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School Leadership
Helping district leaders and principals observe, analyze and lead for high-quality instruction.
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Teaching Effectiveness
Developing the teaching expertise necessary to ensure that all students learn at high levels.
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District Leadership
Helping district leaders to develop policies, practices and structures that support principals and teachers in delivering high-quality instruction.
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CEL’s Tools for Leadership and Instruction
IN THE BLOG:Instructional Leadership in Action
We know that classrooms that are truly transformative for students require adults to work and learn differently than they typically do. We also know that the old methods of in-service professional development have failed to create lasting...
The University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership is looking for up to two partners who are eager to collaborate intensively as they engage in the transformative work of leading for teacher professional learning.
To that end...
The University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership is pleased to announce the launch of a new line of service, Leading for Teacher Professional Learning.
Unlike traditional investments in...
News and Events
AASA National Principal Supervisor Academy - Applications due June 30
AASA has partnered with the University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership to bring CEL's Principal Supervisor Professional Development Program to all central office leaders who support principals' instructional leadership growth as their primary responsibility.
Announcing a new approach to teacher professional learning
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new line of service, Leading for Teacher Professional Learning. Unlike traditional investments in teacher professional development that have not consistently yielded results for students, CEL's approach to professional learning develops teacher collective efficacy — a long-term, sustainable approach to addressing persistent challenges of student learning.
Introducing the Leadership Guide for K-12 Teacher Professional Learning
The Leadership Guide for K-12 Teacher Professional Learning is for leaders in classrooms, schools and school systems who want coherent, authentic, sustainable, and effective teacher learning aimed at improving outcomes for students.
Why School Systems Choose CEL
The chance to be coached as an instructional leader is one of the best things that ever happened to me professionally.
Charles Ransom, Superintendent and former principal, Woodburn school district, Oregon
CEL has helped my practice become much more student-centered and much less me-centered.
Carrie Howell, high school teacher, The Academy of Citizenship and Empowerment, SeaTac, Washington
CEL has created this urgency in a place where it didn’t exist before. It’s this idea of reaching 100 percent of the students and making them 100 percent successful, 100 percent of the time.
MICHELLE ROOKS, INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1, WYOMING