the vehicle and cleaning the window by hand. Learn more about Mary Anderson and her invention:
#WomensHistoryMonth
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Assessment is a critical part of online
#adulteducation
instruction. Make sure to check out the "Assessment" resources in our (freely available!) OTAN Resource Guide for tools you can use to assess your students:
#adultedu
#adulted
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The CAEP Office held a series of
#AdultEducation
webinars on implicit bias, talking about race, and action steps in its Advancing Equity Professional Learning Series. Listen to recordings and download handouts here:
@CAEPoffice
#AdultEDU
#AdultEd
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OTAN recognizes our amazing
#adultedu
educators on
#TeacherAppreciationDay
! Thank you for everything you do to help
#adulteducation
students move forward in their lives and support themselves, their families, and communities. We are proud to partner with you in your endeavors!
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#AdultEducation
and
#FamilyLiteracy
Week is September 20-26. You can learn more about
#AdultEdLiteracyWeek
at the
@COABEHQ
website:
Adult Education-An Investment in America's Future
#AdultEd
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San Juan Adult Education
#adultedu
student Dora Dueñas is one of our 2020
#adulteducation
Students Succeed honorees! You can learn about Dora - GED recipient and active SJUSD parent volunteer - on OTAN's Students Succeed website: San Juan Adult Education
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#TDLS21
is here! We're starting at 1:00pmPST with our Welcome and Keynote, followed by our first round of sessions this afternoon. Looking forward to amazing presentations the next three days and sharing so many great
#AdultEDU
tech ideas with our colleagues!
#AdultEducation
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Five and final in our OTAN back-to-school series is
information about our OTAN teaching tools and resources. Read more at
and learn more about tools and resources to use with your students in your
class!
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Rowland Adult & Community Education
#adultedu
student Ruiyang Xiao is one of our 2020
#adulteducation
Students Succeed honorees! You can learn about Ruiyang - and her generous COVID-19 donation - on OTAN's Students Succeed website:
@RowlandAdultEd
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CA
#adultedu
presenting at
#COABE19
-
@EdTechSean
from
@WeAreDACE
co-presenting with
@Be_English
on LAUSD partnering with vendors to bring tech to adult ed students.
@EdTechSean
from
@WeAreDACE
beaming in from LA and Miranda and Sean from Burlington English presenting on LAUSD vendor partnerships at
#coabe19
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We love
#AdultEducation
graduations!
Congratulations to our Adult Ed Class of 2021! We are proud of your accomplishments and look forward to seeing you continue to succeed.
@tustinusd
@CAAdultEd
#Classof2021
#Graduation2021
#AdultEducation
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A very big Thank You and Congratulations to
@otanjoyce
on her retirement! Read more in today’s news item: Bon voyage Joyce!
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#TDLS22
is here! Day 1 begins at 1:00pm PST with our Welcome and Keynote with
@lesliefisher
followed by two afternoon concurrent sessions to kick off the learning. And you can still register for TDLS! Get started at
#AdultEducation
#AdultEDU
#AdultEd
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Do your
#AdultEducation
students and families need low-cost devices and Internet? Here is more information to share with your colleagues and communities about the
@FCC
Emergency Broadband Benefit program coming soon (via
@netinclusion
):
#AdultEDU
#AdultEd
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This week is Digital Inclusion Week. Learn how to raise awareness of the need for digital equity and how to connect all our
#AdultEducation
students:
#AdultEDU
#AdultEd
#DIW2021
#DigitalEquityNOW
@netinclusion
National Digital Inclusion Alliance
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California adult school educators are in Sacramento today advocating for adult education and sharing amazing stories of success from our students and local communities!
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During
#TeacherAppreciationWeek
we thank
#AdultEducation
teachers everywhere who do amazing work with our
#AdultEd
students this week and every week to help them realize their personal, professional, and family and community goals.
#ThankATeacher
#AdultEDU
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Shout out to our awesome OTAN Subject Matter Experts who joined us for two days of training. We're so excited to connect with our
#AdultEducation
colleagues this year with some new ideas on how to support the effective application of technology with
#AdultEDU
students and staff!
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Listen to this
@skillriseorg
podcast on upskilling
#adulteducation
students (and teachers!) with edtech - panelists include our own
@OTANNeda
Sarah Caccio at
@DigitalPromise
and Priyanka Sharma at
@WorldEdUS
@JoinDigitalUS
#adultedu
Adult educators are rising to the occasion. This week, we discuss some of the opportunities and impending needs that have surfaced in the
#edtech
and
#upskilling
world as a result of COVID-19. Listen here:
@iste
@DigitalPromise
@otan
@JoinDigitalUS
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OTAN has scheduled a number of online webinars and Office Hours the week of 9/8 for our adult education colleagues who are teaching and supporting their learners remotely.
#AdultEd
#AdultEdu
#AdultEducation
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🌟Congratulations to every student who earned their US citizenship and every educator who encouraged them.
#AdultEd
#ESL
#Citizenship
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Congratulations MAE Graduates! We also congratulate Isael and remember our dear
#adultedu
friend and colleague Rob Lawrence, who is still sorely missed in California and beyond, especially during the
@COABEHQ
National Conference.
#COABE20
#COABE2020
#adulteducation
Last night we celebrated the HSD/HSE graduates with a drive-thru graduation. We awarded our first scholarship in memory of our colleague and friend, Rob Lawrence to Isael Gomez.
#adulteducation
#adulted
#graduates
#musd
#mae
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Our main website and our Moodle site are currently unavailable due to server issues at the Sacramento County Office of Ed. SCOE employees are working furiously to fix the issues. We regret any inconvenience this may be causing!
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This is California
#AdultEducation
Week! Read our news item to learn about resources to help publicize the week and advocate for our
#AdultEDU
students and programs:
#AdultEd
#SupportK12AdultEd
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We're so excited to hear from our DLAC (Digital Leadership Academy) Teams today after two years of amazing work! Please join us and be inspired (and consider joining us for DLAC 2020-2022)!
10:00am:
1:00pm:
#adultedu
#adulteducation
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San Diego Continuing Education
#adultedu
student Gabriel Souza is one of our 2020
#adulteducation
Students Succeed honorees! Read Gabriel's story about his journey on OTAN's Students Succeed website:
@sdce
@SDG2CC
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Happy Monday
#adultedu
! Join us at 3:00pm PDT as Dr. Carolyn Zachry, the CA State Director/Administrator for
#adulteducation
, presents Welcome Back! Adult Education 2020-21. All adult education staff are welcome to attend:
@CAEPoffice
@CAAdultEd
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What an impressive looking group of
@otan
trainers at the
@CCAEState
LA Metro Fall Conference today!
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Two webinars coming up today: Moving Your Class Online at 10:30 and Google Sites at 2:00. More webinars scheduled for Wed, Thurs, and Fri. Please visit our website at for more info on these webinars and how to register!
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Congratulations to our friends at
@cnAdultSchool
and to the other
#AdultEducation
pilot programs! Good luck in your piloting efforts!
West Hartford Adult Education, CT
Vermont Technical College, VT
St. Charles Community College, MO
Corona-Norco Adult School, CA
Devils Lake Adult Learning Center, ND
Learn more:
#COABEHQ
#partnermonday
#adultedu
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OTAN is excited to present at the
@CASASsystem
Summer Institute from 6/11 to 6/13. OTAN staff and trainers will be presenting a number of sessions - please join us! The schedule is attached, and read more in today's news item:
#casassi2019
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Despite the circumstances, we greatly appreciate connecting with so many
#adultedu
teachers online over the last two weeks. Please join our upcoming webinars, starting Monday - you can see the lineup on the California
#adulteducation
Training Calendar:
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Virtual and augmented reality are one of the hot trends in education right now. Read today’s news item that considers benefits of using VR/AR in class: Are you using VR/AR in your school yet?
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Ellen Ochoa was the first Latina astronaut (eventually traveling to space four times) and the first Latina director of the NASA Johnson Space Center. She also holds three patents in the field of optics. Learn more about Ellen Ochoa:
#WomensHistoryMonth
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Thank you
@SanMateoAS
and all
#adulteducation
#adultedu
agencies for keeping the student support and learning going! You all are why
#adulteducationmatters
! (and OTAN is excited to help all of you as best we can!)
San Mateo Adult School students and staff keep the learning going - even while we
#ShelterAtHome
to
#BeatCOVID
.
#Red4AdultEd
to celebrate
#AdultEdWeek2020
!
#AdultEducationMatters
#K12AdultEd
#COVIDRecoveryTeam
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OTAN is excited to present at the
#COABE2021
Conference next week. Please join our sessions - you can view the days and times (PDT):
@COABEHQ
Coalition on Adult Basic Education Coalition on Adult Basic Education
#AdultEDU
#AdultEducation
#AdultEd
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OTAN has created a COVID-19 Field Support page that includes our two-part series on planning to continue teaching and learning and resources with supporting materials, as well as additional items to support adult educators in the field.
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#AdultEdu
field representatives participate in
@DigitalPromise
@xprize
event about Designing a Better Future
#create4al
@otan
@LACNYCnell
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Who knew the English Language Proficiency Standards could be so exciting?
@CALPRO_Marian
@Education_AIR
Want a copy of the English Language Proficiency Standards? Come visit American Institutes for Research (AIR) at booth 709 for your free copy (no catch, they're free!)
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We're meeting with presenters before the start of TDLS next Wednesday 3/5. We're excited to have so many great presenters with an amazing variety of topics for
#AdultEducation
teachers, programs, and schools.
(And while you're at it - update your Zoom!)
#AdultEDU
#AdultEd
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Today, we're kicking off Digital Leadership Academy 2020-2022! DLAC participants use Flipgrid to introduce themselves and share a favorite summer experience. You can learn more about DLAC 2020-2022 and the 12 agencies participating in our OTAN news item:
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Here's your
#AdultEducation
#MondayMotivation
! Annette says, "My goal is to continue to work on breaking the cycle. Bottom line. Breaking the generational curses. Face your fears. Then you can conquer it all." Watch Annette's story:
#AdultEDU
#AdultEd
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Hello adult education
superstars!
We are launching “OTAN
Tech Talks” on a monthly basis. These Talks are tips presented by OTAN trainers; the talks will be on a new or existing tech tool that can help you increase
technology in your classroom & beyond.
#AdultEdu
#edtech
Tue 11:30am to 12:00pm
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Tue 12:00pm to 12:30pm
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Fri 11:30am to 12:00pm
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Fri 12:00pm to 12:30pm
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Join us on Friday 6/10 at 1:00pm PST for the June OTAN Tech Talk, Best Practices for Teaching Online. We will explore what makes a great online education experience. More info and register:
#AdultEducation
#AdultEDU
#AdultEd
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We STRONGLY encourage our
#AdultEducation
colleagues nationwide to sign up for Outreach Partner notices on the
@FCC
Emergency Broadband Benefit website. This program will help our
#AdultEDU
students and families get low-cost Internet access and devices:
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The Triple E Framework was developed by Liz Kolb at the University of Michigan and is a useful way to evaluate the effectiveness of technology use in the classroom. Find out more at OTAN!
#AdultEd
#AdultEdu
#AdultEducation
@TripleEFrame
@WorldEdUS
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Next week is National
#AdultEducation
and Family Literacy Week. Read our news item to learn where you can find multiple resources to highlight the great work going on in
#AdultEDU
programs and how to advocate for
#AdultEd
:
#AEFLWeek
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Good luck to our colleagues at CASAS - have a great CASAS Summer Institute! Looking forward to learning lots!
#AdultEducation
#AdultEDU
#AdultEd
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October 5 is
#WorldTeachersDay
. Thanks to
#AdultEducation
teachers everywhere who embody today's theme: "Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future."
#AdultEDU
teachers have risen to the challenge to serve
#AdultEd
students with incredible determination.
@UNESCO
UNESCO
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Despite little encouragement in math and science as a child, Valerie Thomas went on to a successful career at NASA. She has been an inventor and mentor to young minority and female scientists. Learn more about Valerie Thomas:
#BlackHistoryMonth
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Hello
#AdultEDU
! Please make sure to visit our OTAN booth and presentations at the
@CAEPoffice
Summit 2020!
#AdultEducation
#AdultEd
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Today is National
#TeacherAppreciationDay
and we just want to say a big thanks to
#AdultEducation
teachers everywhere! What you've done in the last year for our
#AdultEDU
students and families and their communities is incredible!
#ThankATeacher
#AdultEd
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Celebrating Adult Education and Family Literacy Week!
#AdultEducation
;
#AdultEd
;
#AdultEDU
Read how Kelly Smith transformed her life with help from LAUSD/DACE - South Gate Community Adult School .
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Palo Alto Adult School
#adultedu
student Tomoko Miyahara is one of our 2020
#adulteducation
Students Succeed honorees! You can read her story - from ESL student to yoga instructor - on OTAN's Students Succeed website:
#adulteducation
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OTAN is meeting with its OTAN Advisory Committee this morning. We appreciate the great input and ideas shared from our
#AdultEDU
colleagues from around California and the country (and Canada, eh?). Looking forward to a fruitful conversation this morning!
#AdultEducation
#AdultEd
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OTAN is excited to be at Santiago Canyon College for EL Civics today! Happy 20th Anniversary to EL Civics!
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Today is
#InternationalLiteracyDay
! We encourage you to take a look at
#AdultEducation
literacy resources from the National Coalition for Literacy : and ProLiteracy:
#AdultEDU
#AdultEd
@ProLiteracy
@NCLAdvocacy
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Today OTAN honors Rob Lawrence who passed away a few weeks ago. Rob was a true champion of
#adultedu
for
@martinezadulted
@CCAEState
and
@COABEHQ
. Memorial today at Alhambra HS in Mtz at 1:00pm. Please contact Martinez Adult for information on scholarship/memorial being created.
Our CA adult ed friend
@RobbieLawrence
from
@martinezadulted
WORKING HARD at
#COABE19
today solving problems left and right! Thanks Rob!
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🎯Adult Education promotes
#racialequity
as 74% of our
#adultlearners
are people of color. Adult Education provides a hand up and out of
#poverty
and into
#family
sustaining wages.
#COABE
#AdultEdLiteracyWeek
#AEFL2022
#AdultED
#AdultEducation
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Please join us for OTAN's Technology and Distance Learning Symposium on March 6 and 7 in Sacramento! We have a draft schedule posted so you can see what workshops we have in store:
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Congratulations
@CCAEState
on a successful Day 1! OTAN is honored to be a part of this event, learning with our
#AdultEducation
colleagues. See you tomorrow for Day 2!
California Council for Adult Education California Council for Adult Education
#AdultEDU
#AdultEd
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How are you promoting inventiveness in your classroom? Read our news item about promoting inventiveness with your students and share your comments below on how to use familiar tech tools in new and exciting ways:
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Here's your
#AdultEducation
#MondayMotivation
! This week, we are so thankful for those who advocate for adult education like former Assemblywoman Patty Lopez, who started as an adult ed student. Watch Patty's story:
#AdultEDU
#AdultEd
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It's Friday
#adultedu
! Here's what's happening today:
1. Create Easy Teaching Videos w/ PowerPoint at 9:00am:
2. Cell Phone Usage in Class at 1:00pm:
3. Office Hours at 10:00am:
Be well
#adulteducation
!
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We have two
#adultedu
webinars today that you can still register for:
1⃣
@CK12Foundation
platform for adult learners starting at 10:00am -
2⃣
@CASASsystem
on considerations when implementing distance learning starting at 1:00pm -
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Adult Educators like Vicki Jones
@SimiValley
make a difference, even retired. Vicki inspires 💜 students new to English and encourages students to dream💭. Thank you Vicki for your years👏 investing in our students.
#CAESS
#AdultEDU
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