2024 High Desert Service Center Council Fall Leadership Conference
Connecting Hearts & Minds.
Event Description
At this conference, you will be able to participate in sessions covering negotiations, organizing, advocacy, site rep training, social justice, human rights, unionism and much more. The High Desert Fall Leadership Conference is a great opportunity to train new leaders & sharpen the skills of veteran advocates.
If you have any questions, please email the conference staff at ccc@cta.org.
Program
AGENDA*: Click here for the Agenda
SESSIONS GRID*: Click here for the Sessions Grid
SESSION DESCRIPTIONS*: Click here for the Session Descriptions
*All program details and documents are subject to change.
Friday, November 22
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Pre-Conference: Treasurers Training
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
CTA Registration Desk & Exhibitor Showcase
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Cocktail Hour
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Welcome Reception Dinner
Saturday, November 23
7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
CTA Registration Desk & Exhibitor Showcase
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Breakfast Buffet
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
High Desert Presidents Meeting
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Coffee & Tea Service
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Training Session 1
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Training Session 2
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Buffet & Keynote Speaker - TBD
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Training Session 3
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Training Session 4
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Equity Team Reception
Sunday, November 24
8:00 AM - 10:30 AM
CTA Registration Desk
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Coffee & Tea Service
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Training Session 5
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Brunch & Closing Session Speaker - David B. Goldberg, CTA President
12:00 PM
Conference Concludes
Venue
Conference Hotel: Renaissance Palm Springs
- Address: 888 E Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262
- Phone: 760-322-6000
- Group Rate: $179/night + tax
- Booking Deadline: Extended until Wednesday, November 13, 2024 (or until block sells out, availability is limited!)
- Parking: Discounted $20.00 Self-Parking. Complimentary Self Parking in Side/Overflow Lot.
Booking information will be provided during conference registration.
Fees
- CTA Members
- $215 – Early Bird until 10/31/2024
- $245 – Beginning on 11/1/2024
- Business Partners
- $850 – Early Bird until 10/31/2024
- $1,000 – Beginning on 11/1/2024
Featured Presenters
David B. 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.
Dr. Cherina Betters
Chief of Equity & Access
Dr. Cherina Betters is the Chief of Equity and Access for San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools and also serves as an adjunct professor in the Teacher Education Credential Program for the College of Education at CSUSB. A lifelong learner, she has been in the field of K-12 education for 18 years in the capacity of teacher and administrator serving the students, families and communities of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties in Southern California. Dr. Betters has always viewed education as the means to overcome. The first in her family to graduate from college, Dr. Betters has a deep appreciation for education and the educational process. Dr. Betters is committed to advocating for students and educational excellence through equity. Dr. Betters is the proud parent of 6 children and one grandchild.
Traveling to the Conference
Palm Springs International Airport (PSP): 2 Miles
Please consider using public transportation to travel to the conference. Please visit sunline.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: ZNYT122681 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.
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.
Health & Safety Policy
If you are feeling sick, have tested positive 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.
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 CTA 2024-2025 University Credit Program is a benefit to members attending CTA Conferences during the 2024-2025 school year. CTA Members, through attending in-person or watching CTA Virtual Pass sessions, will be given the opportunity to accumulate the professional growth hours needed to qualify for university credit units issued by our partner, CSU Chico. As a benefit to members, CTA will cover the cost for up to SIX of the (9) university credit units available. The professional growth hours can be accumulated by attending conferences live and/or by watching recordings. By attending this conference in person, members will earn 15 hours of professional growth.
Contact
Email: ccc@cta.org
Phone: 650-552-5355