CCEA Plus 2025 Surf's Up! Riding the Waves of Opportunity

CCEA Plus 2025 Surf's Up! Riding the Waves of Opportunity

Welcome to our 2025 Conference "Surf’s Up! Riding the Waves of Oppotrunity"
For registration, lodging and other up-to-date conference information please visit our CCEA website:
https://cceanet.org/ccea-conference-2025/

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7:00am PDT

Buffet Breakfast & General Session: Region Pride Day - Wear Your Region Color Day Pacific Ballroom Registration Pacific Foyer

7:45am PDT

Welcome Message and Introductions Pacific Ballroom

8:00am PDT

Keynote Message with Jacie Ragland Pacific BallroomCDE • Jacie Ragland

9:15am PDT

Preparing Students for Career and Academic Success Pacific INueva Vista High School • James Wandrie • Lucy Centeno • Richard Bullock • School District Employee Brain Breaks in the Classroom Sunset 1Vista West High School • Karen Roberts • School District Employee Developing Lessons for Various Student Personality and Communication Styles Sunset 3Glen View High School Beaumont Unified School District • Bob Blanck • School District Employee MUHSD MTSS Pacific GMerced Union High School District • Torrin Johnson • School District Employee Purpose Driven School Pacific FVal Verde High School • James Toth II • Brandon Mosely • Eric Bjornstad • School District Employee Ghosting is for Phones, Not Schools: Building Meaningful Connections on Campus Palm 7Mojave High School • Hesperia Unified School District • Chris Fore • Martin Hoover • Carl Kirby • Patrick Kuhns • School District Employee We Can Do Hard Things Together Pacific HColumbus High School-Downey Unified School District • Bianca Farina • School District Employee Every Student is One Caring Adult Away from Changing their Narrative Pacific CCalifornia Department of Education • Karrie Rachelle Sequeira • Pamela Cajucom • Sara Eaton • CDE “He said what???” When a student says something scary. Pacific ECNUSD • Joe Antonelli • School District Employee Classroom Climate and Supporting the Trauma Impacted Student Sunset 2Mount Toro High School/Salinas Union High School District • Matthew B Fleming • School District Employee Studio PLC at Continuation HS Pacific DValley High School • Catarina E Kohnen • Myron Kwai • Bertha Jimenez • School District Employee Teaching to students who have given up on learning using AI Skyview 2Annapolis Creed LLC • Jordan B Smith Jr • Consultant A+ Attendance Campaigns Skyview 1San Andreas • SBCUSD • Dorie Stratton • Cristina Topete • School District Employee

10:30am PDT

Expectations, Current State, and the GAP between Pacific ISBCUSD - Sierra HS • Candice Rochelle Adamson • School District Employee 9th Grade Academy to Promote an Essential Transitional Academic Year Pacific FWestbury Union Free School District • Paul A Pelech • School District Employee Beyond the Think-Pair-Share: Creating Conversations in the Alt.Ed Classroom Pacific CAdelante High School • Roseville Joint Union High School District • Erin Cook • School District Employee Developing an After School Credit Recovery Program Pacific HAlessandro H.S. Hemet USD • Ryan Berkowsky • Matt Centofranchi • School District Employee Educational Updates: Continuation Education in the Light of New Changes Sunset 1Capitol Advisors Group • Barrett Snider • CCEA Lobbyist Continuous Cycle of Improvement - SPSA Writing with SSC Sunset 3Los Angeles Unified School District • Marty Barrios • School District Employee MTSS - Beyond Tier 3 Pacific GHart District - Bowman Continuation High School • Daniel Kingery • School District Employee CCEA Plus Leadership Academy Presents: Comparing Comprehensive School Sites vs Continuation Sites Palm 7Modesto City Schools • Rachelle Barkus • School District Employee Lead Like Lasso: Science-based Leadership Strategies for Alternative High School Educators Pacific EThriving YOUniversity • Joelle Hood • Consultant SPAR(C)king Resilience in the Classroom Sunset 2Mount Toro High School/Salinas Union High School District • Matthew B Fleming • School District Employee

11:45am PDT

Lunch, 2025 Professional Awards Luncheon Pacific Ballroom

2:00pm PDT

Preparing Students for Jobs in the Legal Profession by supporting Youth Courts Palm 7Parents • Educators/Teachers & Students in Action • Seymour Amster • Consultant Gil Lab: Innovative credit recovery program: "Last Chance U" but a "First Chance of Hope" Pacific HGilbert High/Anaheim Union • Jenni Camarena • School District Employee Mustang Academy: Pioneering 9th Grade Program Pacific FCalaveras Hills High School • Kimi Lynn Schmidt • Teresa Zesati Quezada • School District Employee Successful ELA Strategies Sunset 1Orange Grove High School • Corona-Norco Unified School District • Donia Ismail • School District Employee The Apathy Antidote: Empowering Positive Student Engagement in the Classroom Pacific EThriving YOUniversity • Joelle Hood • Consultant All Things MTSS Pacific ISierra High School • SBCUSD • Vance Bee • School District Employee Implementing an Equity Multiplier Framework to Support Student Mental Health and Resilience Pacific GFullBloom - EmpowerU • Erika Cedergren • Chris Fore • Business ‘Success at NVHS’ Orientation Course: An innovative approach to re-engaging students with the classroom and community. Pacific DNew Valley High School • Santa Clara Unified School District • Adam Siegel • Lindsey Couto • School District Employee Building School Culture at an Alternative Education Site Sunset 3Calla High School (Manteca Unified School District) • Michele Bryson • School District Employee Integrating Social-Emotional Supports to Enhance Academic Achievement Sunset 2Escondido Union High School District • Adriana Bonilla • Ulisess Hernandez • School District Employee “What is wrong with that kid?” Part 1. Navigating challenging behavior. Pacific CCNUSD • Joe Antonelli • School District Employee Empowering Struggling Students: Practical Literacy Building Strategies for all Disciplines. Skyview 1Nueva High School Continuation • Marion DeWilde • Zulma Guerra • Soledad Cervantes • School District Employee Trauma Informed Leadership: Mindful approaches for school administrators Skyview 2Mount Toro High School/Salinas Union High School District • Matthew B Fleming • School District Employee

3:00pm PDT

Time with Vendors/Coffee Break/Student Art Showcase Pacific Foyer & Pacific Ballroom

3:30pm PDT

Riding the Literacy Wave: How the Science of Reading Elevates Alternative Education Sunset 1Lexia Learning • Pearl Mathieu • Linda Ramirez • Jenna Hibbard • Consultant Sierra CTE S.H.I.N.E.s: Sparking Success through Early College Opportunities Pacific ISBCUSD - Sierra HS • Audra LaChausse • Sharon Cowley • Veronica Pena • Syntya Carrasco Bautista • School District Employee Alternative Placement Committee Pacific EEUHSD • CCEA Plus Board • Daniel Barajas • School District Employee Amistad HS: A multi-tiered approach to student success Pacific GAmistad High School • Richard Pimentel • Christina Fontes • School District Employee Directed Studies: A Homeroom Course to help build relationships and increase graduation rate Sunset 3Calla High School (Manteca Unified School District) • Michele Bryson • Horacio Mercado • School District Employee Defying the Odds: An Immigrant Educator's Counterstory, from Continuation Student to Doctoral Graduate Pacific FTracy High School • Socorro Rojas • School District Employee Positive Alternatives to Problematic Behaviors: Building Bridges through Preventive and Restorative Practices Palm 7California Department of Education • Dan Sackheim • CDE • School District Employee Art and SEL for All Classrooms Pacific HColumbus High • Downey Unified • Jennifer LaMar • School District Employee Reimagining School-Based Wellness Programs: Building Sustainable Solutions for Mental Health, Racial Equity, and Youth Empowerment in an Alternative Education High School Sunset 2Hayward Unified School District • Yvette Beavers • Michelle Paronia • Kwasi T. Reed • Denise Moreno • School District Employee “What is wrong with that kid?” Part 2. How to help students (and maybe adults) with challenging behavior. Pacific CCNUSD • Joe Antonelli • School District Employee

4:45pm PDT

Drum Circles, A Participatory Example of Positive Alternatives to Negative Behaviors Flamingo LawnCalifornia Department of Education • Dan Sackheim • CDE • School District Employee

5:15pm PDT

Dinner on Your Own TBA