Membership Benefits

Join CAROCP – the only statewide association focused purely on issues and concerns of career and college readiness organizations

A Few Reasons to Join

For the past 40 years, CAROCP, The Association of Career and College Readiness Organization has worked to ensure our members’ continued success and provided services and benefits to CTE educators.

Regular Membership entitles you to:

  • Add your voice to CAROCP’s strong lobbying effort to improve the quality of CTE education in California.
  • Enhance your job-related skills and develop professional relationships and take advantage of many specialized professional development activities.
  • Keep current on college readiness, career readiness, and CTE news and issues through CAROCP’s Connections and Market Watch

CAROCP Member Benefits and Services

Professional Political and Legislative Advocacy

One of CAROCPs most critical roles is representing the college and career readiness organizations through advocacy activities, including direct lobbying, media relations and public awareness.

Quality Networking and Professional Development

The annual CAROCP conference helps you interact with other college and career readiness educators face to face. As an attendee, you choose from a variety of sessions across a wide range of subjects designed to help you take the most relevant information back to your classroom or office.

CAROCP Connections

CAROCP keeps you on top of cutting-edge news from college and career readiness organizations around the state. CAROCP Connections is for our members and reports the most important feature stories and latest news affecting CAROCP and the career and technical education profession. This newsletter is prepared by the Executive Director, Randi Scott. This valuable resource is sent to you electronically five times a year.

Timely Legislative Updates

Our legislative advocates, Capitol Advisors, provide you with regular Legislative Alerts and Bill Tracking information on the current bills being discussed in the legislature. Also, CAROCP’s electronic Legislative Alerts provide breaking news on Sacramento activities that affect CTE funding and support.

Professional Recognition

CAROCP and the CDE co-sponsor annual “Model Practices and Programs” awards. This gives you an opportunity to nominate your outstanding programs and administrative practices for statewide recognition for outstanding work and dedication to career and technical education. New this year, CAROCP will be sponsoring a regional and statewide teacher and student Recognition Program.

Career Opportunities and Job Search

With the click of a button, the CAROCP website links you to an additional resource for locating today’s available positions specifically in the CTE and college & career readiness field.