OTAN Online Workshops (webinars) for Professional Development
Once again OTAN is offering over 20 free online workshops to help your teachers gain new technology skills to enhance classroom delivery of curriculum. These hour and a half workshops focus on providing teachers with "just in time" skills they can use in their classrooms the next day. Teachers can train as a group in a computer lab equipped with a digital projector and high speed internet connection, or individually from anywhere with a high speed connection
Keep checking our Web site for the new schedule - we hope to have it posted by September.
If you have any questions, or ideas for future workshops, contact Penny Pearson at: ppearson@otan.us. Your ideas and suggestions are important to us!
Face to Face, Hands-on, Technology Workshops at No Charge to Your School
Technology skills, for both teachers and students, are more important now than they have ever been. With money for professional development tight, OTAN can help technology training by providing workshops at no cost to your school. Check our list of face-to-face, hands-on workshops which we can present at your school. Scroll down the page to see the workshop requirements.
To schedule workshops for the 2009-10 school year, contact Linda Swanson at lswanson@otan.us, or call us at 800-894-3113. Don't miss this opportunity. Our calendar fills up fast!
Technology Plan Training Being Offered by OTAN
All staff responsible for the technology plan are encouraged to take advantage of the online training being offered by OTAN in September and October, especially those who are new to the technology planning process or would like a refresher. The training will help you become familiar with the optional professional development plan, and to decide if this will be a useful option for your instructors.
For dates, times and registration information, visit the OTAN Web site.
Connecting The Disability Community to Information & Opportunities
The U.S. Department of Labor has launched Disability.gov,
a redesigned federal Web site that provides easy access to comprehensive
disability-related information and resources. The site will connect
the more than 50 million Americans with disabilities to thousands of
reliable resources on disability-related issues, programs and services.
The site’s Mission is to ensure that people with disabilities can fully
participate in the workplace and in their communities.
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Grants
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
has added a new feature on Grants.gov to
help interested users find and apply for The American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
grant opportunities.
Adult Education and Economic Growth Act Introduced
Legislation to increase the scope and effectiveness of adult education, literacy, and workplace skills programs to ensure adult Americans are prepared for the jobs of the future has been introduced in the House of Representatives.
"This bill is not the reauthorized [Workforce Investment Act] WIA bill," notes the National Council of State Directors of Adult Education (NCSDAE), "Rather it will be used to inform the reauthorization of WIA." As a free-standing bill, AEEG could either be amended into appropriate sections of the WIA reauthorization or replace appropriate sections of the WIA bill during the mark-up phase.
New Administrators
Become a member of OTAN by registering on the OTAN site, and receive
email updates, digests and announcements! If you know of a new administrator,
please encourage them to join OTAN, and let OTAN know so that we can
send them a packet of information.