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Academic Leadership Councils (ALC)

The Academic Leadership Councils (ALC) provide a forum at the national level to present, examine, and debate educational issues such as but not limited to practitioner education, faculty recruitment and retention, student admission procedures, reaccreditation policies, extramural funding, budgeting and administrator workloads, research, and continuing education.

 Academic Leadership Councils

Anne Kiraly-Alvarez
OT-ALC

Occupational Therapy 

Chair: Anne Kiraly-Alvarez, OTD, OTR/L

Members: Deans, Chairs and Program Directors of academic programs for the occupational therapist.

Vicky Vu
OTA-ALC

Occupational Therapy Assistant 

Chair: Vicky Vu, OTD, OTR/L, MBA, BCP                 

Members: Deans, Chairs and Program Directors of academic programs for the occupational therapy assistant.

Kathryn Sorensen
AFWC-ALC

Academic Fieldwork Coordinators 

Chair: Kathryn Sorensen, OTD, OTR/L, ADAC

Members: Academic Fieldwork Coordinators  of academic programs for the occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistant.

DCC-ALC

Doctoral Capstone Coordinators 

Chair: Theresa Delbert, OTD, OTR/L

Members: Doctoral Capstone Coordinators  of doctoral level academic programs for the occupational therapist.

Join us at an upcoming meeting

Recorded Sessions: Registrants will receive an access link to the recorded sessions once they are available.

Questions? Email us at educate@aota.org

Online ~ October 15-16, 2026

A Framework for Occupational Therapy Curriculum Design (AOTA, 2021) is a document created by the AOTA Commission on Education to provide resources for curricular development for occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant programs.

By the end of this workshop, participants will:

  • Understand four essential steps for occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant curriculum design at all degree levels.
  • Identify influential factors that should be considered throughout the curriculum design process.
  • Apply curriculum design principles within the context of building an example curriculum in preparation for applying lessons learned to their own program following the institute.

Online (live sessions will be recorded)

12:30pm- 4:00pm (Eastern) I 11:30am-3:00pm (Central) I 10:30am-2:00pm (Mountain) I 9:30am- 1:00pm (Pacific) I 8:30am- 12:00am (Anchorage) I 7:30am-11:00am (Honolulu) 

Fee: $225
Contact hours: 6

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