About Linda Swanson
Well, you already know my name, but what you do not know is that I studied Accounting in college. So how in the world did I end up in OTAN (Outreach and Technical Assistance Network)? Good question! It was one of those after college discoveries and then a mid-life layoff from another job and whamo, back in education.
I started work at the Newark Unified School District when I was still in high school, and now I have come full circle, working for OTAN at the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE). In between I've been a store manager for Tandy Corp., I've been a commercial insurance rater, underwriter, and supervisor (among other things) and now I've spent 17 years working for OTAN. While in the commercial insurance field, I was given the opportunity to do a lot of training of commercial policy raters. I discovered, quite by accident, that I loved training. So when I moved over to SCOE in the accounting department, I looked for opportunities to get back into training. OTAN was a perfect fit for my interests and skills.
Use the site's blog page to tell me how you got into teaching. I would be interested in your story. :-)
If you would like to get in touch with me you will find me at the office, M-F 8:30a - 5:00p. Our phone number is 916-228-2580 or 800-894-3113. If I am out doing a workshop, attending a conference, or having some fun, then leave me a message and I will get back to you when I return. Or drop me an e-mail at lswanson (at) otan.us (I wrote my e-mail this way to avoid more nasty SPAM, but you know how to write it correctly.)
I started work at the Newark Unified School District when I was still in high school, and now I have come full circle, working for OTAN at the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE). In between I've been a store manager for Tandy Corp., I've been a commercial insurance rater, underwriter, and supervisor (among other things) and now I've spent 17 years working for OTAN. While in the commercial insurance field, I was given the opportunity to do a lot of training of commercial policy raters. I discovered, quite by accident, that I loved training. So when I moved over to SCOE in the accounting department, I looked for opportunities to get back into training. OTAN was a perfect fit for my interests and skills.
Use the site's blog page to tell me how you got into teaching. I would be interested in your story. :-)
If you would like to get in touch with me you will find me at the office, M-F 8:30a - 5:00p. Our phone number is 916-228-2580 or 800-894-3113. If I am out doing a workshop, attending a conference, or having some fun, then leave me a message and I will get back to you when I return. Or drop me an e-mail at lswanson (at) otan.us (I wrote my e-mail this way to avoid more nasty SPAM, but you know how to write it correctly.)
