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UCEA Program Centers

The primary purpose of a UCEA Program Center is to work in a target area of interest over a substantial period of time through identifying and coalescing the interests and resources of UCEA-member and non-member institutions, school districts, and governmental agencies. Currently, UCEA has eight ...

UCEA Program Center Advisory Board

Respecting the important symbiotic relationship of the Program Centers Advisory Board (PCAB) and UCEA, the rationale for the PCAB was developed around three themes:better coordination of the work performed by the program centers and directors with the work and mission of UCEA;facilitation of ...

Evaluation of Educational Leadership Preparation and Practice (NCEELPP)

UCEA’s National Center for the Evaluation of Educational Leadership Preparation and Practice (NCEELPP) embraces UCEA’s commitment to excellence in leadership preparation, research, and continuous improvement. NCEELPP is supported by scholars from the Initiative for Systemic Program Improvement ...

Policy Work

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Program Design Network (PDN)

The purpose of the UCEA Program Design Network (PDN) is to support collaborative engagement by education leadership faculty in leadership preparation design, redesign, and improvement efforts and aligns with UCEA’s commitment to continuous improvement.UCEA Program Design Network (PDN) Site ...

Policy Brief 2020 Spring

Leveraging the Federal Role in Developing High Quality Principal Preparation under Title II Under Title II of ESSA, provisions are specifically included to develop high quality principals.This brief therefore discusses two cost effective, politically feasible strategies the federal government can ...

University Principal Preparation Initiative (UPPI)

The University Preparation Program Initiative is sponsored by the Wallace Foundation. For the seven universities selected by Wallace for redesign, work from the Initiative is projected to foster programmatic advancements by offering support to address critical questions and improve professional ...

Program Improvement Work

As the pressure to improve teaching and accelerate learning increases, the importance of hiring, developing and retaining highly qualified school leaders has never been greater. Research suggests that successful school leaders influence student achievement in several important ways, most powerfully ...

Center for Innovative Rural Collaborative and Leadership Education (CIRCLE)

CIRCLE is a practice-research partnership that amplifies rural voices, disrupts deficit rural stereotypes through innovative rural leadership training, and disseminates partnership results through practitioner and scholarly journals and joint presentations at annual meetings. It is a national ...