News & Updates
WOCEC newsletter, March 2025
WOCEC National Fellows Meet in Newark Research consistently highlights the importance of adaptive leadership in navigating the ever-evolving landscape of K-12 education. As districts and charter management organizations (CMOs) face shifting policies, funding...
WOCEC newsletter, February 2025
WOCEC Executive Coach Dr. Brenda Cassellius New Milwaukee Superintendent After an extensive search, WOCEC coach Dr. Brenda Cassellius is the new superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools. What great news! Dr. Cassellius has spent three decades as an educator...
WOCEC newsletter, January 2025
Webinar on January 30 @ 7:00 pm EST: Learn More About the WOCEC’s Principal Fellowship This five-month program identifies a cohort of school principals and provides them with executive coaching and professional development. The program aims to foster further...
Webinar, January 30 @ 7:00 pm EST: Learn About Our Principal Fellowship
This five-month program identifies a cohort of school principals and provides them with executive coaching and professional development. The program aims to foster further leadership skills, develop a robust network of women leaders, and empower this new group to lead...
WOCEC newsletter, December 2024
Applications for 2025-26 National Principal and District/CMO Fellowships Are Open! The goal of the WOCEC is to create a diverse and thriving professional network of women leaders by providing leadership development programs to enhance executive skills, build robust...
Social, Emotional, and Academic Development in the Classroom
Several schools and districts in the WOCEC orbit - where WOCEC members teach and lead - have worked to implement SEAD strategies in their school buildings - strategies that promote social, emotional, and academic development. In this New York City school building, one...
Students’ Academic Mindsets
WOCEC alumna Hewette Moore shares research about students and their academic mindsets, another part of the social, emotional, and academic development (SEAD) work that districts and schools undertake. Here are the four components that can contribute to a student's...
2025, the Science of Reading, and Collaboration and Commitment
As we transition from 2024 into 2025, educators have an excellent opportunity to refine and implement research-backed strategies for even greater impact in these uncertain and challenging times facing public education post-pandemic. A promising area of focused...
WOCEC newsletter, November 2024
Applications for 2025-26 National Principal and District/CMO Fellowships Open this Week The goal of the WOCEC is to create a diverse and thriving professional network of women leaders by providing leadership development programs to enhance executive skills, build...