Event Description
Strong leaders equal strong unions. This conference will cultivate your leadership talent so that you can lead your union to make life-changing improvements in public education for our students and our members.
Join us for the Region I Leadership Conference, Sept. 8-10, 2023. Sessions are centered on “Leading a Revolution…Transforming Public Education”.
If you have any questions, please email the conference staff at cta-region1lc@cta.org.
Program
AGENDA*: Click here to download the agenda.
SESSION GRID*: Click here to download the session grid.
DESCRIPTIONS*: Click here to download the session descriptions.
*All program details and documents are subject to change.
Friday, September 8
3:00 PM - 9:00 PM
CTA Registration Desk
3:30 PM - 9:00 PM
CTA Information Desk
3:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Showcase of Vendors & Exhibitors
5:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Friends of Bill W
5:30 PM - 10:00 PM
CTA Board of Directors Reception
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Buffet Dinner
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Opening General Session & Panel Discussion
Saturday, September 9
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM
Breakfast Buffet
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM
CTA Budget Forum
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
CTA Registration & Information Desk
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Showcase of Vendors & Exhibits
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM
General Session
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Essentials Core Session 1
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Elective Session 1
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch & General Assembly
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Elective Session 2
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Elective Session 3
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
Service Center Council Sessions
5:20 PM - 6:00 PM
Special Interest Caucuses
6:00 PM
Dinner On Your Own
Sunday, September 10
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM
Coffee, Tea & Pastries
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CTA Registration & Information Desk
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Showcase of Vendors & Exhibits
7:40 AM - 8:20 AM
Ethnic Minority Caucuses
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Elective Session 4
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Chapter Planning Time
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
Brunch & Keynote Speaker by David Goldberg, CTA President
Friday Pre-Conference
Presidents’ Meeting with CTA Executive Officers
Local Presidents are invited to meet with the CTA Executive Officers before the conference starts. This is your meeting, a time to share your issues and concerns.
Tentative Schedule:
- 9:30 – Continental Breakfast
- 10:00 – Meeting Begins
- 12:00 – Lunch Served
- 2:00 –Meeting Adjourns
Treasurers’ Workshop
Region I local chapter treasurers, join us on September 8, 2023 at the Hyatt Regency SFO for our annual Region I Treasurers’ Workshop prior to the Region I Leadership Conference. Topics to be covered include:
- Duties and Responsibilities
- Business Practices and Policies
- Budgeting and Treasurer’s Report
- PERB, IRS, and Other Regulatory Requirements
Tentative Schedule:
- 9:30 – 10:00 a.m.: Continental Breakfast
- 10:00 – Noon: Treasurers’ Workshop
- Noon – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
- 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Treasurers’ Workshop
Venue
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Address: 1333 Old Bayshore Hwy, Burlingame, CA 94010
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Phone: 650-347-1234
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Group Rate: $149/night + tax
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Booking Deadline: August 31, 2023 (or until hotel block sells out)
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Parking: $15/day Self Parking
Traveling to the Conference
Please consider using public transportation to travel to the conference. Please visit https://511.org/ for maps, schedules, fares, and more information.
Airfare Discount: United Airlines offers reduced rates for CTA members up to 10%. To take advantage of these rates, you must book online at www.united.com.
Enter the CTA Discount Code: ZMGT443335 in the Offer Code Box found on the left-hand side of the page. Please check with the other airlines to ensure that you are getting the best rate.
Health & Safety Policies
If you are feeling sick, have tested postive for COVID-19, or are showing COVID-19 symptoms, do not attend the event.
Your wellbeing at CTA conferences is important to us, click here to read the conference health and safety policies.
As part of registration, all attendees are expected to abide by the Code of Conduct for CTA Events found here.
Fees
- CTA Members – $245
- Student CTA Members – $49
- Invited Exhibitors – $800/exhibit
Local Amenities
The Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport offers many on-site amenities including three dining outlets, room service, outdoor heated pool, 24-hour fitness center, and complimentary shuttle to SFO Airport.
If you would like to explore the local area, Downtown Burlingame is only 1.8 miles away and offers many unique dining and shopping options. Burlingame is also well connected to San Francisco (a quick 30 minute BART ride away), and other Peninsula cities in Silicon Valley to the south are accessible via trains, buses, and shared ride services.
Featured Presenters
David Goldberg
CTA President
An educator for more than 25 years, CTA President David Goldberg has spent most of his career as a bilingual teacher at Murchison Elementary in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). In addition to English, he is fluent in both Spanish and sign language. Goldberg has a long history of union activism. He previously served as CTA Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer for four years each, as well as two three-year terms on the CTA Board of Directors. Goldberg aso previously served as treasurer of United Teachers Los Angeles. He comes from a long line of Los Angeles educator union leaders—he was active in the UTLA strike of 2019 just as his mother “walked the line in 1989” as a UTLA strike captain and his grandmother did during the L.A. teachers strike in the 1970s. Goldberg is currently the lead on the Community Schools movement for CTA and is passionate about helping transform schools into places where families and students can be involved in a more democratic educational experience.
Xavier G. Buck
Deputy Director
Having completed his Pd.D. in history at UC Berkeley in 2021, Dr. Buck has applied his degree to fellowships at policy companies, nonprofits and government agencies. Through this work and as Deputy Director of the Huey P. Newton Foundation, he has gained deep understanding of American history that contextualizes contemporary issues and provides solutions tailored to public and private institutions. The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation is dedicated to the study and understanding of the community-oriented and data-driven organizational model of the Black Panthers organization. The study of that organization’s strategies and practices has informed Dr. Buck’s nonprofit management and research consulting. He will be speaking on the challenges California’s public schools face today.
Documents
Session documents will be available in the conference app and attendee hub closer to the start of the conference. You must be logged in to the Event App to view session documents. Provided documents can be found at the bottom of each session page within the Event App and Attendee Hub.
Credits
Professional Growth Hours: Professional Growth credit will be available at no cost for CTA members. Confirmation of professional growth hours will be emailed shortly after the conference.
University Credit: The 2023-2024 University Credit Program is a benefit available to members attending CTA Conferences during the 2023-2024 school year. CTA Members, through attending in-person or virtual conferences, will be given the opportunity to accumulate the professional growth hours needed to qualify for university credit units with CSU, Chico. As a benefit to members, CTA will cover the cost for up to six university credit units with CSU, Chico, normally $75/credit. The professional growth hours can be accumulated by attending conferences live and/or by watching recordings. Click here for more information on how to claim the credit.
Contact
Email: cta-region1lc@cta.org
Phone: 650-552-5355