2018 UTLA Leadership Conference
NOTE: You cannot register for the Leadership Conference until you have submitted your Chapter Chair Election Form. If you are attending as a school representative, the Chapter Chair must send an e-mail to rbeasley@utla.net notifying us that you are going in their place before you can register.
online registration
UPDATE: We are no longer accepting hotel reservations; however, you may still register for the conference as a commuter.
This year's conference will be held at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles.
- July 27-29, 2018
ATTENDANCE INFORMATION
More information on who can attend, how many per school site and the conference-at-a-glance.
- Conference-at-a-glance (subject to change)
Hotel Suite Drawing
Each year, those who register for the conference are automatically entered in a drawing for a chance to win an upgraded hotel suite, which are donated by UTLA leadership.
This year's winners' names were randomly drawn on Friday, June 29, 2018 at UTLA.
- Charlotte Donkersgoed – Chapter Chair
Valley West
- Shelley Singer – Chapter Chair
Valley East
- Jennifer Tricket – Chapter Chair
Harbor
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2017 UTLA Leadership Conference Recap
July 28, 2017 — In his Friday night speech, UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl blasted the dismal level of school funding and introduced a bold concept—20 by 20—to fund LA schools at $20,000 per pupil by the year 2020.
“If public education is to survive and thrive in Los Angeles, it is time for us to call the question on why our schools are being starved,” Caputo-Pearl said. “Jumping from $11,000 to $20,000 is aggressive, but it is far from crazy. Several other states, far poorer than California, are already in the $20,000 per student range.”
Speaker Videos
- Keron Blair, Executive Director, AROS
- Angelica Salas, Executive Director, CHIRLA
- Gervaise Clay & Jackson Potter, CTU
Panel Videos
Core Trainings
During the conference, core training covered how to organize effective worksite structures to enforce the contract, defend members’ rights, and build a successful contract campaign. UTLA is in bargaining with a comprehensive package of proposals for the Schools LA Students Deserve on critical issues such as competitive pay, class size, staffing, testing, school climate and student discipline, and enhanced professional rights.
PACE Reception
At the PACE reception on Saturday night, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, one of the leaders of the Trump resistance in D.C., shared a little of her fire, and educators talked with Tony Thurmond, the Assemblyman taking on a billionaire-funded candidate in the state superintendent race in 2018.
General Sessions
During general sessions, site leaders heard from parents, students, and critical community partners, including CHIRLA, Reclaim Our Schools LA, the California Alliance for Community Schools, and the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools. While the challenges we face are big, we have local, state, and national allies fighting with us. In an energetic conference-closing speech, Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools Executive Director Keron Blair spoke about the righteousness of our struggle.
“They starve our schools, call them failing, and then blame teachers and say that private interests are the way forward,” Blair said. “We didn’t pick this fight but we're ready to fight, and when you fight for public education, you are fighting for kids to get a fair shot and that is worth everything.”
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2017 Leadership Conference Sponsors
PLATINUM PLUS
- NTA Mangement
- Bush, Gottlieb
PLATINUM
- First Financial Credit Union - www.ffcu.org
SILVER
- Gordon, Edelstein, Krepack, Grant, Felton & Goldstein
- Trygstad, Schwab & Trygstad, www.trygstadlaw.com
BRONZE
- California Casualty Auto and Home Insurance - www.calcas.com
- California Credit Union - www.ccu.org
- First Financial Credit Union - www.ffcu.org
- Colonial Life
- Pacific Educators - www.peinsurance.com
- Specialists in Long-Term Care - www.siltc.com/utla
- The Core Group