 OTAN, Outreach and Technical Assistance Network. According to Adult Schools, Neda said, our core team who flies up to Sacramento, Ryan Whetstone, our principal, Meredith Tate, our TOSA and teacher in ESL, and I am Hilary. I am a TOSA and teacher in ABE, ASE, what you all call academic depending on the school. We want to give a shout out to our extended team, our director, Wayne D'Aulio, and our resource teachers, for us that's like our department head kind of thing, Ryan Delevega in ESL, and Armando Chavez in ABE, ASE, and a shout out of course to our DELAC coach, Susan. Yay, Susan. For a little bit of context, we are in Southwest Los Angeles. We have three sites, a little bit more than 2,000 students, 70% of it is ESL, 20% ABE, and we have a little CTE program in medical and office. So we wanted to just give a little bit more context to why did we apply for DELAC, like how did we get here? So we were kind of looking at our life about a year ago, as many of you were, and we were a little concerned that as we came back to in person after the pandemic, we might just forget everything we learned during the pandemic and go back to carving things on cave walls. So we decided to ask you all for help, ask OTAN for help, to maintain that momentum that we had forward with digital integration, literacy, and skills. Get some expert guidance and learn from you all, which I feel like has been wonderful so far today. What were our goals? Have computers still used, kill fewer trees throughout our school, and build our resilience in our staff, in our students, and everyone around so that we don't just like give up on technology when something goes wrong. We sort of added this focus on doing that through the North Star Digital Literacy Curriculum. That's kind of been our star. And we're also doing some high flex. Our ABE department is all high flex. We're considering doing a pilot with some ESL people and starting to work on Canvas. It has been lovely working with all of you in our DELAC program, working on the plan, developing our collaboration skills, and keeping up this strengths-based focus. And so Meredith is now going to tell you about some of the things that we have done so far. Okay, so our goal was to continue digital integration. We've made really good progress with that. We have maintained our momentum. And in our ESL classes, for example, as you can see, we're all using technology, all the classrooms in ESL, all the teachers are using presentation software. Students have access to laptops and with instructional aid help. We have two online classes. We have distance learning for ESL and citizenship. And we have an almost blended class as well. And as the photos show, people are engaged using the technology. In the ABE-ASC realm, it's all high flex and has been for a year. And so that is really great. You can see Hillary up there in action doing her thing. And then we also have an ESL-IET child development class where the ESL part is high flex. And then the academic part is with our consortium college partner. So that's a very fancy class. Once again, Hillary is involved in that. We are also school-wide making progress as well with going paperless. We have a digital time card. And we're just doing a lot of things in that regard as well. Okay, as far as North Star goes, as Hillary said, it's been our star. It didn't start out to be this star, but it has become that for us. We started out last year with doing it publicly, school-wide sort of professional development. And then we decided to really get into it in its own winter with OTAN's support help. We became an agency. So that means that we can now do all the assessments and lessons in a procted, organized environment. And so we actually, I'm just going to go back and forth a little bit, we implemented it in winter and then carried through in spring, weekly tech cafes where staff can choose from a couple of sites, go for two-hour sessions and do lessons and assessments in a procted environment. And that has worked out really well. And as school-wide, all the staff are involved. So they're getting to know the program. And ultimately, they'll be able to help students when they use it as well. So it's truly school-wide and it's really great to do something that touches everybody. Just to go back a little bit. And so through North Star, we can gather a lot of data about ourselves and we will be able to get this for our students as well. We can see who's using what and who's passing what and to what rate. And we can also see that we've got 16 staff that's almost half the teachers in the IAS who have done the procted training. So they'll be able to help out in the classroom as well. And so we've got almost, almost 100% staff participation. There are always a couple who are, it's not quite into it yet, but we're planning on getting there. So in the high-flex realm, we are continuing that with ABASC and we are planning some PD, almost lines to also pull in some ESL teachers who are going to offer to do it. We've got groups of interested staff in both departments who want to continue with that and want the extra training. With Canvas, with our Canvas goal, we're making progress there too. We have 550 Canvas licenses, the first 50 free from through OTAN and the rest we bought. And we are not using too many yet, but we plan to. We do have a Canvas class pilot with UC Scout, and like I said, training is being planned for that. Okay, so when it comes to the leadership program that we've been involved in, it's been really helpful for us. It's given us really valuable insights into team building, collaboration skills, time management, conflict management, and resolution. And as a team, we're very aware of our strengths and our similarities and our differences and our basements. And so we're working on how to work with each other and then to apply that to the extended team as well as the school going forward. And also our regular formal and informal conversations amongst ourselves, our staff, our director, and our coach. That's also been really helpful, I think. Okay, I'm going to go back here. And then, of course, we have challenges, and that's managing the expectations and communication with the staff. And so that comes down to how PR efforts and how we present things. I think today we've got some good ideas about how to have a bit of fun with that. Thank you, superheroes. We also have to work on balancing the needs of the more reluctant staff with those who are very enthusiastic about taking off with the technology, making sure they don't run away too fast. We also had to decide how to manage the North Star Canvas and High Flex projects altogether. So we ended up just focusing really on North Star right now. That's the focus. And then we'll simultaneously work on the others, but sort of slightly different timing. So just to summarize the changes we have made. We became a site, a North Star site, with our professional development with North Star. We expanded our tech cafes to include two sites and three time periods. So we've really tried to make it available for all the staff to make it comfortable so they can fit in their required modules by the end of June. And then we started our Canvas pilot and we plan to continue with that. Okay, so now Ryan is going to talk about our planned next steps. All right. Thank you, Ryan. Thank you. All right, good morning, everybody. Take a deep breath. We've been going through some presentations. So plan next steps for us. You know, it's been a great journey so far, of course, meeting and working with all of you and learning from each other. So for our plan next steps, our, we're going to continue our North Star curriculum training. Well, it's, we're moving to another phase. So we're going to have, with the support of OTAN, thank you, Anthony, Belinda, everybody, that we will have a training that's focused on diving into the curriculum of North Star. So those schools that are using it, you already know, but there are already, there are syllabi, the syllabi are there. There are manipulables, actual printouts that you can use in the classroom. And that we'll go through that in a training format with OTAN. So our teachers can start to move with that in the classroom. So we're learning more about the bells and whistles and the deeper dives that we can do related to student competencies and data on questions to know areas for focus and growth. And also focusing on that, the provision of the certificates and digital badges to make sure that we're getting those out to the students as well. So our ABE ASC program is going to integrate North Star, a North Star assignment into their direct instruction English classes. And again, we're focusing on stressing the importance of digital literacy for our students using that North Star online learning to develop an elective course for ABE ASC students as well. So that'll be in addition to that integrated project. Our plan next steps. So all ESL, all ESL teachers will also incorporate the North Star computer basics into their teacher-directed classes and or North Star online learning lessons into their classroom instruction. And we'll continue our professional development on Canvas and High Flex moving forward in the coming year. So we're going to offer that to all interested teachers from all departments who are interested in piloting next year. So that's how we're going to approach that for now. And for our support needed, of course, we are leaning heavily on OTAN to support us with trainings to augment our activities and to focus on that teaching with North Star and with our directed classes and online curriculum, moving forward with that in all of our areas. And we're also looking at the trainings that we do in the summer that we'll be looking at recording those. So if teachers who aren't around can also watch those recorded sessions as well. And we'll also be looking at you all, our colleagues. We've been listening really close to those of you that have been using North North Star, Canvas in all of your classes, High Flex to see what we can learn for the best practices. So we don't have to reinvent the wheel and also convince our instructors that, hey, you know, other schools are already doing this and doing this very well successfully. So you really are a beacon for us right now. And also looking at integrating in our local efforts to support access for wireless for all, you know, making sure that our students can take advantage of those local systems. In LA County, one of the major efforts is called Delete the Divide by LA County. And they're working to eliminate those barriers of access for connectivity and devices as well. So it's a big piece for us to plug into. For other areas of importance, being vigilant about not losing our technology momentum, that was already stated. And finding the right balance of in-person and online distance learning, blended hybrid learning activities for us. We're really watching and learning for all, like focusing on AVA, just so many, they're doing so many great things. And AVA's LA Unified is so big, but Torrance is in Southeast LA County. So we want to make sure that we're keeping up our efforts as well for our local community. And that we're taking advantage of this collaborative space with all of you. And doing that more, we were talking as we were getting ready to come here, that we felt like we weren't interacting with you enough, that we weren't getting that kind of information from all of you. So we'll be looking at that as well. And in conclusion, just basically that D-Lact has really helped us to envision our future, identify our goals and make progress towards them. You know, for our first year, it helped us to create that plan, clarify it and increase our digital literacy. We started with staff, you know, because you all kind of know that your staff are just at all different levels. And so North Star gave us this platform to really kind of equalize this baseline for all of us and also expose all of our staff to that learning format. So when we move forward in it, all of our staff have actually used it. So now it's not going to be foreign to anybody. Everybody's done it and we can support our students across the board. And for our year coming, that we are absolutely focused on that North Star integration across our curriculum in all of our classes for our students. And also moving forward with our Canvas pilots for those areas, really looking forward to that. And thanks again so much to OTAN for those opportunities to buy those discounted licenses and free licenses and all that training for us that, you know, we just can't pass up. How can, and high flex as well. And it just, I had to take a second to just thank Veronica and Mandaly for that presentation on foundations of digital equity. It was just so appropriate. I mean, it timely just framed all of the work that we're doing. So we fight for the digitally disenfranchised, you know, that we are really focused on that for the students that we serve. So final thought is that we just will always stay focused on retention, persistence, transition and being outcome oriented, especially with the awareness of the new funding model that's coming down from the state. So we are hyper conscious about how we're recording our attendance across all formats and how we're looking at our outcomes, but also using all that data to inform our instruction in the process. So it really forced us to move all of that along. And we just thank you. It's just been a great experience for us so far. Thank you for holding us and letting us be a part of D-LAC and meeting you all. So thank you. Thank you. I got one more. Sorry. Sorry, I did have two more. So just to say D-LAC is our compass. OTAN. D-LAC OTAN is our compass helping us plan, strategize and navigate our digital future. Thank you and I'll play it one more time.