Welcome to the California Continuation Education Association — the voice for all things continuation education. Historically, CCEA has been instrumental in structuring success for schools and students up and down the State. Today, CCEA is growing and expanding as an organization. It’s mission and vision is committed to honoring, advocating, resourcing, empowering, connecting and inspiring continuation education students, schools, certificated staff, classified staff and stakeholders.

Our Community

Our statewide community connects to well over four hundred high schools in four major regions, from the south to the north. CCEA’s partnerships continue to expand, but its most strategic partnership is with the California Department of Education involving the Model Continuation High School program.

Santa Clara, California

CCEA is well known for its annual, three day conference. Last year’s conference took place in San Diego, California and this year’s conference will take place in Santa Clara, California. As always, the current years’ Model Schools receive recognition and are honored in episodic fashion. Empowering workshops and networking opportunities are all facilitated wherein new friendships/partnerships are formed and old friendships are nurtured. I encourage you all to register early for the annual CCEA conference, and to do so is a very easy process due CCEA’s user friendly website.

Your Support

If you are new to the continuation education community, then you’ve found the right organization to join, and, if you’re a veteran we thank you for your continued support — year in and year out.

Best regards,
Scott Braden
President, CCEA

2018 – 2019 Regional Advisors

Region I
Joe Antonelli – Orange Grove High School (Corona, CA)
Sharon Clark – Valley High School (Escondido, CA)

Region II
Jill Adams – Somerset High School (Bellflower, CA)
Jaime Alarcon – Allan F. Daily High School (Glendale, CA)

Region III
Gerardo “Jerry” Abrica – Citrus High School (Porterville, CA)
Rees Warne – Gateway High School (Clovis, CA)

Region IV
Jillian Damon – Albert Powell High School (Yuba City, CA)
Tim Cooper – Live Oak High School (Antioch, CA)

Read more about our regional reps

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Message from CCEA President – Febrauary 16, 2017

I would like to welcome you to 2017 and a re-branding of the California Continuation Education Association.  We begin the year with 37 outstanding schools being eligible to be named Model Continuation Schools by the California Department of Education.  In addition, our website has undergone a complete makeover and looks awesome!  Please click around to see for yourself.  Our Council of District Representatives (CDR) discussed re-districting our state and constitution at our fall meeting with recommendations.  We will present and finalize our recommendations at the state conference.  Our primary goal is to reach every continuation educator in California despite location.

Conference in Fresno, April 28 – 30

Our conference this year will be in Fresno (April 28-30), so please register as soon as possible.  If you have any exemplary programs or activities, please do not keep them a secret.  Please copy and paste the following link: Call for Presenters and complete a presenter’s application.  For our new continuation school administrators, a two day Principal’s Institute will precede the conference.  The group will be presented with valuable information to address the laws and nuances of continuation education.

Become a Member

Finally, please consider becoming a professional member of the CCEA.  Visit that link join, and read about the benefits of membership.  Feel good that you are supporting an organization which is dedicated to to better help support our most at-risk, or, at-promise, students.  We look forward to seeing you at the conference in Fresno.

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Reorganization Update

Letter from CCEA President – April 24, 2017

Dear Continuation School Colleagues:

Our professional organization, the California Continuation Education Association (CCEA), is proposing a necessary re-branding and overhaul to basically become a 21st century organization. The kind of structure we are recommending is the same that CCIS and ACSA have turned to in recent years and should make for a more efficient system. The changes we are proposing is to become primarily electronic so that we can reach ALL our members across the state. We want to share best practices, provide legislative updates, and have our experts statewide be resources for all of us

We are proposing a change to our by-laws and the division of our state regions. Currently, our state is divided into 12 districts. It has become difficult for members from all 12 districts to attend the Council of District Representatives (CDR) meetings.

At our north and south model school readings last fall, we proposed a re-structuring to both groups, and with some suggestions I am submitting them to you now. I am sending this message out to current members so that we can have a meeting of the Committee of the Whole at our Sunday, April 30 state meeting in Fresno at the conclusion of our conference. We strongly encourage any of you to please try and attend this meeting as all current members are entitled to participate.

The proposal is [submitted] as the “Proposal of New CCEA By-Laws.” The “Proposed New CCEA Regions” as a replacement for the 12 district system and is also attached. Please let me know if you have any questions.

California Continuation Education Association

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Rethinking How to Measure Alternative School Performance (article)

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New Initiatives

This is an exciting time for Continuation Schools.  With the implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), school districts will be more accountable in how their Continuation Schools perform.  For example, under LCFF school districts receive supplemental funding as an additional 20% of the base grant based on the unduplicated count of Low Income (LI), English Learners (EL) and Foster Youth (FY).  An additional 50% of the base grant is funded if the district’s unduplicated count of these subgroups is 55% or more.  In my school district the unduplicated average for these students was 20% higher in the two Continuation Schools than the rest of the district.  I would argue that this is a trend throughout the state.

Under LCAP, school districts will be held accountable for increasing their graduation rate.  Again this is where Continuation Schools have a significant stake.  For example, my school district’s graduation rate is just over 90%.  Significantly, the two continuation schools in my district account for 8% of that total.  I would argue that many of our Continuation Schools also have a significant effect on their district’s graduation rate.  This data suggests that school districts pay serious attention to, and support their Continuation Schools with adequate and appropriate resources.

Model Schools

With that said, my challenge to ALL of California’s Continuation Schools is to get WASC accredited and apply for California Model Continuation High School designation.  This designation raises the quality level of the school which is good for students, staff, parents, school district, and community.  In my opinion it is the right thing to do for the entire community and elevates the school’s positive reputation.  Any Continuation School that needs a “role model” or peer support can check out the 62 current model schools on the CCEA website at: http://cceanet.org/awards/model-school/

Become a CCEA Member Today

This is also an excellent reason to become a member of CCEA as well.  It is a great way to connect with colleagues around the state and know that you are all part of the same “club.”  When Continuation educators get together they “get it” – they speak the same language.  The Professional Membership is designed for the educational employee, certificated or classified, who supports continuation education. Professional members a personal copy of the State Newsletter, and a discount registration for the state conference along with a special President’s Reception at the state conference. Professional Members are the driving force behind CCEA and continuation education.

This is going to be a great year.  We will continue to make our website more user friendly and make it a valuable resource for the Continuation educator.  Please become a member and help move your school to the next level.  If you have any questions, comments or concerns, the state officers are listed on the CCEA website and you can also contact me.  Have a great year and we hope to see you at our annual conference at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, May 1-3, 2015.

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