Name: 2025 CCA Fall Conference
Start: 2025-10-10T00:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-12T23:59:59-07:00
Location: The Westin San Francisco Airport

Event Description

Fall – Bargaining

The Fall Conference is held in October and is dedicated to enhancing bargaining skills and coordinating strategies focused on collective bargaining. In addition to sessions on bargaining-related issues, we have our first Council meeting of the academic year. State budget and legislative updates will also be offered. The Fall Conference also features our CCA Building Strong Locals (BSL) Academy graduations.

For questions about the conference, please email the conference staff at ccaconference@cta.org. For more information on the Community College Association, please visit the CCA website.

Program

**CONFERENCE AGENDA*: Click Here for the Agenda**

**WORKSHOP GRID*: Click Here for the Workshop Grid**

**SESSION DESCRIPTIONS*: Click Here for the Workshop Descriptions**

TENTATIVE SESSIONS*: Click Here for the Tentative Sessions

**PROGRAM: Click Here for the Program Overview***

**All program details and documents are subject to change.*

Friday, October 10

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

CCA Board Meeting

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Elections Credential Committee Meeting

3:00 PM – 9:00 PM

CCA Conference Registration

3:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Exhibit Booths

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

CCA Building Strong Locals Academy (BSL) – Session I

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Conference Orientation Session (New Participants)

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Dinner Buffet | Elections | State Budget Update

Saturday, October 11

7:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Breakfast Buffet

7:30 AM – 9:00 AM

CCA Conference Registration Desk

7:30 AM – 8:00 AM

Faculty, Equity, and Diversity Committee (FEDC) and CCA At-Large Directors’ Open Forum

8:00 AM – 2:30 PM

Exhibit Booths

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM

CCA/CTA Budget Forum

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

CCA Conference Information Desk

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM

CCA Council Session - Elections

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

General Session – California Minimum Wage Requirements, Part-Time Faculty, and Bargaining/Organizing Implications

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM

Break | Coffee and Tea

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

CCA Building Strong Locals Academy (BSL) – Session II

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Professional Development Workshops – Session I

12:15 PM – 1:45 PM

CCA Elections

12:15 PM – 2:00 PM

Lunch Buffet | BSL Academy Graduation | Legislative Update

2:15 PM – 3:45 PM

CCA Building Strong Locals Academy (BSL) – Session III

2:15 PM – 3:45 PM

Professional Development Workshops – Session II

3:45 PM – 4:00 PM

Break

4:00 PM – 5:15 PM

General Session – Reviewing Changes to the CCA Bylaws and Standing Rules | CCA Board Directorial Breakout Sessions

5:15 PM – 6:15 PM

Social Hour and Hosted Bar

Dinner – EVENING FREE

(Itemized receipts required for reimbursement - $90 limit)

Sunday, October 12

7:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Breakfast Buffet

7:00 AM – 12:00 PM

CCA Conference Information Desk

7:30 AM – 8:00 AM

CCA Run-Off Election Speeches (if necessary)

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

CCA Run-Off Elections (if necessary)

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

CCA Council Session | Prize Drawings -Must be present to win

1:00 PM

Hotel check-out

Venue

~~Host Hotel: The Westin San Francisco Airport~~ – SOLD OUT

Address: 1 Old Bayshore Highway, Millbrae, CA, 94030-3120
Group Rate: $189/night + tax
Booking Deadline: Thursday, September 25, 2025 (or until block sells out)
Parking: Overnight self-parking is discounted to $30/car/night

Free Hotel Shuttle from SFO: Located on the Departure Level, exit the terminal building and head towards the center median. Walk to the designated Hotel Courtesy Shuttle area for Shuttle labeled “Westin/Aloft”. Shuttle runs every 15-20 minutes.

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Expense Reimbursement Guidelines for 2025 CCA Fall Conference:

For the 2025 Fall Conference, CCA will reimburse the following expenses for all of the following:

State Council delegates, CCA board members, Academy participants, CCA awardees, and official delegates from a local on the delegate list submitted by the local president will have their expenses reimbursed as per the CCA standing rules.

Reimbursable Expenses: Must be submitted on an MES along with itemized receipt(s).

• Full cost of a single-occupancy hotel room at the conference rate

• Round-trip mileage from home to the airport or the hotel

• Airport or hotel parking

• Coach airfare

• Lyft/Uber/taxi as necessitated for travel

• THESE MEALS ARE NOT REIMBURSABLE FOR ANY ATTENDEES, INCLUDING GUESTS, AS THEY ARE INCLUDED WITH REGISTRATION: Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast and lunch, and Sunday breakfast are all included with registration. Family-friendly weekend meal passes are available free of charge upon registration of each member of the family as a “Guest.” **The only requirements are that attendees must register their Guest and have their Guest sign in at conference to receive a “Guest” badge. For attendees and Guests, entry into the dining area will require a badge.

**PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ELECT TO NOT PARTAKE OF ANY OF THE ABOVE MEALS, YOU WILL NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR ANY MEALS YOU PURCHASE ON YOUR OWN EITHER FOR YOURSELF OR YOUR GUEST(S)**.

Meals necessitated by travel will be reimbursed at a maximum rate of $90 per day, including gratuity. An itemized receipt is required for reimbursement. THE TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT DOES NOT APPLY TO GUEST(S) OF MEMBERS.

• $10/day other gratuities (no receipt required).

Dependent care and house-sitting expenses will be reimbursed per CCA policy and guidelines. For more information, see Standing Rule 2-3 B and C or contact the CCA Treasurer: treasurer@cca4us.org Receipts are required for these reimbursements.

**Attendees, other than those stated above, are generally not reimbursed their expenses by CCA, and should contact their local president for further information.

Fees

CCA DELEGATES – $0 Registration Fee
CCA NON-DELEGATES– $0 Registration Fee
Invited Exhibitor – $200 / booth
CTA Aspiring Educators – $0

Health & Safety Policies (CCA will follow the current CTA guidelines, which are):

The health and safety of attendees, exhibitors and staff are our highest priority. In partnership with hotels, CTA will adhere to all official government and local authority guidance, as well as any venue or location-specific regulations.

All attendees, staff, presenters, exhibitors, and invited guests are strongly encouraged to wear a mask on-site in conference-designated programming areas. Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test is not required to attend the event.

Click here to see CTA’s health and safety policies for in-person events.

Code of Conduct for CTA Events

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 view session documents. Provided documents can be found at the bottom of each session page within the conference app and attendee hub.

Credits

Professional Growth Hours: By attending this conference, you will earn 15 hours of Professional Development which can be used to claim (1) University Credit through our partner, CSU Chico. Conference attendance from start to finish is required to receive the Professional Growth Hours. After the conference, attendees will be emailed a certificate of Professional Growth Hours.

University Credit: The CTA University Credit Program is a benefit available to members who attend CTA Conferences or watch recorded sessions through the CTA Virtual Pass to Online Learning. Please visit www.CTA.org/Credit for all timelines and information on how to claim the credit.

Contact

Conference Coordination Center

Email: ccaconference@cta.org

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