Management Academy 2026

Description

The Academy is for mid-level managers in larger systems and supervisors in smaller systems. The ideal candidate is a retirement system subordinate manager or supervisor with a couple of years of experience leading a team in benefits, accounting, investments or administrative aspects of a public retirement system. The CALAPRS Board of Directors has contracted with The Centre for Organization Effectiveness to present the course. The Centre has the best approach and training resources to give students outstanding training and exposure to enterprise management, problem-solving, leadership and a feedback component in the retirement system context. 

Schedule:

View the Program Agenda 

The Academy is held in three cumulative modules over a total of 8 days. Participants must attend all three modules in full in order to graduate from the Academy. The dates are:

• Module 1: Monday, April 27 - Tuesday, April 28, 2026
• Module 2: Monday, June 15 - Wednesday, June 17, 2026
• Module 3: Monday, July 13 - Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Registration:

This program is open to managers or supervisors from CALAPRS member retirement systems. The registration fee for this program is $3,500 per participant and includes tuition, materials, and provided meals for all three modules of the program. If needed, hotel lodging is booked separately by each participant at their own expense.

Lodging: 

Below are the links to make room reservations at the Avenue of the Arts Costa Mesa for each of the Management Academy modules. Please note that the room block may fill-up prior to the cut-off date.

Module 1 (April): April 27 - April 28, 2026 , $249 per night
Cut-off Date: April 14, 2026

Module 2 (June): June 15 - June 17, 2026, $289 per night
Cut-off Date: June 2, 2026

Module 3 (July): July 13 - July 15, 2026, $249 per night
Cut-off Date: July 1, 2026