Education Development Center

Project LEAD is the development of the Center for Leadership and Learning Communities (CLLC) portion of the Educational Development Center (EDC).  In its second round of funding from The Wallace Foundation, a major priority for this new project is to expand the technical assistance it provides to The Wallace Foundation and its funded network of states and districts as part of its national initiative to transform education leadership in urban school districts. Expansion efforts focus on four primary areas:

(1) Development, refinement, and implementation of research-based metrics and tools for use by states and districts in assessing the quality of their leadership development systems and programs;

(2) Direct technical assistance to districts and states in assessing their education leadership development initiatives and implementing system and program improvement strategies;

(3) Facilitation and resource support to six national Leadership Issue Groups for the purpose of building a dynamic community of practice;

(4) Continued design, development, maintenance, and management of the Education Leadership Action Network (ELAN) Web site as a key resource for policymakers and practitioners working to develop, support, and sustain education leaders.