About South Dakota Association for Lifelong Learning
Leadership
The SDALL Board of Directors are elected from the active membership. Board members have access to leadership opportunities through the delivery of SDALLs mission.
Membership
The focus of the South Dakota Association for Lifelong Learning is to promote and provide professional growth and development for adult educators in South Dakota
benefit 1
Professional development
benefit 2
Leadership opportunities
benefit 3
Access to professional networks
benefit 4
Influential collective voice
benefit 5
Recognition for Service
Scholarships
SDALL provides members with scholarship opportunities to advance the professional standing of practitioners.
Hovland Development
The South Dakota Association for Lifelong Learning Development Fund was created to make small grants available to SDALL members for activities that will increase the knowledge or effectiveness of adult education in South Dakota. Activities which may be funded include--but are not limited to--professional development workshops, seminars, research projects, innovative adult and continuing education activities, and special projects.
Educator Professional Development
South Dakota Association for Lifelong Learning (SDALL) Scholarships are for active SDALL members and intended to assist in funding professional development opportunities including state, regional, and national conferences and workshops, distance learning courses, and college courses that will advance the professional standing of SDALL practitioners.
Distinguished Awards of Merit
SDALL recognizes excellence in the filed of adult education by providing awards and grants to its members.
Adult Educator
2022 Winner - Andrew Cina
Cornerstones Career Learning Center
Student
2022 Winner - Greg Kline
The Right Turn
Volunteer
2022 Winner - Karen Krause
Lutheran Social Services
Center for New Americans
Community Partner
2022 Winner - South Dakota
Department of Labor Rapid City Office
History
Since the first meeting in 19696, SDALL and its volunteer board members have dedicated their time, efforts, and resources to insure that South Dakota’s adult educators have access to quality professional development and training.
“The first South Dakota State Adult Education organizational meeting was held in conjunction with the Missouri Valley Education Assoc. Conference at the Sheraton Cataract Hotel in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on April 22, 1966. The original members were from various agencies, organizations, businesses, industry, and education from throughout South Dakota. […] Twenty-five people from South Dakota were present for this first meeting. The following officers were elected: President, Howard Hovland; Vice-President, R. Milton Rich; Coordinator of General Extension Services South Dakota State University Brookings; Secretary-Treasurer, William Oerlline, Rapid City. Two dollar membership fees were collected. The prepared constitution was accepted unanimously.”
A Summary of the Available Findings,
by Howard A. Hovland
