CCCAOE will only be accepting credit card payments for the Spring 2024 Conference and all events and conferences moving forward. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to seeing all of you in Sacramento at our Spring 2024 Conference.
California Community College Association for Occupational Education’s (CCCAOE) conferences are widely known for offering powerful keynote, plenary, and pre-conference experiences. Each year CCCAOE works with a theme. This year’s theme is Shaping a Sustainable Future for California’s Diverse Workforce.
Your CCCAOE professional development planning committee for the Spring 2024 Conference has aligned the conference strands with Vision 2030 and the feedback you provided in the 2024 Survey.
Join in the energizing opportunity to hear from leaders and peers, who, like you, show up every day in their roles as active leaders. Gain knowledge and inspiration that will help you be the best leaders in your classrooms, school districts, and college campuses, whether locally, regionally, statewide, or nationally.
The pre-conference sessions were on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 and ran from 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. at Hyatt Regency. The full conference began on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. at Safe Credit Union Convention Center, Sacramento. The conference wrapped up on Friday, April 26, 2024, by noon.
Meals: Breakfasts were provided Wednesday – Friday at Hyatt Regency Sacramento. Mid-morning breaks, lunch, and mid-afternoon breaks were provided Wednesday – Friday at the Safe Credit Union Convention Center. President’s Reception was on Wednesday Evening at Cafeteria 15L.
There will be four (4) conference days with:
Full Conference – $945
CCCAOE will only be accepting credit card payments for the Spring 2024 Conference and all events and conferences moving forward. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to seeing all of you in Sacramento at our Spring 2024 Conference.
Book your room(s) at :
Hyatt Regency Sacramento
Hyatt rooms start at $235.00++/night. Must book by 04/01/2024
1209 L Street, Sacramento, California 95814
Phone: +1 916 443 1234 Email: concierge@hyatt.com
Sheraton Grand Sacramento
Sheraton rooms started at $$219.00+/night. Must book by 04/01/2024
1230 J St. Sacramento, California 95814
Phone: +1 916-447-1700
Wednesday, April 24th
3:30 p.m. – Keynote – Ovi Vasquez – Cultivating Resilience, Enabling Talent
Embark on a transformative journey to redefine educational paradigms for California’s diverse and dynamic workforce. Dive into leveraging lifelong learning as a recruitment strategy and sustaining engagement for long-term career growth. We’ll uncover student-centered techniques for improved engagement and retention, highlight the importance of diverse learning strategies, and discuss integrating practical work experiences to align education with current job market needs. Emphasizing clear goals, positivity, and a success-driven mindset, this presentation aims to build a supportive academic community, vital for student perseverance, achievement, and access. Join us for an insightful exploration into shaping California’s workforce for a sustainable future, where diversity drives innovation.
Friday, April 26th
10:45 a.m. – Keynote – Juan Torres – NREL
Mr. Juan Torres is the Associate Laboratory Director for Energy Systems Integration at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. In this role, he oversees NREL’s research on power systems, cybersecurity, energy security and resilience, decision science, and systems analysis. Torres is Co-Chair for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium (GMLC), a partnership of 14 national laboratories to advance modernization of the U.S. power grid. He co-leads the Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems (ARIES) research platform and oversees its cyber range. ARIES matches the scale and complexity of real energy systems to accelerate pathways for a clean, secure, and resilient energy future.
Wednesday, April 24th
1:30 p.m. – Student Panel
4:30 p.m. – CCCCO – Vice Chancellor’s update with Vice Chancellor Tony Cordova, Vice Chancellors David O’Brien, Wrenna Finch, and Valerie Lundy-Wagner
Thursday, April 25th
8:30 a.m. – Concurrent Plenary Sessions (3)
Friday, April 26th:
8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. – Two Plenary sessions
Each pre-conference session requires full conference registration AND a separate RSVP.
To attend a pre-conference session, select the session(s) you wish to attend and scan the QR code or click the link to RSVP on the flyer.
All pre-conference sessions will be held at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento.
| Room | Time | Title | Strand | Presenter |
| CAPITOL VIEW 15TH | 8-12, 4 hr | Building Pathways to Economic Mobility for Low-Wage Adult Learners with WestEd
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Support | West Ed: Randy Tillery, Rachel Antrobus, and John Brauer
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| REGENCY D | 8:30 -9:30, 1 hr | California Adult Education Program (CAEP) State Update
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Educational Access for All Lifelong Learners | California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office: Gary Adams and Mayra Diaz
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| GOLDEN STATE AB | 8:30 – 10-, 1.5 hrs | Providing Equity in Support Using Vision-Aligned Reporting
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Support | FCCC and California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office: Stacy Fisher, LaCandice Ochoa, and Liz Delgado
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| CARMEL AB | 8:30 – 12:30, 4 hr | Catalyzing your campus-based internship program, including LAEP – 60 attendees
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Experiential & WorkBase Learning | San Diego Mesa College with Alex Berry, Shawn Fawcett, Pavel Consuegra, and FCCC’s Leti Shafer, Sonia Anchundo-Reynoso
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| REGENCY D | 10-12, 2 hrs | A Sustainable Approach Using Perkins Core Indicators for Program Improvement
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Social Mobility Strategies | California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office: Jean Claude Mbomeda, Lupe Maldonado
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| CARMEL AB | 1 – 5, 4 hr | Pioneering Pathways: Launching California’s Apprenticeship Pathways Demonstration Project
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Experiential & WorkBase Learning | Marvin Martinez, with the Rancho Santiago Community College District, Gary Adams and Sean McCobb with California Community College Chancellor’s Office, Joshua Modlin, Kaley Martin, Keshia Peterson, and Michelle Vaughn-Lopez with the Foundation for California Community Colleges
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| REGENCY D | 1 – 3, 2 hr | How Kern CCDs California Renewable Energy Laboratory (CREL) and the 21st Century Energy Center is integrating the classroom into the community; bringing stakeholders together
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Climate Practice | Lora Larkin and Sara Sullivan of CREL/KernCCD, Dave Teasdale of KernCCD and 21st Century Energy Center, Ellen Morris of NREL, and Jeff Clary of FCCC
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| CAPITOL VIEW 15TH | 2 – 4, 2 hrs | Advocating for Student Access and Success using Credit for Prior Learning (CPL)
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Experiential & WorkBase Learning | Norco College and the California MAP Initiative with Dr. Sigrid Williams
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| GOLDEN STATE AB | 2 hr – 3 – 5 | 20,000 Educators Needed by August 2025: Significant Updates and Upcoming Opportunities for California’s Diverse Early Learning Workforce
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Stephen Propheter and Sarah Neville-Morgan of California Department of Education; Dr. Mary Vixie Sandy of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, Amy Smith of California Community College Chancellor’s Office, and Renee Marshall of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
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1. “My students are counting on me.”
Invest in your students and schools by attending. Get information, share insights, find solutions and ways to increase recruitment and retention rates.
2. “From a leadership perspective, I can’t afford not to attend.”
This is the only career education professional development opportunity that offers the leadership and faculty perspective. Partner directly with leaders in the education arena and collaborate with your peers to tackle the issues you face in your own district or regions.
3. “It’s how I follow education trends and best practices.”
Whether it’s issues related to budget and finance; innovation and student learning; leadership; equity; community engagement, communication or collaboration, this premier event focuses on key areas to share best practices and programs being implemented in the field.
4. “I discover practical solutions to education challenges.”
We deliver practical solutions to help Career Education teams improve education and economic development opportunities.
5. “It’s a way to partner with education experts.”
Spend time with our business partners on our fast-growing Vendor Show floor and find out how they can help you effectively manage and lead your districts with the various product and service solutions they offer.
Get a direct connection to a network of career education practitioners
that share best practices.
Learn how to navigate the California Community College system and
advocate more effectively for your programs.
“As always, the networking opportunities to connect with folks in my area at different campuses is the best thing about this conference.” – 2019 Conference Attendee
“My favorite part of the CCCAOE Conference is the knowledgeable and dedicated presenters that took time to collaborate and connect colleagues from various colleges!” – 2019 Conference Attendee
Learning about what other colleges are doing across the state, the best practices, and insight to overcome issues… these are the reasons I attend.” – 2019 Conference Attendee
No. – All attendees are responsible for covering the cost of their own hotel accommodations
Breakfast is Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Lunch is served on Wednesday and Thursday. A light evening reception is served on Wednesday evening.
Yes. – Please consult our refund policy here.
Refunds will take 4 – 6 weeks post-conference.
The schedule is outlined at the top of this page.
Attendance Substitutes are acceptable. However, after the cancellation deadline, you are responsible for full payment.
Please email substitute’s first and last name, cellphone (for registration purposes) as well as their job title and college/organization affiliation to registration@cccaoe.org for name tag and registration purposes as early as possible.
Please include your name and organization in the email.
Phone: (877) 7- CCCAOE
Kimberly Ranalla, Project Manager
admin@cccaoe.org
Lexi Smoots, Registrar
registration@cccaoe.org
Gary Quire, Interim Executive Director
executivedirector@cccaoe.org
Mailing Address:
CCCAOE
1800 21st Street PMB 205
Sacramento, CA 95811
Safe Credit Union Convention Center
West Lobby Entrance – Ballroom A
13th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
1209 L Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
