Data Academy Enrollment Process

You must have your supervisor's approval before enrolling in a class. 

• Let your supervisors know you are interested in taking a data academy course. 
• No formal evidence of supervisor approval is needed. We just ask you to self-certify that you have received supervisor approval. 

Mark the courses you are interested in on our Course Interest Form to be added to our email notification list.

• To receive an email announcement when a course is offered, you must fill out the interest form and mark that specific course.
• If you want to update the courses you are interested in, fill out another form. If you want to unsubscribe from emails, reach out to dataacademy@sfgov.org.

We will send email notifications 3 weeks before a schedule class with a link to an enrollment form. After you complete the form, you are placed on a waitlist. Each class has a limited capacity, and we select participants from the waitlist based on the order of form submissions.

• We offer enrollment on a first-come, first-served basis.
• You must have supervisor approval for the class prior to filling out the enrollment form.

2-3 days after the enrollment form is sent out, we will send confirmation emails to those accepted into the class and denial emails to those who were not. Enrollment is not guaranteed as sometimes there are more interested employees than available seats.

• If you do not accept the class invitation, your spot may be given to someone else. We ask that you confirm your attendance or decline if you are not able to make it.
• If you are not selected for a class, you will remain on our email list until you successfully enroll in a future class.
• If you do not receive any follow-up email, it means you submitted the enrollment form after the enrollment process was completed.
• We ask that you do your best to attend any class you sign up for and avoid allowing conflicts to arise. However, if you must cancel your class reservation, please decline the calendar event.

If you are selected to enroll in a class, you must stay for the full scheduled duration and agree to the No-Show Policy terms. 

If you do not show up to class after confirming enrollment, you will be considered a No-Show.

Soon after completing the course, we will send out a survey to obtain feedback on how your learning experience was with Data Academy. We value your input and use it to improve our program for all City employees.