The Center for Leadership in Education, founded in 1992, is a resource for educators and others committed to student achievement.  The Center provides the expertise needed to transform the way in which teaching, learning, and classroom leadership is expressed in schools and communities throughout Northeast Ohio.  We develop and deliver high-quality professional development to educators to improve teaching and learning in a cross-section of rural, urban and suburban districts.  We achieve our mission by:

• Equipping teachers and school leaders with the information, skills, and resources they need to meet student educational needs.
• Assessing school and district improvement efforts by utilizing available research and best practices.
• Convening important conversations about teaching and learning and disseminating the resulting concepts, ideas, and strategies.

Equipping

Schools must do more than offer classroom teaching; they must ensure the academic achievement of every student.  Effective school leaders guide their teachers and help their students reach higher levels of learning (Marzano 2004). Research has shown that teacher quality is strongly correlated with student performance (Sergiovani 2005). The Center’s professional development services focus on the following areas:

• Leadership development for all educators to increase student achievement
• Instructional methodologies consistent with research and proven best practices
• Appropriate (and realistic) use of instructional technologies
• The development of professional learning communities

Assessing

The Center for Leadership in Education is engaged to evaluate federal, state, and privately funded educational grants.  We have developed what we believe to be the most accurate and usable program evaluation methodology.  Logic models and dashboards are utilized to explicitly define expected outcomes and distinguish between grant inputs and outputs.  We have become adept at deploying both quantitative and qualitative measures to determine the efficacy of programs.

Convening

The Center convenes important educational conversations while serving as initiators/facilitators of those conversations.  We are currently in the process of acquiring the resources necessary to allow interested parties to participate fully regardless of the barriers of distance, time, and knowledge level of technology.

Addendum:  2006 Service Delivery, The Center for Leadership in Education

Professional Development
Avon Local Schools
Lorain County JVS
Early College High School
Lakewood City Schools
Lorain City Schools
Columbia Local Schools
Elyria City Schools
Open Door Christian Schools

Literacy Training
Lorain City Schools

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
North Ridgeville City Schools
Olmsted Falls City Schools
Elyria City Schools
Lakewood City Schools
Sheffield/Sheffield Lake City Schools
Keystone Local Schools
Lawrence School (Private)
Early College High School

Kidspiration Training
Lorain City Schools

KnowledgeWorks Foundation Coaching
East Cleveland City Schools
Early College High School

Project Grad
 Lorain City Schools

Grant Assessments
Elyria City Schools
Strongsville City Schools

Leadership Institute
Lakewood City Schools

Value Added Training
Westlake City Schools