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. A state budget and legislative updates will also be offered. The Fall Conference also features our CCA California Leadership Academy (CLA) 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*: Coming Soon!

SESSION DESCRIPTIONS*: Coming Soon!

TENTATIVE SESSIONS*: Coming Soon!

PROGRAM*: Coming Soon!

*All program details and documents are subject to change.

 

Friday, October 9

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

CCA Board Meeting

3:00 PM – 9:00 PM

CCA Conference Registration Desk

3:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Exhibit Booths

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

CCA California Leadership Academy (CLA) – Session I

5:00 PM – 5:45 PM

Conference Orientation (New Participants)

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Dinner Buffet | General Session – Elections and State Budget Update

Saturday, October 10

7:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Breakfast Buffet

7:30 AM – 9:00 AM

CCA Conference Registration Desk

8:00 AM – 2:30 PM

Exhibit Booths

8:40 AM – 9:00 AM

CCA and CTA Budget Forum

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

CCA Conference Information Desk

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM

CCA Conference Information Desk

9:00 AM – 10:15 AM

General Session – Bargaining in New Era - “We Can’t Wait Campaign”

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM

Coffee / Tea Break

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

CCA California Leadership Academy (CLA) – Session II Professional Development Workshops – Session I

12:15 PM – 1:45 PM

CCA Elections Via Simply Voting

12:15 PM – 2:00 PM

Lunch Buffet | General Session – CLA Graduation and Panel on Lobbying District Trustees and State Legislators

2:15 PM – 3:45 PM

CCA California Leadership Academy (CLA) – Session III Professional Development Workshops – Session II

3:45 PM – 4:00 PM

Break

4:00 PM – 5:15 PM

General Session – Reviewing Changes to CCA Bylaws and Standing Rules and Meet Your CCA Board Director

5:15 PM – 6:15 PM

Social Hour and Hosted Bar

Sunday, October 11

7:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Breakfast Buffet

7:00 AM – 12:00 PM

CCA Conference Information Desk

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM

CCA Run-Off Election Speeches (if necessary)

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

CCA Run-Off Elections (if necessary) Via Simply Voting

8:30 AM – 12:00 PM

CCA Council Session and Prize Drawings (must be present to win)

1:00 PM

Reminder: Hotel checkout is 1:00 PM

Venue

Host Hotel: Grand Hyatt San Francisco
  • Address: 345 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA, 94108
  • Group Rate: $179/night + tax
  • Booking Deadline: Thursday, September 17, 2026(or until block sells out)
  • Parking Address: Sutter Stockton Garage, 444 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA 94108
  • Parking: Overnight self-parking is discounted to $25+/car/night with in and out privileges

Expense Reimbursement Guidelines for 2026 CCA Fall Conference:

For the 2026 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 – $250 / booth
  • CTA Aspiring Educators – $0

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

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.

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 45 hours of Professional Development which can be used to claim (3) University Credits 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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