The purpose of the CEL is to facilitate the advanced learning of educational leaders, while reducing isolation among those leaders. The CEL’s current goal is to create a network of educational leaders in Jewish Elementary, Middle and High Schools engaged in ongoing professional growth.

The Center will be providing exemplary professional learning opportunities for school leaders with a major focus on improving teaching and learning.

The BJE Center is a membership organization formally affiliated with the Principals’ Center of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The annual dues, set at $500 per annum, also entitles members to membership in the Harvard Center.

Other BJE/CEL services include:

• Ongoing electronic communication and dissemination of Information regarding the latest research, publications and materials
• Graduate–level certification programs
• Seminars and panel discussions of critical topics
• Study Groups
• Book Clubs
• Peer Coaching
• Mentoring
• Retreats

The Advisory Board for the Center for Educational Leadership met on February 4th and among other luminaries Board members included: State Senator Seymour Lachman, Regent Saul Cohen, Dr. Jonathan Woocher (JESNA), Dr. Barbara Shanley (Brooklyn College), Dr. Aryeh Davidson (JTS), Dr. Margaret Jo Shepard (Columbia) and Dr. Abe Tannenbaum(Columbia).

The Inaugural Membership Meeting is being conducted on February 25th at the BJE and includes over 40 Principals and other school leaders from NYC, Long Island, Westchester, New Jersey, Greenwich,Connecticut and Philadelphia.