CCAE│California Council for Adult Education

The Voice of Adult Education in California

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President's Message

Dear Members,

We have returned from the CCAE State Conference 2013 in Sacramento where we were joined by over 360 attendees from around the state for outstanding professional development and exciting keynote speakers!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank co-chairs Dennis Flynn and Branka Marceta, and everyone on the conference committee who made this conference possible.

Please be sure to complete the online evaluation if you attended the conference. When you complete the evaluation, we will enter your name into a drawing for complimentary registration to attend next year's CCAE State Conference 2014 in San Diego, California on April 24-26, 2014!

Check out posts on our Facebook page, read all the tweets about the conference at #CCAEAssoc, and join in the discussion on our CCAE LinkedIn group.

Thanks to our  presenters, keynote speakers, exhibitors, and conference team for making this a memorable professional development experience for everyone!

I would like to also offer our gratitude to our sponsors who generously underwrote the cost of various aspects of the conference. Click on their logos below for more details.

Sincerely,
Christian Nelson, CCAE President

Supporters of Adult Education Update

Thank you for being one of over 3,223 supporters of Adult Ed who have signed up to receive important information about the current dismantling of the State's Adult Education program that has been in existence since 1856. The first class was held in the basement of St. Mary's Cathedral on Grant Avenue in San Francisco. Since that time, the Adult Education program grew to serve over 1.2 million students. Now, statewide enrollments are estimated to be down to 600,000 students and the total is continuing to drop each year.

By joining this email group you will be receiving information on what is happening both locally and at the state level that is affecting Adult Education. Honestly, we are expecting most news will be bad UNLESS we act in a coordinated way to express to decision makers the importance of Adult Education and how their decisions are having detrimental effects on the program. We need your voice!

In these emails you will not only get the status of Adult Ed but you will also, at times, be asked to act. This could mean sending a letter to your representatives, calling their offices, attending a school board meeting or possibly traveling to the capital to voice your concerns and opinions directly to legislators while they meet in their committees.

The battle ground to save adult education continues to reside within the Legislature. Continue to make calls and send letters and emails to your legislators. Be sure to copy our office at membership@ccaestate.org or fax 866-941-5129 so we may present hard copies when lobbying the issue. Please encourage others to join the Supporters of Adult Education campaign to keep the pressure on the Legislature to save adult education as they make tough choices in the coming weeks.

Contributed by:

Steve Curiel
CCAE South Coast President

Sign the Petition to Rebuild Adult Education: K12 & Dedicated Funding Stream

We need 4,000 signatures!

Adult Ed has been serving California for over 150 years, helping parents, the unemployed, seniors, young adults, & immigrants gain the skills they need to contribute to California at full power. In the last five years, it's been cut to the bone. Now Gov. Brown wants to move it to the Community College system, away from the low-cost programs in K-12 systems. The move would cost money. And it would make it harder or impossible for some students to access it. Keep Adult Ed as it—but give it a stable budget (a designated funding stream). Rebuild Adult Education to Rebuild the State. Adult Education Matters!

Renew Your Membership

It's that time again! You can renew your individual membership in CCAE for the 2012–2013 school year online or by downloading the membership form here.

Membership benefits include legislative alerts and calls to action on behalf of adult education, discounted registration for CCAE sponsored state wide conferences, professional development and networking opportunities, effective federal and state advocacy, annual state level award opportunities, low cost healthcare benefits, and membership in COABE, the voice of adult education nationwide due to CCAE's large group membership in COABE.

Refer a friend!

If they join as a new member, you’ll save $5, and they’ll save $5 off their membership! Make sure you enter your friend's name in the corresponding "Refer a Friend" box to receive an immediate $5 discount.

Contact the office from 9am–5pm at 888-542-2231 or email at membership@ccaestate.org if you have any questions or need assistance.

Save 50% on CCAE Membership

We are offering a very special opportunity to CCAE members. Now for the first time ever, you can gift a CCAE membership to a new or former member. If the member is new, the membership will be provided at a specially reduced fee of 50% off. If the member is renewing, the same low membership rate applies.

Video Messages

Please take a moment to view the following video messages supporting adult education from actor and director, Edward James Olmos, actor, George Takei, and student success story, Mr. Valdovinos.

• Edward James Olmos Video—Save Adult Education

• George Takei Video—The Importance of Adult Education

• Help Us Save Adult Ed Student Success Story: Mr. Valdovinos, East LA Occupational Center