CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ISSUES CONFERENCE DECEMBER 9-11, 2016 | RIVIERA HOTEL, PALM SPRINGS The CTA Foundation for Teaching & Learning It’s about supporting educators, students and schools. It’s about innovative changes now! The CTA Foundation for Teaching & Learning includes three areas of support for educators, students and schools. 1. CTA’s Institute for Teaching (IFT) supports strength-based educator driven change; 2. CTA’s Disaster Relief Program provides direct financial assistance to members experiencing significant losses due to natural disasters in California; 3. CTA’s scholarships and grant programs includes Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Scholarships, César E. Chávez Awards, GLBT Safety in Schools Grants & Scholarships, and various other scholarships for SCTA members and children of CTA members. More than 160 scholarships, awards, and grants are available through CTA each year. Thanks to the generous contributions of CTA members, more than $350,000 was awarded in scholarships and grants last year and more than $170,000 has been granted to CTA members in need through the Disaster Relief Fund. For more information, go to www.cta.org or contact your local RRC or UniServ office. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page General Information. 1 CTA Directorial Districts Map. 2 CTA Board of Directors & NEA Directors from California. 3 Conference Planning Committee & Conference Staff . 4 Agenda Friday, December 9 . 5 Saturday, December 10. 6 Sunday, December 11. 7 Your Personal Conference Schedule. 8 Sessions-at-a-Glance. 9 Session Descriptions. 10-16 Caucuses and Forums . 17-18 LGBTQ+ Vocabulary Definitions . 19-23 Biographies Eric C. Heins, CTA President . 24 Theresa Montaño, CTA Vice President . 25 David Goldberg, CTA Secretary-Treasurer . 26 Exhibitors. 27-30 Urgent Care Information . 31 Conference Schedule for 2017. Inside Cover Riviera Floor Plan. Outside Back Cover The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues Conference Planning Committee thanks you for attending the eighth annual GLBT Issues Conference. GLBT Issues Conference December 9-11, 2016 GENERAL INFORMATION DOWNLOAD CTA Go! To make things easy, CTA will be offering the entire GLBT Issues Conference program on a mobile conference app – CTA Go! The app is available now from iTunes and the Google Play store or text CTAGo to 99000 to get the app. Use the app to access all the conference information, agenda, electives, materials, maps and evaluations. Create your own personal conference calendar with CTA Go! by selecting your favorite elective sessions, preview session handouts and post directly to Facebook through the app. NAME BADGES Wear your name badge during the conference. It is your entry into the sessions and for the meals that are provided. Your name badge will contain your chapter and directorial district. Also this year we will have a space for you to add your personal gender pronoun. MEALS & DRINK TICKETS CTA will host a buffet dinner and reception on Friday, breakfast and lunch on Saturday and a brunch on Sunday. For the Friday evening reception, there are two drink tickets that are part of your badge strip that are required for alcoholic beverages only. Soft drinks and water are complimentary. All other meals are the responsibility of the chapter, Service Center Council or individual. Guest meal passes can be purchased at the registration desk. Coffee service will be provided Sunday morning at 7:15 am. If you prefer a more substantial meal before brunch, which is served at 10:30 am, there is a restaurant in the hotel and room service is available. SESSION ATTENDANCE Arrive early at your session of choice. Some of the rooms have limited seating. If there is a sign on the door that indicates a session is full, please honor that and go to your alternate session. If you are using a seat to hold your belongings or saving a seat for a colleague, be prepared to release it when the session starts. QUESTIONS Planning Committee Members will be available to assist with any questions you may have. Please look for them in yellow polo shirts throughout the weekend. EVALUATIONS Evaluations will be generated online. After the conference you will be sent an email with a link to complete the conference evaluation. Responses are anonymous and completely confidential. Also, please use CTA Go! to provide in-session feedback and comments during the conference. GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOM To foster an environment of inclusion, the CTA GLBT Issues Conference has gender neutral bathrooms located in the Grand Ballroom Foyer and Desert Conference Center. As some of the participants may not identify themselves as either male or female, others may not identify themselves as only one gender and some are harassed due to a perceived gender. Gender neutral bathrooms ensure that all participants feel welcomed in all restrooms. If you are uncomfortable with using a gender-neutral bathroom, please use gender-specific bathrooms in the other areas of the hotel. ZEN LOUNGE Come and relax at the Zen Lounge any time you need to be rejuvenated or clear your mind. The Zen Lounge is a quiet place located in Salon II in the Grand Ballroom and will be opened the same hours as the conference schedule. GLBT Issues Conference Page 1 December 9-11, 2016 CTA DIRECTORIAL DISTRICTS GLBT Issues Conference Page 2 December 9-11, 2016 CTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Eric C. Heins, President Dr. Theresa Montaño, Vice President David Goldberg, Secretary-Treasurer José J. Alcalá Margie Granado George D. Melendez Gayle Bilek Dr. Susan Green Mike Patterson Greg Bonaccorsi Terri Jackson Robert Varela Rodriguez E. Toby Boyd Erika Jones Roberto Rodriguez Elana Davidson Leslie Littman Kendall Vaught Barbara Dawson Sergio Martinez Curtis L. Washington Jerry Eaton Marty G. Meeden Joe Nuñez, Executive Director Karen Kyhn, Deputy Executive Director NEA DIRECTORS FROM CALIFORNIA Colleen Briner-Schmidt Mel House Bill Sammons Linda Crow Doreen McGuire-Grigg Karen Schuett Robert Ellis Elaine Merriweather Ken Tang Bill Freeman Krista Patterson Tracy Lee Taylor Gerri Gandolfo Robert Varela Rodriguez Julius B. Thomas AT-LARGE NEA HIGHER EDUCATION DIRECTOR DeWayne Sheaffer NON-VOTING MEMBERS Charmaine Banther Mary Levi NEA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER George Sheridan GLBT Issues Conference Page 3 December 9-11, 2016 CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE Laura Finco, Co-Chair Peder Larsen, Co-Chair E. Toby Boyd, CTA Board Liaison Steven Acosta Aldo D. Gonzalez Amy Hall Mel House Donald A. Willis CONFERENCE STAFF Steve Perry, Assistant Executive Director, Business Services Division Justo Robles, Manager, Instruction & Professional Development Department and the Human Rights Department Reena Doyle, Regional UniServ Staff, Human Rights Department Amelia Fernandez, Conference Program Specialist II, Conference Coordination Center Mark Herrmann, Supervisor, Conference Coordination Center Lisa Tongue, Conference Program Specialist II, Conference Coordination Center Ingie Williams, Secretary III, Human Rights Department Complimentary Wireless Internet To connect to the Riviera Wireless Network Use the following passcode: CTAGLBT GLBT Issues Conference Page 4 December 9-11, 2016 CONFERENCE AGENDA FRIDAY 4:00 – 8:00 pm CTA REGISTRATION DESK Grand Ballroom 4:00 – 9:30 pm EXHIBITS Grand Ballroom 4:00 – 9:30 pm ZEN LOUNGE Salon II 6:00 – 8:00 pm DINNER BUFFET Grand Ballroom GREETINGS: Laura Finco and Peder Larsen, Co-Chairs, GLBT Issues Conference Planning Committee WELCOME FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: David Goldberg, CTA Secretary-Treasurer 7:30 – 8:30 pm JUSTICE ACTIVITY Grand Ballroom 8:30 – 9:30 pm DANCING WITH DJ SHADOW a.k.a. KEN JOHNSON Grand Ballroom 8:30 pm – FRIENDS OF BILL W. MEETING Royal I PROFESSIONAL GROWTH Each CTA GLBT Issues Conference participant can receive up to 10 hours of professional growth. UNIVERSITY CREDIT Participants to the GLBT Issues Conference will have an opportunity to receive one unit of University Credit through California State University, Chico. To receive credit, it is required that you attend each of the four session time blocks and all general sessions. The cost is $60.00 per unit. You may register online at http://rce.csuchico.edu/cta prior to the conference. Credit will be posted and transcripts will be available two weeks following the conference. For complete information on ordering a transcript, visit the university website at www.csuchico.edu/sro. GLBT Issues Conference Page 5 December 9-11, 2016 CONFERENCE AGENDA SATURDAY 7:30 am – 3:00 pm CTA REGISTRATION DESK Grand Ballroom 7:30 – 8:30 am BREAKFAST Grand Ballroom 7:30 am – 5:00 pm ZEN LOUNGE Salon II 7:30 – 8:15 am LGBTQ+ FORUM Royal I 7:30 am – 5:00 pm EXHIBITS Grand Ballroom 8:30 – 9:15 am WELCOME GREETINGS, CAUCUS INTRODUCTIONS Grand Ballroom AND GENERAL SESSION PRESIDING: Laura Finco and Peder Larsen, Co-Chairs, GLBT Issues Conference Planning Committee See Sessions-at-a- 9:30 – 11:30 am DISCOVERY SESSION Glance on Page 9 11:45 am – 1:20 pm LUNCH Grand Ballroom PRESIDING: Laura Finco and Peder Larsen, Co-Chairs, GLBT Issues Conference Planning Committee FACILITATED GENERATIONAL DIALOGUE See Sessions-at-a- 1:30 – 2:30 pm EXPLORATORY SESSION Glance on Page 9 See Sessions-at-a- 2:45 – 3:45 pm LEARNING SESSION Glance on Page 9 4:00 - 4:30 pm GLBT CAUCUS Grand Ballroom 4:35 – 5:05 pm ADDITIONAL CAUCUSES Room African American Caucus El Dorado I American Indian/Alaska Native Caucus El Dorado III Hispanic Caucus Royal I Pacific Asian American Caucus Royal II 5:15 - 6:15 pm ETHNIC MINORITY FORUM El Dorado II 6:20 - 8:30 pm