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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
On behalf of all of us at the University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership, I am writing to wish a happy and peaceful new year to all of our partners, peers and supporters. The past year has been an exciting one for us, and we expect an...
In this latest installment of The Throughline, Max Silverman speaks with Gia Truong about ensuring that all students, regardless of background, experience a rigorous...
News and Events
We are thrilled to announce the release of a new book from Anneke Markholt, Joanna Michelson and Stephen Fink of the University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership.
Instructional leadership teams to the rescue: Developing a shared vision is key to success
In the September 2018 issue of NASSP's Principal Leadership magazine, Sandy Austin, Donna Anderson-Davis, Jason Graham and Michele White explain how to put instructional leadership teams into action. They share five best practices for school-based instructional leadership teams along with lessons learned, advice, and links to three useful tools.
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.
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