Center for Leadership and Educational Equity

CLEE welcomes our new cohort of Aspiring Principals into the Principal Residency Network (PRN). These courageous educators are advancing their careers and driving innovation to improve student outcomes. Most are beginning their journey this summer, while some are continuing their extended pathway.

Introducing our New PRN Cohort! | CLEE CLEE welcomes our new cohort of Aspiring Principals into the Principal Residency Network (PRN). These courageous educators are advancing their careers and d ...

Check out CLEE News! Please share and respond to the reflective question:

What are your priorities for this school year to strengthen you and your team? Building new skills? Restoring effective practices? Sustaining your momentum?

https://www.clee.org/news/clee-news/august-2026-clee-news/

I know it will be inspiring to work with colleagues who are looking at student work together and to hear what educators are doing in schools and organizations across the country. But I also know it will deepen my own learning and strengthen my understanding of how I can be more effective in helping every student succeed. I have decided to return to Fall Meeting to be with other educators who believe every student deserves the opportunity to thrive and who understand the urgency of removing barriers that stand in the way of student success.

https://www.clee.org/news/fall-meeting/coming-back-to-fall-meeting-ross-peterson-veatch/

Rhode Island is leading the way in school leadership! The Pathways Alliance recently recognized RI's Registered Apprenticeship Principal Program (RIPRAP) in a case study examining how Rhode Island Department of Education - RIDE leveraged the Center for Leadership and Educational Equity's Principal Residency Network to create a Registered Apprenticeship pathway.

RIPRAP provides an opportunity for aspiring school leaders to gain experience as assistant principals and deans while equipping them with the tools, support, and mentoring they need to be successful. We are proud to have partnered with RIDE & CLEE to build this incredibly impactful program. Read more: https://loom.ly/qljZgw4

All of us have the ability to lead adult collaboration to improve student outcomes, regardless of our role or position. Facilitator Training builds your capacity to lead with purpose and to strengthen collaboration among colleagues. You will sharpen facilitation skills and practice using collaborative tools to share leadership, expand perspectives and generate improvements centered on student impact.

https://www.clee.org/open-facilitator-training/

The Massachusetts Performance Assessment for Leaders (PAL) requires candidates to demonstrate leadership through authentic, job-embedded practice. CLEE’s Leadership in Practice online course gives candidates formative support to complete the four PAL assessment tasks required for initial principal/assistant principal licensure in Massachusetts. The course emphasizes setting direction for high student achievement through job-embedded leadership actions and is grounded in anti-racist leadership competencies and Professional Standards for Administrative Leadership.

https://www.clee.org/leadership-in-practice/

Join CLEE’s virtual Community of Practice (CoP) to gather with colleagues in a convenient setting, learn from peers across the country, and exchange feedback on real challenges. Our best practices are best when shared!

Implementing High-Quality Curriculum for the Students Who Need It Most
8/19, 9/24, 10/27, 11/11, 2026 – 4-6pm Eastern
We know that having HQCM/HQIM is a starting point, and that successful curriculum implementation requires collective sense-making and ongoing collaboration. Come to this Community of Practice to work through your various implementation dilemmas and get clearer on ways to get impactful results sooner. Open to practitioners at any stage of curriculum implementation.

Scaling what Works for the Students Who Need it Most
1/27, 2/23, 3/24, 4/28, 2027 – 4-6pm Eastern
For those who are interested in scaling and sustaining promising practices in your organization. Many organizations struggle with initiative overload and are seeking ways to streamline, align, and keep the main thing the main thing. Come to this Community of Practice to share what’s working, what can use more eyes/ears/minds, and leave with some clear next steps you can implement right away.

https://www.clee.org/clee-cop/

Learning from Student Work remains a powerful practice for understanding student engagement and strengthening instruction. Student work provides more than evidence of completion or performance. It offers insight into how students make meaning, where curriculum implementation is succeeding and where instructional improvement is needed.

While collaborative learning spaces often focus on discussing dilemmas and problem-solving, examining student work together provides deeper context for school improvement by grounding conversations in what students actually produce. This year’s Fall Meeting will reconnect participants to this core practice by strengthening the habit of using student work as a source of inquiry, reflection and instructional learning.

https://www.clee.org/fall-meeting/

Intro to Continuous Improvement is a flexible, online learning course designed to build capacity in the frameworks, tools, and mindsets required to lead cycles of improvement in your setting.
https://www.clee.org/intro-continuous-improvement/

Introduction to Adult Facilitation is a flexible, online learning course designed to build capacity in the frameworks, tools, and mindsets required to lead effective and collaborative adult learning communities.
https://www.clee.org/intro_adult_facilitation/