The Westin Bonaventure Hotel check-in is at 4pm on Wednesday, July 15. Luggage storage will be available during conference check-in in the San Diego Room, Level 2. Hotel check out will be 11am on Sunday, July 19.

($173/night) Single Room with a choice of 1 King bed or 2 Queen Beds : One conference participant with the option of adding guest(s) to hotel reservation.

($173/night) Single Room with 2 Queen Beds : Two conference participants sharing a single room.

($265) Commuter : Registration Fee includes meals on Wednesday through Sunday, reception, and materials. Does not include hotel parking.

Each room is equipped with a Shower/tub combination, Lighted makeup mirror, Hair dryer, and Robe. The hotel is a non-smoking property.

The registration fee is per Summer Institute participant and includes conference meals, receptions, and conference materials. Parking is not included.

Yes. To room with someone who is not a Summer Institute participant, you may purchase single guest meals on site at the CTA Help Desk. You will book your own room through the booking link provided at the end of your registration or in your registration confirmation email. You will add your guest(s) when you book your room during the hotel reservation process. Guests are ONLY allowed to attend meal functions and are not permitted to attend conference workshops.

Summer Institute Conference check-in will be located on the 2nd floor, San Diego Room. Luggage storage will be available in San Diego during conference check-in.

All Summer Institute participants will be provided with two to three meals daily, beginning with lunch on Wednesday, July 15 and ending with breakfast on Sunday, July 19. All meals are served on the 2nd level, California Ballroom.

Downtown Los Angeles, comprising diverse smaller areas such as Chinatown, Little Tokyo and the Arts District, offers renowned art museums, cutting-edge restaurants & hip bars. Entertainment possibilities is within easy walking distance of the conference center. Visit www.downtownla.com for more information.

Those traveling by plane should fly into LAX or Burbank.

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: ZQCR594167 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.

Please consider using public transportation to travel to the conference. Please visit https://www.metro.net for maps, schedules, fares, and more information. For other public transportation options, ride shares and taxi services are available at all airports.

Please allow as much as 1 1/2 hours from the airport to The Westin Bonaventure and back to the airport (depends on LA and Burbank traffic).

Valet Parking at The Westin Bonaventure is $23/day. All are encouraged to carpool or find alternate modes of transportation to the Summer Institute. City National Plaza Parking will be provided as an overflow parking lot. Please check in at CTA Registration/Help Desk to pick up a parking ticket chaser.

Parking is available at The Westin Bonaventure hotel. Overflow parking will be available across Flower St. at the City National Plaza Garage.

Build a powerhouse local through a high membership participation contract campaign that moves beyond feeling trapped into impasse and toward strategic bargaining and organizing to win. In this strand, chapter teams will navigate through the full bargaining process while also learning and engaging around key organizing fundamentals to build intentional, highparticipation contract campaigns. From foundational development in a bargaining cycle to reaching peak power as factfinding approaches, chapter teams will learn key lessons on the following:

• The elements of a winning campaign and developing an escalating, targeted and strategic organizing plan;
• Detailed understanding of impasse procedures, mediation and factfinding;
• Using school finance and comparability data to assist with organizing;
• Member participation tracking and assessments;
• Power mapping; and Best practices for timing of factfinding hearings and strike votes.

Chapter teams will come away from this training with a deeper understanding of how to backward plan from a potential strike and build the structure necessary to win. Teams will also learn more about the resources and materials available to support their bargaining and organizing work to achieve their local’s goals and experience a successful contract campaign.

Participant requirements:
• Must be part of a chapter team including at least one bargaining team member, one organizing committee member and one chapter officer. Completion of other SI strands such as Essentials of Bargaining, School Finance and/or Organizing and Building Worksite Power to Win! is encouraged but will not be a prerequisite.

For program questions, contact Caroline Gonzales at cgonzales@cta.org.

The Charter Educators Organizing and Bargaining training is designed to support and train union leaders and activists from charter schools across California. The session is very interactive and will provide educators the opportunity to develop new approaches to successful collective bargaining and membership organizing campaigns. Participants will also discuss key issues educators at charter schools currently face, as well as identify trends and challenges on the horizon. Leaders will bring back expanded skills and new strategies that will help them build power and win improvements at their schools for their colleagues and students.

Additionally, our training will provide an opportunity for union leaders at charter schools to meet educators from across California and identify ways for greater coordination to improve standards at charter schools. This facet of the experience is especially important given the large increase in charter school unionization in recent years, as educators at nearly 100 charter schools have joined CTA. As this movement grows, so does the need for increased coordination around organizing and bargaining strategies to win!

Registrants for this training must be verified from a unionized charter school.

For program questions, contact Benjamin West at bwest@cta.org.

Strand is applicable to TK-12 grade levels only.

This session is intended for all CTA members who are beginning their activism in their local union. The Emerging Leaders training is an intensive program designed to provide faculty/site representatives, association committee members, and education advocates with the information, resources, and skills needed to become effective organizers and future leaders of their chapters. Participants will acquire knowledge and skills in the basic concepts of unionism and advocacy, union history, union structure, and effective relational organizing strategies. A variety of activities are designed to enhance the experience participants will have over the course of the week.

Members interested in obtaining bargaining or grievance representation skills should not attend this training. Additionally, potential participants should be aware of the targeted audience and the nature of this training before signing up to participate. Accurate contact information for individual participants is essential when registering for the training.

For program questions, contact Helen Farias at hfarias@cta.org.

Strand is applicable to all grade levels (TK-Higher Ed).

Essential Bargaining Skills serves as the introductory training in CTA’s Summer Institute programs focused on understanding and navigating the bargaining process and contract negotiations at the local chapter level.

Participants in Essential Bargaining Skills will learn about their union’s rights under California collective bargaining law; the bargaining process from sunshine to ratification/impasse; bargaining power and the importance of member engagement and support in negotiations; how best to prepare for bargaining and contract negotiations; processes for surveying and determining member priorities in contract negotiations; reading and drafting contract language proposals; and verbal skills, table tactics, and strategies for bargaining with management.

The training is team-oriented and provides opportunities for participants to develop essential bargaining skills and knowledge through practice in exercises and simulations. Course content is applicable to certificated and classified chapter bargaining team members working in the K-12 and Community College setting.

For program information, contact Tom Pinkava at tpinkava@cta.org.

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In this organizing training for chapter teams, we will focus on the strategies and best practices for winning campaigns, which includes skills in recruiting, engaging, and organizing members at our worksites and in our communities.

Teams will leave with concrete tools and practical skills to maintain high union membership, establish worksite action teams to increase member leadership and involvement at every site and engage and build a vibrant chapter that has power to win on issues.

This training is for:

• Organizing Teams
• Chapter Officers
• Executive Board Members
• Membership Committees
• Worksite Action Teams
• Site Representatives

Designed for Chapter Teams, not Individuals.

For program information, contact David Partida Jr. at DPartida@cta.org

Strand is applicable to all grade levels (TK-Higher Ed).

The School Finance training is designed for negotiators who have previously completed the Essential Bargaining Skills training at Summer Institute or have four or more years of bargaining experience. Please note that those not meeting either prerequisite for this training will not be admitted.

This session is designed for association leaders and bargaining team members who want to become more knowledgeable about the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and school district budgets. The skills and knowledge obtained from this training will sharpen your skills to manage financial data and increase your confidence to handle the impact of the budget on bargaining. Training includes tracking the trends of budget priorities, calculating the cost of a bargaining proposal, determining a district’s ability to pay and developing comparability data to support bargaining objectives.

For program information, contact Mitch Olson at molson@cta.org.

Strand is applicable to TK-12 grade levels.

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