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/

8:00am PDT

Keynote Message with Jacie Ragland Pacific BallroomCDE • Jacie Ragland

9:15am PDT

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 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

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 SPAR(C)king Resilience in the Classroom Sunset 2Mount Toro High School/Salinas Union High School District • Matthew B Fleming • School District Employee

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 Successful ELA Strategies Sunset 1Orange Grove High School • Corona-Norco Unified School District • Donia Ismail • School District Employee 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 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

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 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

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

9:15am PDT

Seal of Civic Engagement Project/Mt. Olympus Sunset 2Central Unified /Pershing Continuation • Jill Young • Susan Good • Jack Geiger • School District Employee Sierra CTE S.H.I.N.E.s: Holistic Help, Hope, and High Achievement Pacific ISBCUSD - Sierra HS • Vance Bee • Samuel Betancourt • Candice Adamson • School District Employee Continuous Cycle of Improvement - SPSA Writing with SSC Pacific FLos Angeles Unified School District • Marty Barrios • School District Employee Learn All About the New and Improved Model Continuation High School and Model Community Day School Applications Pacific CCDE • CCEA Plus • Dan Sackheim • CCEA Plus Board • School District Employee Unifying Staff to Impact School Culture Palm 7Frontier High School • Annette Ledezma • Richard Rodriguez, • School District Employee Using Community Cultural Wealth to Center Your Student' Cultural Assets Pacific GBoynton HS • Campbell Union High School District • Jennie Hall • School District Employee Fatherless Boys, Addressing Their Needs and Fostering Success Sunset 3Orange Grove High School • Corona-Norco Unified School District • Carlos Guillen • School District Employee Fatherless Boys, Addressing Their Needs and Fostering Success Sunset 3Orange Grove High School • Corona-Norco Unified School District • Carlos Guillen • School District Employee CCAE Plus Leadership Academy Presents: Aspiring Administrator Workshop for Continuation Schools. Skyview 2Modesto City Schools • Rachelle Barkus • School District Employee CCEA Plus Leadership Academy Presents: Transitioning Students Best Practices Skyview 1Citrus High School • Jerry Abrica • School District Employee Designing a Culturally Responsive Orientation Program for Alternative Ed. Students ~ Valley High School Pacific DValley High School • Monica Lee • Noemi Iraci • School District Employee

10:30am PDT

Unlocking Student Potential and Buy In: What data collection can be in alternative education. Pacific GWasco Independence High School • Kayla Castillo • School District Employee Amistad HS: A multi-tiered approach to student success Pacific FAmistad High School • Richard Pimentel • Christina Fontes • School District Employee Ask CCEA Plus Leaders All Your Questions About the New and Improved Model Continuation High School and Model Community Day School Recognition Programs Pacific CCDE • CCEA Plus • Dan Sackheim • CCEA Plus Board • School District Employee

12:45pm PDT

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

1:30pm PDT

Discover AVID in a Continuation School Setting Palm 7Valley High School • Sharon Clark • Jose Espinoza • School District Employee Get Curious, NOT Furious: Strategies for Supporting Challenging Behaviors Pacific EThriving YOUniversity • Liz Toruno • Consultant 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 Intakes & WINS Pacific HClovis Community Day School • Katie Hammond • Casey Olson • School District Employee WASCING with Purpose Sunset 2Columbus High School-Downey Unified School District • Bianca Farina • School District Employee Fatherless Boys, Addressing Their Needs and Fostering Success Skyview 2Orange Grove High School • Corona-Norco Unified School District • Carlos Guillen • School District Employee

2:45pm PDT

Navigating Students’ Pathways: Embracing AI/AR/VR's Role in Career Exploration Pacific EzSpace • Inc. • Amanda Austin • David Elliott • Business Building School Culture at an Alternative Education Site Sunset 3Calla High School (Manteca Unified School District) • Michele Bryson • School District Employee SEL for Students and Teachers Pacific GColumbus High • Downey Unified • Jennifer LaMar • School District Employee

9:00am PDT

CCEA Plus Board Q & A Pacific BallroomCCEA Plus • CCEA Plus Board of Directors • School District Employee