Celebrate National Distance Learning Week - November 6th-10th

South Bay Consortium for Adult Education Seeking New Director

Join CALPRO's Webinar Series on Apprenticeship/Pre-apprenticeship and Career Technical Education Pathways!

The Lunch with LARAEC PD Train is Moving Down the Track

Technology and Distance Learning Symposium (TDLS) - Call for Proposals is Open

Fall 2023 ACCE Zoom-In Workshop: Shaping the Future - Innovations and Trends in Continuing and Community Education

Deadlines and Deliverables

Celebrate National Distance Learning Week! November 6th-10th

The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) is celebrating National Distance Learning Week with a free, virtual conference streaming in both English and Spanish. This annual celebration of distance learning in the United States is complimentary and open to anyone.

How Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining Distance Learning in The Year 2023

This 16th annual celebration of distance/digital learning will provide a week of complimentary webinar sessions focused on how AI is impacting the industry with respect to education and training.

This NDLW conference is intended to:

• generate greater awareness and appreciation for distance learning;
• celebrate distance learning applications in K-12, telehealth, higher education, corporate, and government/military;
• discuss current issues and emerging trends;
• highlight best practices;
• recognize leaders in the field

There will be two to three sessions per day and each will be recorded for those who can't make it in person. USDLA expects the first daily session to start at 9am PST with the other daily sessions starting at 11am and 1pm PST.

To see the latest schedule, please visit https://usdla.org/2023-ndlw/ 

South Bay Consortium for Adult Education Seeking New Director - Apply on EDJOIN Now

South Bay Consortium for Adult Education (SBCAE) is looking for a new consortium director. SBCAE member, Campbell Union High School District, posted the opening to EDJOIN on October 25 and it will remain open until filled. This is a 260 days-per-year classified management position. Learn more about SBCAE regional programs and supports by visiting their website.

The director's responsibilities include providing the vision and strategic leadership for the development and operation of the SBCAE activities in collaboration with its co-chairs and steering committee and serving as the SBCAE's lead and primary point person for communication with the State of California Adult Education Program (CAEP). The EDJOIN posting includes the full job description.

Join CALPRO's Webinar Series on Apprenticeship/Pre-apprenticeship and

Career Technical Education Pathways!

CALPRO is kicking off the National Apprenticeship Week with a webinar series on apprenticeship/pre-apprenticeship and CTE pathways. Please join us for the two webinars in November.

Apprenticeship/Pre-Apprenticeship & CTE Pathways

Webinar 1: Monday, November 13th at 1 -2 pm (First day of the National Apprenticeship Week)

How to Construct Pre-apprenticeship Pathways:

Come and learn how Apple Valley Adult Education School and its partner community college leveraged each other’s strengths to support adult learners' goal achievements through HSD/CTE articulated courses as well as industry certificates and union-endorsed pre-apprenticeships. When the two agencies put students' needs first, they found increased revenues even in the pandemic. The practices set up during the pandemic helped them to create expanded partnerships in 2021 and beyond. Join us to explore options for your agency!

Presenter: Adele McClain, Administrator for Apple Valley Adult Education School

Registration Information: There is no fee to participate; CALPRO professional development opportunities are available to all California Adult Education Program (CAEP) agencies and employees.

Webinar 2: Wednesday, November 29th 11:00 am-Noon

Registered Apprenticeship and Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Programs: A Bright Opportunity for Adult Education:

Registered Apprenticeship and quality pre-apprenticeship expand career opportunities for adult learners, connecting them with well-paid and rewarding careers. This webinar will provide an overview of Registered Apprenticeship and quality pre-apprenticeship programs and discuss strategies adult education providers can use to align with these evidence-based workforce development programs.

Presenter: Abby Bandurraga, Senior Technical Assistance Consultant at American Institutes for Research



The Lunch with LARAEC Professional Development Train is Moving Down the Track!

Your mid-week infusion of PD sunshine is on its way! Check out the upcoming schedule for Lunch with LARAEC. Registration and Zoom link for all Lunch with LARAECs can be found at: https://laraec.org/lunchwithLARAEC/

Thursday, November 2^nd at 12:30pm. Universal Design for Learning: Advancing Student Equity and Achievement

Adult learners need to be actively engaged and given choice to persist and achieve. This presentation will provide participants with real classroom examples of multiple means of student expression, beginning with learner needs and ending with rubrics for both digital and paper assessment. Join members of LAUSD's Division of Adult and Career Education Curriculum and Instruction team for ideas to implement in your classroom!

Thursday, November 9^th at 12:30pm. The Incredibly Easy Guide to Engaging ALL Levels of Online Learners

Looking for new ways to creatively involve all levels of learners online? This presentation is for you! Join OTAN subject matter expert Elisia Doonan as she walks you through simple steps to maximize engagement and boost learning for your online students.

OTAN's Technology and Distance Learning Symposium (TDLS) - Call for Proposals Open!

Plans are underway for OTAN's Technology and Distance Learning Symposium 2024, scheduled for Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2. TDLS will be a hybrid event offering in-person and virtual sessions. The in-person event will be hosted by our friends at Fremont Adult and Continuing Education.

The Call for Proposals is open! You are invited to present and share your promising practices, strategies, lesson plans, and other resources related to technology integration and digital learning in your programs with your adult education colleagues. The Call for Proposals closes on Monday, December 4.

OTAN is looking for presentations that highlight technology, how it enhances the learner experience, extends the classroom to learners, and how technology integration helps adult education programs be more effective and efficient. If you would like more ideas on possible presentation topics, view last year's sessions on the TDLS Video Presentations page on the OTAN website.

OTAN looks forward to seeing you either in-person or virtually at the Technology and Distance Learning Symposium March 1 and 2, 2024! If you have any questions, contact support@otan.us. You can also visit the TDLS page on the OTAN website for more information: tdls.otan.us.

Fall 2023 ACCE Zoom-In Workshop: Shaping the Future: Innovations and Trends in Continuing and Community Education 

Join the Association of Community and Continuing Education (ACCE) for the Fall Zoom-In. For over 30 years, ACCE has been the organization to host opportunities for networking, professional development, and advocacy for community services, and continuing education/noncredit programs. 

November 9, 2023, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 

The event agenda includes: 

• Meet and Greet with ACCE Board 
• Legislative Update  
• Chancellor's Office Update 
• CAEP Update 
• Practitioners' Panel
• Break Out Discussion 
• Networking  

Registration options: $100/individuals or $350 for a group from the same institution (Up to 6 individuals) 

Invite your colleagues to check us out!! 

CAEP Deliverable Reminders

CAEP Budget and Workplan Due

CAEP Program Area Report

Certified by Consortia

Deadlines and Deliverables

• Nov 17: Extension! Originally due Oct 31, the 23-24 Member Budgets and Work Plans certified by consortium in NOVA are now due November 17, 2023.
• Dec 1: Program Area Report is due and certified by consortium in NOVA
• Dec 1: Member Expense Reports due in NOVA (Q1)
• Dec 31: Member Expense Reports certified by consortium in NOVA (Q1)