Professional Development & Learning

Professional Learning Opportunities


Recommended Conferences 2025-2026

Please see Conference Funding & Travel page to submit conference request for PDAC review.

Conference
Event Date/s
Location
or Online
Website
4CPD Conference October  1-3, 2025 FREE Online only this year
(normally Claremont, CA)
https://www.4cpd.org/
Strengthening Student Success 2025:
Co-Creating a Liberatory Future
(RP Group)
Wednesday, October 8 to Friday, October 10, 2025 Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, CA https://rpgroup.org/Events/Strengthening-Student-Success/overview
Collective Equity Impact Institute  Pre-Institute: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 
Main Institute: Thursday-Friday, October 9-10, 2025 
Irvine, CA 92614  https://collectiveequityimpactinstitute.com/
Colegas November 12-14, 2025 Sacramento, CA https://colegas.org/event/colegas-2025-annual-conference-unidxs-podemos-uplifting-through-education-democracy-and-change/
A2MEND 19th Annual Summit March  5-6 2026
Registration will open in October 2025
Long Beach Convention Center https://a2mend.net/
CCC LGBTQ+ Summit TBA (April 2026) TBA (online...) https://foundationccc.org/our-work/equity/lifting-up-communities-historically-underserved-by-education/lgbtq-initiatives-student-support/ccc-lgbtq-summit/
APAHE April 12 to Tuesday, April 14, 2026 Anaheim, California https://apahenational.org/programs/
NCORE TBA (May, 2026) TBA website is migrating
Classified Leadership Institute (CLI)  June 3-5 2026 Riverside, CA https://www.ccccs.org/nonprofit-organization-4cs-events-and-recognition/4cs-events/classified-leadership-institute-cli
OTC (Online Teaching) 6/23-25/2026
registration opens fall 2025
Anaheim, CA https://onlineteachingconference.org/