Supports for Leaders at Every Level

NCEE offers a suite of leadership supports for schools, districts, and states that help leaders address their systems’ most pressing needs while beginning the journey to top performance.

School Leadership Training

The NISL Program is the most widely used school leadership curriculum in the country, allowing districts to empower school leaders to drive transformational change.

Professional Learning Network

Superintendents Alliance
is the fastest-growing superintendents network in the U.S. designed to meet the processional and career needs of district leaders.

District System Design Support

System Design Benchmarking, is a collaborative effort between superintendents and their district leadership teams focused on building a cohesive education system.

Leaders deeply examine their unique district context and

  • learn the structure and essential components of the world’s highest performing education systems,
  • study incentives and processes that support rigorous and adaptive learning systems and effective teachers and principals, and
  • explore the equitable foundation of supports that are essential in high-performing systems.

12K+

school and district leaders across 25 states have participated in NCEE's proven professional learning.
Pedro Rivera
Pedro Rivera
Former Secretary of Education
Pennsylvania

Working with States

“When we were looking to engage in this work in a meaningful way, NCEE provided that context. NCEE provided a framework that works, support that was meaningful, and ultimately provided credibility to a process.”

Todd Lile
Todd Lile
Superintendent
Madera Unified School District, California

Working with Districts

Madera is strengthening leadership and taking strategic steps to make our district operate as a high-performing system. NCEE has been the critical partner we needed to succeed in this work.

Janice Franceschi
Janice Franceschi
Director of Professional Learning
Osceola County School District, Florida

Working with School Leaders

It is hands down the best professional development I have attended that has really increased my leadership skills.

Contact the Center on System Leadership

To learn more about our supports, get pricing, or hear from references, fill out the form to the right or contact Drea Anastasio at

danastasio@ncee.org

FAQ: Our Research Process

How can NCEE strengthen school leadership districtwide?

NCEE’s NISL program prepares school-level leaders to design and lead high-performance schools and introduces participants to a suite of career-long supports.

NCEE’s System Design Benchmarking prepares district leadership teams to redesign their system. Superintendents may join NCEE’s Superintendent Alliance, a unique and powerful professional learning network that strengthens their leadership, career, and the districts they lead.

Schools, districts, and superintendents can continue to advance toward system improvement through our scaffolded suite of supports.

NCEE partners with universities across the country to provide credit toward advanced degrees.