We are pleased to announce that Dr. Maria Teresa “Terri” Campos has joined the EdD. in Urban Education Leadership program as a leadership coach. In this role she will coach, teach, and support aspiring and novice principals pursuing their EdD degree at UIC. ...
In two talks delivered to attendees at the Wallace Foundation’s Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative (ECPI) convening in Long Beach, CA on Monday, March 6th, CUEL Director Shelby Cosner drove home the importance of investing in and designing data systems to support the...
Dr. Shelby Cosner joined colleagues Drs. David DeMatthews and Dr. Kimberly Clarida, both of UT Austin, to address issues of educational leadership pipeline development as members of a Pre-Conference Panel ahead of the Annual Meeting of AACTE in Indianapolis on...
Dr. Shelby Cosner delivered the Robert F. Nicely, Jr, and Donna C. Nicely Distinguished Scholar in Education Lecture at Penn State University on Friday, February 17th, 2023.. Her presentation, “Examining Coaching-Focused Educational Leadership Learning Designs:...
The journal article, Using Leadership Coaching to Strengthen the Developmental Opportunity of the Clinical Experience for Aspiring Principals: The Importance of Brokering and Third-Party Influence was released February 8, 2023, published in Educational Administration...
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Mary “Molly” Watson will soon join the CUEL staff as a leadership coach. We anticipate her presence by the end of February 2023. Dr. Watson will contribute to CUEL leadership development work supported by Chicago’s Lloyd A....
UIC EdD Program coordinator and CUEL Affiliate, Cynthia Barron was instrumental in arranging a presentation on the book, Entry Planning for Equity Focused Leaders: Empowering Schools and Communities, held on January 19, 2023 at CPS’ Back-of-the-Yards College Prep in...
Dr. Nate Pietrini, CUEL Developer and Executive Director of High Jump in Chicago, was recently appointed to the Board of Trustees of Children’s Home & Aid to serve a 3-year term. CH&A is one of Illinois’ oldest and largest child welfare agencies, serving over...
Shelby Cosner recently presented at the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI) Conference held earlier this month, January 2023, in Vina del Mar, Chile. The theme of the conference was “Educational Systems Learning Under Challenging...
In recent years, 70% of Illinois school districts have spent a total of $50 million annually on large-scale “interim” testing to support teaching and learning. In this brief, Zavitkovsky reviews the track record of large-scale interims tests and wonders whether...
