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2023-11-30 08:00:00
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Invest in your students

AEC is CSBA’s premier continuing education program—delivering practical solutions to help governance teams from districts and county offices of education improve student learning and achievement. Whether you are a veteran board member, a superintendent, a board support professional or a first-time attendee, you’ll come away from conference with practical ideas and a renewed commitment to help your board accomplish the critical work ahead.

Why attend

Your students are counting on you.Invest in your students and schools by attending CSBA’s Annual Education Conference and Trade Show. Get information, share insights, find solutions and ways to raise student achievement levels at the more than 100 highly focused sessions this year.
Partner with education experts.Find out how our business partners can help you effectively manage and lead your schools with the various product and service solutions they offer.
Get the latest education trends and issues.Whether it’s issues related to budget and finance, student achievement, governance, school safety, common core, community engagement, communication or collaboration, this premier event focuses on key areas to guide governance teams through tough fiscal times.
You can’t afford not to attend.This is the only leadership development opportunity that offers the governance perspective. Partner directly with leaders in the education arena and collaborate with your peers to tackle the issues you face in your own school district or county office of education.

What to expect

Breakout sessionsSessions hosted by CSBA members
Trade Show FloorInteract with vendors and learn more about CSBA
Pre-conference activitiesSpecialized content to prepare you for your roles
NetworkingEngage with fellow education experts

2023 Conference Strands

Equitable Access to All

The Equitable Access to All strand explores the relationships between funding for schools, student achievement and preparation of students for college and career. This strand exemplifies how decision making through an equity lens can effectively respond to the diverse needs of students so that all students have access to a broad, rigorous and equitable course of study.

Topics could include: Core classes (English language arts, mathematics, science); innovative and successful programs that close achievement and opportunity gaps for all students, including educational and wellness challenges; equity issues in rural and/or small school district communities; implicit bias; and understanding the shifting needs of California students. Examples: college and career readiness; use of data to measure progress; special education funding challenges; broadband access in the community; Local Control Funding Formula; Multi-Tiered System of Supports; Extended learning opportunities; before and afterschool programs; positive behavior interventions and school discipline practices; access to universal pre-K; course access, including dual/concurrent enrollment and ethnic studies; Dual language programs; and state Seal of Biliteracy.

Governance Strategy and Practice

The Governance Strategy and Practice strand aims to equip school district and county board of education members with the leadership skills, qualities, strategies and techniques to become a high-functioning team and advocate for all students.

Topics could include: board member role in developing a positive school culture; shared governance; leadership and decision making in crisis; board self-evaluation; superintendent contracts, hiring and evaluations; conflict resolution; use of data in making decisions; policy and protocols to support good governance; goal setting and budget alignment; redistricting; leadership role of the board president; engaging the voice of student board members; how to be an advocate; understanding and following parliamentary procedure; Form 700 and conflict of interest; ethics and transparency; California Public Records Act; the Brown Act; orienting new trustees; charter school oversight; candidate orientation; trustee role in negotiations; accountability; advocating and understanding the complexities of K-12 funding and budgeting; pension planning; health care and labor negotiations; collective bargaining; declining enrollment and attendance issues; school closures; facilities, bonds and tax campaigns; small school district issues; transportation; facilities; grants; affordable teacher housing; special education funding.

Mental Health, Wellness and Student Safety

The Mental Health, Wellness and Student Safety strand encompasses the conditions of learning that address how student wellness, school culture and campus security contribute to educating the whole student and creating a nurturing, safe and respectful environment.

Topics could include: addressing student needs; suicide prevention; anti-bullying/harassment programs; human trafficking awareness; fentanyl, drug/alcohol prevention and response; mental health and the impact on students, families, teachers and staff; supporting LGBTQ students; mental health services and community partnerships; access to mental health services; social and mental health resources for teachers and school board members, including stress and decision fatigue; board member role in promoting healthy school climate; programs that address student mental, nutritional and physical health; social-emotional curriculum including mindfulness as a discipline; wraparound services including before school, after school and summer programming; community schools; localized mental health services in underserved communities; trauma-informed services including adverse childhood experiences; school-based health clinics; issues related to legalization of marijuana; vaping; open dialogue with law enforcement and government agencies; role of school counselors; and wellness interventions.

Student and Community Engagement

The Student and Community Engagement strand addresses board members’ leadership role in enabling authentic engagement and strengthening collaborative relationships with students, stakeholders, community partners and decision-makers to generate support for public schools and student achievement.

Topics could include: engaging student voice; Local Control and Accountability Plan and authentic parent and stakeholder participation; community schools; connecting with faith-based communities to reach families; marketing and promoting schools; personal and collective accountability; building positive school culture; student-centered schools; strategic planning; cultural literacy; programs and strategies for welcoming and engaging families, including parent resource centers or multilingual parent/family liaisons; local and grassroots advocacy; community organizing; legislative advocacy; forming political partnerships; business, nonprofit, philanthropic and corporate partnerships including health and wellness providers and partnerships between county offices of education and school districts to support student success; programs and partnerships addressing climate resiliency or climate action plans and/or sustainability.

The Promise and Peril of Technology

This strand addresses the importance of ensuring that all students have access to the digital technology, programs and resources needed to prepare them for the future and explores the challenges of cyberattacks, plagiarism, loss of privacy, social media bullying and the law. Workshops will provide board members an opportunity to learn about the latest information on security risks, research and trends for the K-12 education system.

Topics could include: professional development; one-to-one devices; funding; access to technology; student data and privacy; technology challenges and solutions; disabilities and devices; plagiarism; artificial intelligence (AI); cybersecurity; social media and digital communications; social media use by students, teachers and schools; privacy issues and use of cameras; student voice; extended learning; and accelerated learning.

Location

San Francisco Moscone West CenterFor those who choose to attend, all of our main events, including General Sessions, workshops and pre-conference and one-day activities, will take place in the San Francisco Moscone West Center located in downtown San Francisco.

2022 Speakers

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Tara Westover

#1 NYT Bestselling Author, Educated
Tara Westover is an American author. Born in Idaho to a father opposed to public education, she never attended school. An older brother taught her to read, and after that her education was erratic and haphazard, with most of her days spent working in her father’s junkyard or stewing herbs for her mother. She was seven-teen the first time she set foot in a classroom. After that first encounter with education she pursued learning for a decade, graduating magna cum laude from Brigham Young University in 2008 and subsequently winning a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. She received an MPhil from Trinity College, Cambridge in 2009 and in 2014 was awarded a PhD in history. In 2018, she published her memoir, Educated, which explores her struggle to reconcile her desire for education and autonomy with her desire to be loyal to her family. Educated was an instant commercial and critical success, debuting at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and remaining on the list for more than two years. It was also a finalist for a number of national awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. The New York Times named Educated one of the 10 Best Books of 2018, and the American Booksellers Association voted it the Nonfiction Book of the Year. To date, Educated has sold more than 8 million copies and has been translated into 45 languages. President Barack Obama included Educated on his annual reading list, calling it “remarkable,” and Bill Gates listed it as one of his favorite books of the year, saying, “It’s even better than you’ve heard.” For her staggering impact, TIME Magazine named Westover one of the 100 most influential people of 2018.
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Brandon P. Fleming

Nationally-Acclaimed Educator, Award-Winning Author of MISEDUCATED, Former Debate Coach at Harvard University, and Founder & CEO of The Veritas School
Brandon P. Fleming is a nationally acclaimed educator and author of MISEDUCATED. His story of struggle, success, and service has inspired millions around the world. An at-risk youth and college dropout turned award-winning educator, Fleming is a former debate coach at Harvard  University  and  Founder  & CEO  of  The Veritas School of Social Sciences, formerly known as the Harvard Debate Council Diversity Project.  Over the past five years, Fleming has raised over a million dollars to enroll over 150 students of color into Harvard’s international summer debate residency on full scholarship. Fleming recruits under-served youth with no prior debate experience who he then trains to compete against hundreds of elite debaters from over 25 different countries around the world. For five consecutive years, since the program’s inception in 2017, every cohort trained by Fleming has won the international competition. News of the achievement instantly went viral and broke national headlines, being featured on CNN, ESPN, Good Morning America, and many more. The organization has gained the financial backing of Fortune 100 companies such as The Coca-Cola Company, UPS, Chick-fil-A, and many more. Fleming has established a groundbreaking organization that is positioning Black youth for acceptance into Ivy League and elite colleges & universities. His students have now matriculated to Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and others alike. Fleming’s story and achievements have enabled him to use his voice to inspire and impact lives in places ranging from federal prisons to global platforms such as the United Nations General Assembly. At the age of 29, Forbes Magazine named Fleming to the Forbes 30 under 30 list. In 2020, The Root Magazine named Fleming one of the top 100 most influential African-Americans in the United States.  And in May 2021, North Carolina Wesleyan College bestowed upon Fleming the honorary Doctor of Humanities degree.
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Sponsors

Thank you to our 2022 Sponsors

CSBA would like to thank the sponsors of the 2022 Annual Education Conference. Without their support, we would not be able to provide the high-quality speakers and events that make the conference such a success. The 2022 AEC sponsors include:

  • Strand Sponsor:
  • Stifel
  • Small School Districts Luncheon:
  • Wellness Together
  • Attendee Lanyards:
  • Lozano Smith, LLP
  • Attendee Badges:
  • Northern California  Carpenters Regional Council
  • Professional Headshot Station:
  • Balfour Beatty
  • Tote Bags:
  • PBK
  • Golden Bell Awards:
  • Climatec
  • Demsey Filliger & Associates
  • Care Solace
  • ThoughtExchange
  • Board Member of the Year:
  • Ball Frost Group, LLC
  • AEC Step Challenge:
  • ENGIE N.A. 
  • Scavenger Hunt:
  • Jones Hall 
  • Snack Break:
  • Parsec Education 
  • Golden Bell Cocktail Napkin & Scavenger Hunt:
  • Orbach Huff & Henderson LLP 
  • Hotel Branding:
  • CalSTRS
  • App Banner Ad:
  • Eastshore Consulting
  • General Sponsorship:
  • Capitol Advisors
  • Urban School Districts Luncheon:
  • US Army Southern California Recruiting Battalion
  • California School Boards Association
    Association Education Department
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