Leadership Excellence Academies

Connecting Local Adult Education Leaders to Ideas, Research, and Innovation

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The National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium (NAEPDC) and ProLiteracy America joined forces in 2006 to launch a professional development initiative for local program managers. The two organizations began piloting the first cluster in a national certification and professional development series for local program managers. Participants are engaged in a year-long professional development experience that focuses on topics related to program improvement.

The pilots included local adult education managers from Arizona, Maryland and New York. In 2007—2008, NAEPDC and ProLiteracy invited a select number of interested states, which included Texas to participate in the leadership excellence academies.

Three Texas cohorts have now successfully completed the Leadership Excellence Academy (LEA). Graduates Rene Coronado and Guadalupe Ruvalcaba.have gone on to become nationally certified LEA trainers for Texas.

National Leadership Excellence Academy

What Is It?

  • Joint initiative of National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium (NAEPDC) and ProLiteracy America (PLA)
  • Two-year professional development series designed for local program administrators
  • Leads to nationally recognized credential, Certified Manager of Program Improvement (CMPI)

What Are Your Responsibilities?

Year One:

  • Participate in three 6-hour workshops (during year one)
  • Participate in two 1-hour online courses (during year one)
  • Participate in three 1-hour Web casts (during year one). Complete and submit interim activities and evaluations

Year Two:

  • Participate in two 6-hour workshops (during year two)
  • Participate in one 1-hour online courses (during year two)
  • Participate in three 1-hour Web casts (during year two). Complete and submit interim activities, culminating learning project and evaluations

How much of your time is required?

  • For the new Cohort beginning in September 2010, the time commitment is approximately 60 hours (4 hours a month on average) between September 2010 and May 2012.

What Are The Benefits?

  • Apply learning gained during participation in the National Leadership Excellence Academy toward Texas Administrator Credential
  • Receive new tools and strategies to strengthen your program’s performance
  • Receive training by experienced leaders in the adult education field
  • Potential for future work as a training consultant
  • Professional designation after your name (CMPI-Certified Manager of Program Improvement)

Leadership Academy Topics

  • Using Self-Assessment to Identify Strengths and Needs
  • Integrating Research into Program Practice: A Look at Teaching and Learning Research
  • Using Data to Guide Program Management

Texas Leadership Excellence Academy Graduates

Received CMPI in 2009
  1. Fred Anaya
  2. Paula Bauer
  3. Donna Byrum
  4. Dr. Oscar Cantu, Sr.
  5. Rene Coronado
  6. Donna Cutler
  7. Nancy Dunlap
  8. Olga Escamilla
  9. Eduardo Honold
  10. Daphine Johnson
  11. Christina Palacios
  12. Susan Pritchard
  13. Guadalupe Ruvalcaba
  14. Kay Vaccaro
  15. Kimberly Brevad Vinton
  16. Tina Washco
  17. Laura Wood
  18. Barbara Yoder
  19. Sofia Zamarripa
      Received CMPI in 2010
  1. Martina Ady
  2. William Carmines
  3. Denise Guckert
  4. Laura Hermosillo
  5. Mary Ann Juarez
  6. Martin Loa
  7. Pat Lyons
  8. Aida Martinez
  9. Douglas Mudd
  10. Melissa Sadler-Nitu
  11. Nelda Rangel
  12. Dean Ransdell
  13. Belinda Rojas
  14. Anne Spanyers
  15. Silvia Ura-Lugo
  16. Lynda  Webb
   Received CMPI in 2011
  1. Richard Cantu
  2. Becky Collet
  3. Louisa Kessel
  4. Bill Medina
  5. Rosalinda Pineda
  6. Sherry Solis
  7. Elizabeth Thompson

Contact Person:
Beth Thompson, Assistant State Director

Resources

National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium

ProLiteracy Worldwide