
Event Description
Join us for the Region 2 Leadership Conference, Oct. 3-5, 2025. Sessions are centered on being “United with Purpose, Inspired by Action”.
CTA Region 2 Leadership Conference offers a comprehensive program, including keynote speakers, over 50 elective sessions, exhibitors, and much more. The elective sessions provide our members with a variety of trainings and information from which to choose. Members also have an opportunity to earn professional growth.
If you have any questions, please email the conference staff at r2lc@cta.org.
Program
FULL PROGRAM*: Coming soon!
AGENDA*: Click here for the Agenda
SESSION GRID*: Coming soon!
DESCRIPTIONS*: Coming soon!
MEMBERSHIP CHAIR TRAINING FLYER: Click here for the Membership Chair Training Flyer
TREASURERS TRAINING & PAC TRAINING FLYER*: Click here for the Treasurers Training & PAC Training Flyer
*All program details and documents are subject to change.
Friday, October 3
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Emerging Leaders Training-Contact your CTA Staff Person or CTA Director
8:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Membership Chair Training
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Treasurers Training
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Evaluating & Improving Your PAC Training
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
QuickBooks Training
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Presidents Meeting with CTA Executive Officers
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
CTA Registration & Information Desk - Grand Salon
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Exhibitors - Tahoe Room
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Dinner - Private CTA Buffet - Reno Ballroom
8:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Exhibitors - Prize Drawing - Tahoe Room
Saturday, October 4
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
CTA Registration & Information Desk - Grand Salon
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Breakfast Buffet - Reno Ballroom
7:30 AM - 8:10 AM
CTA Budget Forum - Bring your breakfast - Carson 1
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Elective Sessions
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Exhibitors - Tahoe Room
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Service Center Council Sessions
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Lunch General Session with CTA President David B. Goldberg- Reno Ballroom
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Elective Sessions
2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Elective Sessions
4:25 PM - 5:00 PM
NEA Resolutions Hearing & CTA Caucus Meetings
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
CTA Region 2 Reception/Exhibitor Bingo - Reno Ballroom
6:00 PM
Dinner On Your Own
Sunday, October 5
7:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CTA Registration & Information Desk
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Elective Sessions
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Brunch and General Session - Reno Ballroom. Speaker, Drawings & Adjournment
Venue
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Address: 2500 East Second St., Reno, NV 89595
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Phone: 775-789-2000
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Group Rate:
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$145/night + tax & Resort Fee ($22) for Sierra Standard Rooms.
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$155/night + tax & Resort Fee ($22) for Vista Standard Rooms (Limited Availability)
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Booking Deadline: September 12, 2025 (or until hotel block sells out)
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Parking: Free Self Parking
The booking link will be provided during conference registration.
HOTEL – CTA CHAPTER PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION FORM:
Traveling to the Conference
Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO): 2 miles
Hotel offers a complimentary airport shuttle that runs every 30 minutes from 4:30 a.m. until 12:15 a.m. Shuttle leaves Reno-Tahoe airport at quarter after (:15) and quarter ’til (:45) the hour. Shuttle leaves GSR at the top (:00) and bottom (:30) of the hour.
Airfare Discount: United Airlines offers reduced rates for CTA members up to 10%. Please visit www.united.com from a desktop computer and enter the code ZQCR594167 under Upgrades, certificates, and promotion codes. This can be found by clicking Advanced Search under “Book”. Please check with the other airlines to ensure that you are getting the best rate.
Fees
- CTA Members – $265
- Student CTA Members – $50
- Endorsed Exhibitors – $800
- New/Non-Endorsed Exhibitors – $500
Featured Presenter

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.
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 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.
Animal Accommodation Policy
The California Teachers Association (CTA) is committed to ensuring that all attendees of its conferences and meetings have equal access and opportunity to participate in these events. CTA recognizes that some attendees with disabilities may require the assistance of animals for various reasons. This document outlines the policy and procedures for reasonably accommodating disabled attendees who require the use of assistive animals at CTA conferences and other events. This policy also recognizes that for the health and safety of all attendees and to avoid disruptions at CTA conferences and meetings, pets are not permitted in conference and meeting spaces.
Please click HERE to view the full Animal Accommodation Policy.
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.
Grants
Region 2 will award conference grants for the upcoming Region 2 Leadership Conference. These minority leadership incentive grants are available to ethnic minority members.
CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR THE REGION 2 MINORITY LEADERSHIP INCENTIVE GRANT
- Application Deadline: Thursday, July 31, 2025 at Midnight
Contact
Email: r2lc@cta.org