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Research-Informed Professional Learning for High-Quality Leadership

About Educational Leadership and System Design at WestEd

Educational Leadership and System Design (ELSD) provides networked, high-quality leadership professional learning to current and future school- and system-level leaders, which is informed by our rigorous research.

Build knowledge.
Network to learn.
Engage other leaders.

We offer a variety of learning opportunities to help leaders see how ELSD can advance their leadership capacity. Attend a 30-minute information session, 1 hour workshop preview, or webinar.

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Tailored professional support and research-based tools.

High-quality leadership professional development from WestEd translates the best research into tools, processes, and practices that current and future leaders can use to manage change.

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The Bridge Project: Celebrating Milestones

As the school year ends, we would like to reflect and celebrate your work as school leaders focused on equity and achievement in Illinois! WestEd and the Illinois Regional Offices of Education would like to invite you to our in-person convening on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Illinois school success is bolstered by excellent, diverse leaders capable of meeting students and teachers’ learning needs. This Bridge Project learning event brings together aspiring principals, district central office teams and state stakeholders in conversation about improving school leadership support. Click here for more details.

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The State’s Role in Addressing Teacher Shortages Today to Sustain the Profession in the Future

In the wake of the pandemic, teacher shortages continue to present challenges for school districts as they work to find qualified and prepared teachers to fill K–12 classrooms.

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Resource Allocation Reviews: Lessons Learned Over Four Years—Q&A With Alicia Bowman and Tia Taylor

Today, state education agencies (SEAs) are at various ​​stages ​of ​​conducting ​ESSA-required resource allocation reviews (RARs) ​to support​ ​local education agencies (LEAs) ​that serve ​a significant number of ​low-performing schools. ​In this Q&A​, RAR ​​project leads​​ ​​​with ​the Region 15 Comprehensive Center​ (R15CC)​, Alicia Bowman and Tia Taylor, talk about what they have learned over four years of working with states to create processes that enable leaders to examine the connection between ​resource allocation and academic outcomes​.

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Leadership skills necessary to cultivate a healthy and positive school culture for staff, students, and families.

Principal, Granite School District