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2024 Curriculum Institute

- Pasadena Convention Center

Theme: Curriculum Unmasked: Revitalize, Revamp and Reignite!

Are you ready to embark on a journey of collaboration, innovation, inspiration, and transformation in the realm of California Community College curriculum? Pack your bags and climb aboard! The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) invites you to attend the 2024 Curriculum Institute – Hybrid Event on July 10-13, 2024 held in beautiful Pasadena, California, at the Pasadena Convention Center!

2023 Curriculum Institute - Hybrid Event

- Riverside Convention Center

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Delivering on the Promise of Higher Education Through California Community Colleges Curriculum

2022 Curriculum Institute - Hybrid Event

- Riverside Convention Center and Pathable Virtual Event Platform

ASCCC presents the 2022 Curriculum Institute, held at the Riverside Convention Center, Riverside, CA. and in Pathable's Virtual Event Platform*, July 6-9, 2022

*subject to change*

2021 Curriculum Institute - Virtual Event

Pathable Virtual Event Platform

The 2021 Curriculum Institute will be taking place as an online Virtual Event.  

2020 Curriculum Institute - Virtual Conference

The 2020 Curriculum Institute will be taking place as an online Virtual Event.  

2019 Curriculum Institute

Hyatt San Francisco Airport

The 2019 Curriculum Institute will take place at the Hyatt San Francisco Airport on July 10-13, 2019 located at 1333 Old Bayshore Hwy, Burlingame, CA 94010. The institute will cover a multitude of curriculum issues including the implementation of AB 705, Title 5 changes, the Student Centered Funding Formula, quantitative reasoning, guided pathways, UC Transfer Pathways, curriculum streamlining, noncredit, CTE, credit for prior learning, the Chancellor’s Office Curriculum Inventory (COCI), and much more. The pre-session takes place on Wednesday, July 10. Colleges are encouraged to bring a team of individuals, and for the first time, colleges will be able to bring up to seven team members. College teams should include the curriculum chair, CIO, and a curriculum specialist, so make sure to reserve your spot now! More information coming soon.

2019 Career and Noncredit Institute

DoubleTree by Hilton San Diego Mission Valley

The 2019 Career and Noncredit Education Institute will be held April 25-27, 2019 at the DoubleTree by Hilton San Diego Mission Valley located at 7450 Hazard Center Drive, San Diego, CA  92108. Colleges are encouraged to send teams of practitioners and leaders to include career education faculty, noncredit faculty, counselors, senate presidents, and faculty and administrative leaders involved in career education, noncredit education, and AEBG.

 

2018 Curriculum Institute

Southern California

Event Date: July 11 (Pre-session) - 14, 2018

Event Location: Riverside Convention Center | 3637 5th St, Riverside, CA 92501

The 2018 ASCCC Curriculum Institute, "Reimagining the Student Experience", will take place at the Riverside Convention Center on July 12 - 14. The institute will cover pressing curriculum issues including the implementation of AB 705, quantitative reasoning, guided pathways, UC Transfer Pathways, curriculum streamlining, the Chancellor’s Office Curriculum Inventory (COCI),  and much more. There will also be a pre-session available on Wednesday, July 11 with sessions for curriculum chairs, curriculum specialists, administrators, and those interested in guided pathways. Colleges are encouraged to bring a team of individuals to the institute that includes the curriculum chair, CIO, and a curriculum specialist. For the first time, colleges will be able to bring up to seven team members, so make sure to reserve your spot now!

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Interested in sponsorship? Contact Erika Prasad, Communications and Development Director: erika [at] asccc.org

2018 Career and Noncredit Education Institute

The Westin South Coast Plaza

Event Date: May 3-5, 2018

Event Location: The Westin South Coast Plaza 686 Anton Blvd. Costa Mesa, CA 92626.

The 2018 Career and Noncredit Education Institute will be held May 3-5, 2018. 

With the creation of the Strong Workforce Program, there has been increased focus on career education and noncredit education. Furthermore, the rollout of the first Integrated Plan for SSSP (credit and noncredit), Basic Skills, and Student Equity has served to encourage collaboration across our colleges and a bridging of programs to better serve all of the students in our community college system. The ASCCC Career and Noncredit Education Institute is the first ASCCC event to bring faculty together from these areas to collaborate on a statewide level on how best to integrate the services, practices and instruction of these areas. Presentations will cover topics in areas such as career education, noncredit education, counseling and student services, Adult Education Block Grant (AEBG), and apprenticeship. Colleges are encouraged to send teams of practitioners and leaders to include career education faculty, noncredit faculty, counselors, senate presidents, and faculty and administrative leaders involved in career education, noncredit education, and AEBG.

2017 Curriculum Institute

Riverside Convention Center

The 2017 Curriculum Institute will be held at the Riverside Convention Center 3637 Fifth Street, Riverside, CA 92501 on July 12 - 15, 2017.

2017 CTE Leadership Institute

San Jose Marriott

Sponsored by the Chancellor's Office through Doing What Matters for Jobs and the Economy, the Academic Senate will hold a CTE Leadership Institute on May 5-6, 2017, at the San Jose Marriott. This event will provide CTE faculty with the opportunity to engage in key policy conversations through their interaction with representatives of the task force, by learning about the implications of policy decisions on local programs and courses, and in participating in breakout sessions to better understand the college processes including topics on leadership, curriculum design, course repetition, and effective program advocacy. Registration is now open and additional information including hotel, travel, and a preliminary program is posted on our event site.

The San Jose Marriott is the host hotel for the CTE Leadership Institute held May 5-6 2017! The San Jose Marriott is located at 301 S Market St, San Jose, CA 95113. Driving directions can be found here. For those flying, the San Jose Airport is located 3 miles from the hotel.

Thanks to a grant by the Chancellor's Office Workforce and Economic Development Doing What Matters, the ASCCC is able to offer free registration to ASCCC CTE Liaisons and Counselors and one day hotel stay.  Register for the event using the code you received.  If you did not receive a code, please send an email to info [at] asccc.org.  Then reserve a room via the link under hotel and travel.  The hotel will require that you secure the room with a credit card.  Once you check into your room, the charges will be moved to our master account.  Finally, please note that if you do not cancel your registration by the deadline, you will be charged $50.  

Special thanks to our Institute's sponsor: 

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2016 Curriculum Institute

DoubleTree Hilton - Anaheim

Curriculum is the heart of what we do as educators. The Curriculum Institute is designed to bring together teams of individuals working on curriculum – administrators, faculty, and classified staff – and to provide a platform for interactive learning by all attendees.  Informational presentations, direct training and guidance, and interaction with Chancellor’s Office staff make this Institute the most popular of the Academic Senate events.  Join us in Anaheim to receive updates on important current curriculum topic and to learn ways to improve and develop local curriculum processes.

Pre-session:  The Curriculum Committee is excited to announce that this year’s event will once again include an optional pre-session workshop on Wednesday, July 6. In the afternoon there will be workshops designed for curriculum chairs, administrators, and curriculum specialists who are new to curriculum.  The more seasoned curriculum enthusiast may find it beneficial as well. Additionally, there will be a morning workshop on the CTE Data Unlocked Initiative.  The Data Unlocked workshop will run from 10:00 to 12:00, and the afternoon workshops for curriculum chairs, administrators, and curriculum specialistswill run from 2:00 to 5:00.  The cost of attending the pre-session workshop is included in your registration fee.  However, you must submit a separate registration for the pre-session workshop and be a registered attendee for the Curriculum Institute.
 

Notice for CTE Data Unlocked Pre-Session Attendees:
During this workshop, attendees may be asked to access LaunchBoard data for their colleges.  Therefore, attendees are strongly encouraged to bring their laptops or tablet devices to this workshop.  Also, in order to access LaunchBoard data, attendees must have established a LaunchBoard account prior to July 5. Therefore, attendees are strongly encouraged to sign up for a LaunchBoard account well in advance of the workshop.  To sign up for a LaunchBoard account click Request a password.  To learn more about LaunchBoard go to http://doingwhatmatters.cccco.edu/LaunchBoard.aspx.

 

 

2016 CTE Curriculum Academy

Napa Valley Marriott

Doing What Matters logo

Sponsored by the Chancellor's Office through Perkins Leadership Funds, the California Community College Association of Occupational Educators (CCCAOE) and the Academic Senate will again host the CTE Curriculum Academy titled Doing What Matters for CTE Students: A Collaboration of CTE Faculty with EWD and Regional Leaders on January 14-15, 2016 at the Napa Valley Marriott.  

 

2015 Curriculum Institute

The 2015 Curriculum Institute will take place on July 9 - 11, 2015 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Anaheim-Orange County, located at 100 The City Dr S, Orange, CA 92868.

Healthy Curriculum: Getting your curriculum into shape and keeping it that way

Curriculum is the heart of what we, as educators, do. Keeping our curriculum healthy requires our colleges to stretch, tumble, roll, drill, run, maneuver, and persevere through the curriculum race. Whether you choose to build noncredit endurance, boost Career Technical Education (CTE) potential, venture into innovative activities, or get an overview of heart-healthy curriculum, this year’s curriculum institute will explore topics intended to help everyone keep curriculum healthy in spite of the changing environment in which we live. 

2015 Career Technical Education Institute

The Academic Senate is holding a CTE Leadership Institute on May 8 - 9, 2015, at the Sheraton in La Jolla. As many of you know, this year there is an intense focus on career and technical education at the federal, state, and local level. In our CCC system, the Board of Governors has formed a task force on Workforce, Job Creation and a Strong Economy, which has been convening regional college and faculty conversations and industry town hall meetings.

President Obama’s recent national challenge focuses on the dire lack of equity in America by calling for open access to higher education for all Americans though community colleges. “A college degree is the surest ticket to the middle class, it ensures you are always employable.” President Barack Obama, January, 2015

This event will provide CTE faculty with the opportunity to engage in key policy conversations through their interaction with representatives of the task force, by learning about the implications of policy decisions on local programs and courses, and in participating in breakout sessions to better understand the college processes including topics on leadership, curriculum design, course repetition, and effective program advocacy.

2015 CTE Curriculum Academy

Anaheim Marriott Suites - Garden Grove,CA

Sponsored by the Chancellor's Office through Perkins Leadership Funds, CCCAOE and the Academic Senate will host the first CTE Curriculum Academy "Doing What Matters for CTE Students: A Collaboration of CTE Faculty with EWD and Regional Leaders" January 15-16, 2015 in Anaheim at The Anaheim Marriott Suites.  

The first day of the event, attendees will participate in a Leadership Academy offered by CCCAOE.  Day two attendees will participate in an intensive CTE Curriculum Academy led by the Academic Senate and geared to help all participants better navigate state and local curriculum processes.  Attendees will receive information and training on topics such as curriculum basics, effective practices for curriculum development, the Program and Course Approval Handbook, C-ID, and other aspects of curriculum development and approval.  Please see the program description for each day below.  

 

2014 Curriculum Institute

Hayes Mansion

2014 Curriculum Institute will take place on July 10 - 12, 2014 at the Hayes Mansion in San Jose.

Welcome to the 17th annual ASCCC Curriculum Institute! Curriculum is the heart of the California Community College System as we work diligently to serve the diverse needs of our communities. As with anything of such value, the workings of the heart become complicated and we sometimes stumble through the dark. At least here we can stumble through the dark together. 

2013 Curriculum Institute

Sheraton Park at the Anaheim Resort

Our most popular institute returns to Anaheim in 2013.

2013 Vocational Education Leadership Institute

Oakland Marriott

To be held in conjunction with CCCAOE's Spring Conference. Limited to 50 registrants.

2012 Curriculum Institute

Hyatt SFO

The 2012 Curriculum Institute will be held at the Hyatt San Francisco Airport.

2012 Vocational Ed Leadership Institute

San Francisco Airport Westin

This year’s Vocational Education Leadership Institute will be held in San Francisco and is offered concurrently with CCCOAE's spring conference. Faculty members attending the Vocational Education Leadership Institute can also attend any CCCAOE breakout session at no extra cost. Don't miss this unique opportunity to network with other occupational education leaders from around the state.

2011 Curriculum Institute

Marriott Mission Valley, San Diego, CA

The Curriculum Institute will be held July 14-16, 2011 at the Mission Valley Marriott in San Diego.

2011 Vocational Education Institute

Hyatt Regency Newport Beach, Newport Beach, CA

Don’t miss this once in a life time offer. The Academic Senate’s Vocational Education Leadership Institute is pairing up with the American Association of Community Colleges’ Workforce Development Institute this coming year in January of 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach, nestled in a lovely cove on the beautiful Newport Back Bay Reserve. Please note that this is not our normal time in March, so save the following dates: January 27-29, 2011, and as always this institute is funded by a Chancellor’s Office grant.

2010 Curriculum Institute

Santa Clara Marriott, Santa Clara, CA

2010 Vocational Education Institute

Silverado Resort, Napa, CA