Discover CEL’s Coordinated Approach to Student Learning
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
For the Summer Leadership Institute, we have lined up a dynamic panel of speakers who will share professional learning success stories from their school districts. Rebekah Kim, Paula Montgomery, and Jose Rivera are instructional leaders...
Max Silverman, a nationally recognized leader with expertise in improving instructional leadership systems focused on equitable outcomes for students, has been named executive director of the...
On June 30, 2018, Dr. Stephen Fink, executive director of the University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership (CEL), transitions leadership of the Center to Max Silverman, currently the...
News and Events
Eliminating the achievement gap: systems and structures from the ground up
In the March/April 2018 issue of Leadership Magazine from the Association of California School Administrators, Jeff Pelzel and Patty Maxfield describe the importance of developing a culture of learning and collaboration across schools to address specific learning needs of students.
Power up your planning: A well-defined theory of action leads to systemwide change
In the February 2018 issue of Learning Forward's The Learning Professional, Sharon Williams and Karen Cloninger write about the power of a theory of action to help take the West-Linn Wilsonville School District from good to great.
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