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The Center for Educational Leadership helps districts close the achievement gap through effective instruction. But teachers can't do it alone: both school and district leaders have to create a culture of learning and support for teachers to excel. Our nationally recognized experts, working with research-based methods, help all levels of a school system improve achievement for all students.

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EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN THE BLOG:

Instructional Leadership in Action

A look inside Central Louisiana's successful school leadership development model
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Twenty-two Central Louisiana educators are fully prepared for instructional leadership positions after completing a three-year training that is designed to ultimately impact student achievement. Aspiring Leaders is a leadership...
AASA launches the National Principal Supervisor Academy
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AASA, the school superintendents association, 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...
We're featuring school district success stories at the Summer Leadership Institute 2017
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Educational Leadership News and Events

AASA National Principal Supervisor Academy (Apply by August 15)

AASA, the school superintendents association, 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.

Summer Leadership Institute (July 18-20, 2017 in Seattle)

Event sold out - waitlist open

The institute will deepen knowledge of hands-on instructional leadership tools and provide practical strategies for school teams. It will also offer new ideas and insights for transforming traditional professional learning with the ultimate goal of providing equity for all 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

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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

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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

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