Event Description

Membership will be the highlight for this conference. We’ll also be highlighting our “We Honor Ours” (W.H.O.) Award winners Saturday night with a plated dinner. This is a special program which honors our own local and state union leaders. Finally, we will hold our last Council of the academic year.

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

AGENDA*: Click Here for Agenda

WORKSHOP GRID*: Coming Soon!

TENATIVE SESSIONS*: Click Here for Sessions

DESCRIPTIONS*: Coming Soon!

PROGRAM* Coming Soon!

*All program details and documents are subject to change.

Friday, April 24

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)

Saturday, April 25

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Breakfast Buffet

7:30 AM – 9:00 AM

CCA Conference Registration Desk

7:45 AM – 8:15 AM

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

8:00 AM – 2:30 PM

Exhibit Booths

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

CCA and CTA Budget Forum

9:00 AM – 5:30 PM

CCA Conference Information Desk

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM

CCA Council Session – Elections: Voice Voting on Uncontested Seats

9:20 AM – 10:15 AM

General Session – Prop. 55 Update

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM

Coffee / Tea Break

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

CCA California Leadership Academy (CLA) – Session II

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Professional Development Workshops – Session I

12:15 PM – 1:45 PM

Lunch Buffet | General Session - Award Presentations and 2026 Legislative Update

2:15 PM – 3:45 PM

CCA California Leadership Academy (CLA) – Session III

2:15 PM – 3:45 PM

Professional Development Workshops – Session II

3:45 PM – 5:00 PM

Break

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM

CCA Chapter Photos | Social Hour - A Night Amongst the CCA Stars: A Red-Carpet Gala

6:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Awards | Legislator of the Year and Annual “We Honor Ours” (WHO) Awards and Banquet

Sunday, April 26

7:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Breakfast Buffet

7:30 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

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

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

Expense Reimbursement Guidelines for 2026 CCA Spring Conference

For the 2026 Spring Conference, CCA will reimburse to the people described below the following expenses:
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. Please note: the CCA group room rate only applies to Friday and Saturday night and CCA will not reimburse for any late cancellation fees.
  • 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, W.H.O. Awards Dinner Saturday night, 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 the 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.orgReceipts 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.
Reimbursements require itemized receipts, except for the non-meal gratuities. Hotel reimbursement applies to this conference, but CCA may alter its reimbursement practices in the future.

Venue

Host Hotel: Irvine Marriott 
  • Address: 18000 Von Karman Ave, Irvine, CA 92612
  • Group Rate: $189/night + tax
  • Booking Deadline: Thursday, April 2, 2026 (or until block sells out)
  • Parking: Overnight parking is discounted to $27/car/night.
Airport Shuttle: Hotel offers Complimentary shuttle services to and from SNA-John Wayne Airport. 

Traveling to the Conference

Please consider using public transportation to travel to the conference. Please visit https://octa.net/ for maps, schedules, fares and more information.

Fees

  • CTA Members – $0
  • Aspiring Educators – $0
  • Invited Exhibitor – $200 / booth

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.

 

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

Email: CCAconference@cta.org

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