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The Center for Educational Leadership (CEL) provides a professional learning environment for the preparation, development, and empowerment of effective school leaders. CEL is committed to improving schools through the people who lead them.

CEL News and Notes

Thanks to Teri Crussen

On August 22, 2008 in Teri Crussen gave a wonderful presentation on school reform - thank you again, Teri, for your time and expertise!

Click here to download Teri's PowerPoint slides

CEL Winter Conference and Annual Breakfast 2009

Our CEL Winter Conference will again be hosted at Merrillville High School (276 E 68th Place Merrillville, IN 46410) on January 21, 2009, at 10:00 A.M. Lunch will follow the special presentation by: Dr. Bill Gavaghan, Executive Director of Indiana Principal Leadership Academy.

Presentation Topic: “Emotion and Leadership:” There is a wealth of information on intellectual capability and the technical skills leaders need to be successful. This session will focus on emotional intelligence and specifically the skills of socially intelligent leaders.

The CEL Annual Roundtable Breakfast will be hosted again at the Purdue University Calumet Conference Center (2300 173rd Street, Hammond, IN 46323), at 8:00 A.M. on February 27, 2009. Following our full breakfast and performance by the Munster High School Chamber Orchestra, we welcome Dr. Joshua Boyd, Associate Professor from the Department of Communication at Purdue University, for a special presentation.

Presentation topic: “Going Public: Who Matters and How to Reach Them"

RSVP for either or both events to:

Casey Rhodes at rhodesc@calumet.purdue.edu
Phone: 219-989-2326
Fax: 219-989-3215

Annual Assessment Report for Graduate Studies at PUC

The Graduate Studies annual assessment report for 2007-2008 may be downloaded from the links below (Microsoft Word 2007 format):

New Federal Grants

Please find the three applications for research grants linked below available from the U.S. Department of Education, Institute for Education Sciences, that you may be interested in applying for. The general topics are special education research, general education research, and evaluation of local programs and policy. Math, science, literacy,teacher quality, educational technology and other categories are of interest.

Special Education

LEA Evaluation

General Education Research

Thank You!

Thanks to all who participated in February 29th's CEL Annual Breakfast. It was a great success, and we would especially like to thank Dr. Susan Smith for her excellent presentation, and the Merrillville Senior Orchestra for providing the music.

Click here to download materials from Dr. Smith's presentation.

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