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Education

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.

List of Academic Leadership Councils

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OT-ALC

Occupational Therapy 

Chair: Julie McLaughlin Gray, PhD, OTR/L

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

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OTA-ALC

Occupational Therapy Assistant 

Chair: Kim Qualls, OTD, MS, OTR/L

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

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AFWC-ALC

Academic Fieldwork Coordinators 

Chair: Shannon Levandowski, EdD, OTD, OTR

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

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DCC -ALC

Doctoral Capstone Coordinators 

Chair: Erika Kemp, OTD, OTR/L, BCP

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

2022 events

Join us at an upcoming meeting

2022 Spring Meeting
In-person & Live Streamed

March 29-30, 2022
Grand Hyatt, San Antonio, TX

Schedule (CENTRAL time):

Tuesday, March 29th

  • 8:30 am–12:00 pm
  • 1:45 pm–5:00 pm

Wednesday, March 30th

  • 8:00 am–11:45 am
Register here

View past meeting presentations

2021 Virtual Fall Meeting: October 13–15

See meeting agenda

Day 1: October 13th—Combined Meeting

Day 2: October 14th—Combined Meeting

 

Day 3: October 15th—Breakouts



Academic programs annual data reports

Annual summary report compiled from the data reported annually by all accredited academic programs for the occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistant.