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Can you believe we are only 6 weeks away from our first in-person event since March of 2020? So many details for CCCAOE's Fall 2021 In-Person Conference are coming together and we can't wait to share them with you.

Below you will find information on the keynote speakers, plenary sessions, the incredible student panel, and so much more.

We are busy building the breakout session schedule and want to thank all of you who submitted your session ranking on the poll. This information is so helpful. The Breakout Session list has been added to the Schedule at a Glance on the website, so you can already scope them out and highlight the ones that you want to attend.

Did you know when you register for the IN-PERSON Conference you also get free access to the Virtual Conference?

Get those registrations in soon, as the OMNI is filling up!
FALL 2021 IN-PERSON CONFERENCE
Schedule-at-a-Glance
To assist you in your planning, see the schedule-at-a-glance that also
includes the list of 38 Breakout sessions that will be available for you to attend.
The amazing line-up of presentations:
Transformative College President & Fortune 50 World’s Greatest Leader

Keynote presentation on Wednesday at 1:30 pm:
Going Forward: How to Build a Higher Education Model for the Post-Pandemic Student


Chairman, Black Voice Foundation Inc. Collector of Artifacts, Underground Railroad Tours, Historical Empathy

Exhibit tours throughout the conference:
Footsteps to You
Keynote presentation on Friday at 10:30 am:
Next Steps, Footsteps to Freedom, Inc.

Vice-Chancellor,
Workforce & Economic Development Division

Keynote presentation on Wednesday at 4:15 pm:
The Latest Information from the Workforce & Economic Development Division of CCCCO.



Dolores Davison, President, Academic Senate for California Community Colleges

Robert Cabral, Interim Dean of Student Learning, Moorpark College

Stephanie Curry, North Representative with the Academic Senate For
California Community Colleges

Panel Presentation on Wednesday at 3:15 pm:
Basic Structure of Governance

As California begins emerging from more than a year of Covid restrictions and regulations, understanding the authority and role of the academic senate, as well as the roles of students, staff, and administrators, is more essential than ever. Ensuring that a college’s governance structures function well in serving its students and the community is vital to the successes of the college moving forward. This general session is intended to explore the role of the academic senate in collegial governance processes, discuss how to effectively navigate the community college shared governance landscape, and provide an overview of the structure of governance work being done at the state level.
Dolores will also be joined by Lance Heard on Friday at 9:30 am for a Plenary Panel: CTE DEI Actions and Best Practices.

Over the last decade, we’ve seen an increase in focus on concepts such as diversity and equity across the nation. This positive development is evident in the support DEI efforts have gained from local, regional, and statewide groups. At the community college level, this has translated into efforts to encourage diversity and equity through professional learning, curriculum redesign, and other efforts that are finally moving DEI goals past superficial conversations and towards concrete efforts that effectively work to address structural racism and the difference in student success levels that it creates.
Kevin Hazel, Co-Creator of L.E.A.D., San Diego Mesa College
Ahizza Romero, Co-Creator of L.E.A.D., San Diego Mesa College
Amanda Johnstone, PTA, M.Ed., Program Director of the Physical Therapist Assistant Program, San Diego Mesa College

Student Panel Presentation on Thursday at 10:30 am:
Our Story of How to LEAD Impactful Change

Have you ever wanted to do more to help your students? Kevin Hazel and Ahizza Romero will share with you - L.E.A.D: a student-created and student-led program that emphasizes diversity and equity while creating leadership pathways that span from classroom to career. The discussion will include conceptualization and implementation of the L.E.A.D. initiative as well as provide a toolkit with resources that you can employ immediately at your institution.
A presentation with Penny MacCormack of ACUE on Friday at 8:30, Transforming the Classroom: Through Effective Instruction

Higher Education institutions across the country have increasingly committed themselves to processes of self-examination and equity-focused change. In this context, attention to teaching and learning has never been more important. Dr. MacCormack’s address will (a) highlight how instructors can ensure that the effective teaching practices are also effective inclusion practices and (b) discuss the key role faculty play in creating inclusive learning environments with equitable opportunities for all students to succeed. She’ll share the stage with California faculty whose work to create inclusive learning environments using evidence-based teaching practices has increased their students' sense of belonging and ability to persist in successfully meeting academic challenges.
and so much more!!
LEADERSHIP LEVEL 2.0
Register today!
In Level 1.0, leaders develop internal skills: managing himself or herself as an individual human being. This includes physical health; emotional balance; self-knowledge—catching yourself being yourself during meetings, decision making, and public events.

Level 2.0 will focus on the mindset and skills of leading, using a combination of learning from MIckey Porter facilitating Dare to Lead, training developed by Brené Brown, and mentoring from community college leaders.

Mickey brings over 30 years of site, district and county-level leadership experience in education to the work of DtL. She is a certified DTL facilitator, and more importantly, an experienced leader, facilitator, coach who will weave what we need in education into the DtL concepts. Mickey brings humor, authenticity and a deep commitment to the tenets of DtL to this training and all that she does.

ADVOCACY MESSAGE
We want to thank Austin Weber, Principal | W Strategies LLC, for this Legislative Update. Austin has been working with and advising the CCCAOE Board this year. His expertise and insight in all the ways legislation affects the California Community College system have been exceedingly valuable. This allows for the Board to take action in advocating for education and workforce success.

Legislative Update by Austin Weber:

The State Legislature returned from a scheduled Summer Recess this week to resume
committee hearings and wrap up unfinished business for the year. For those unfamiliar with the legislative calendar, the Legislature operates on a two-year schedule that coincides with the election of Assemblymembers and Senators. Each year typically consists of a month-long break during the summer and a longer break in the fall between the first and second year of session. Now that members have returned, they will have until September 10th to act on bills introduced earlier this year.

Prior to their departure for the summer, the Legislature passed a series of budget bills that have massive impacts for the State of California and the community college system. The 2020-21 Budget Act increases the overall funding for the California Community Colleges by more than $3.5 billion in one-time and ongoing dollars. These increases include spending for student basic needs and financial aid, faculty support and staff professional development, and the paydown of deferrals proposed in last year’s budget due to the pandemic. Notably, for the first time since the program’s inception and as a result of CCCAOE’s advocacy, the Strong Workforce Program received an ongoing budget increase of more than $42 million.

In the coming weeks, the Legislature will likely pass a series of “Budget Jr” bills that will make
minor technical changes to the previously enacted budget and consider a variety of revenue
changes as the state updates its regular tax collection activities and adjusts projections for the coming year. While much of this is routine on the Legislature’s part, the pending recall election of Governor Newsom is likely to add an additional layer of politics to the end of session. Ballots for the election have already started being delivered to registered voters and the election is set for September 14th.

Meanwhile, in Washington, DC, the Senate passed a bipartisan spending deal that would make some of the largest investments in public infrastructure in our nation’s history. The package, which totals nearly $1.2 trillion, is pending in the House of Representatives where it is currently caught up in the larger politics of the federal budget process. If passed, the infrastructure deal would directly benefit our institutions and students with nearly $42.45 billion in broadband expansion funding for states and indirectly through the creation of demand for CTE programs related to construction and transportation operations. Although a prior version of the bill had direct funding for education related to these programs, those funds were removed and will instead become part of the budget reconciliation process that is likely to drag into the fall.

CCCAOE will continue to monitor and engage in these processes at both the state and federal levels. If you are interested in participating on our Advocacy Committee or want to learn more about how you can participate in our advocacy efforts, contact your Regional Vice President.

SUCCESS STORIES
Last conference we hosted a special strand for Classified Staff. We are so excited to hear about these special acknowledgments "of leadership, demonstrating the highest level of commitment to the Vision for Success, setting an example of professional ethics and standards, and are devoted...to their local community college district."

Congratulations to Silvia Gonzalez, Yuba College - Amy Hunter, Irvine Valley College - Demetria Lawrence, Contra Costa College - Linda Olmos, Long Beach City College - Alicen Vera, Los Angeles Valley College.
California Community Colleges Board of Governors Honors
Five with Classified Employee of the Year Award

Classified professionals from Contra Costa College, Irvine Valley College, Long Beach City College, Los Angeles Valley College and Yuba College have been honored with the 2021 Classified Employee of the Year Award by the California Community Colleges Board of Governors at its May 24 meeting.

“This year’s Classified Employee of the Year recipients have exhibited an unyielding commitment to students, to their colleges and to their profession during a profoundly difficult year impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the California Community Colleges is honored to recognize these heroes,” said Board of Governors President Pamela Haynes.


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