Synopsis

**Northeast Leadership Academy (NELA)**
The Northeast Leadership Academy is designed to develop 21st Century school leaders in fourteen Northeast North Carolina school districts. The Academy aims to balance theory and practice and inquiry and action. Specifically, coursework is rigorous, instructors and mentors are helpful and experiences, and internships are meaningful - focused on solving real school issues. Graduates will have the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to be effective leaders of change - using data to focus on results and reflect on practice.







Leadership Academy participants will be individuals deeply committed to improving persistently low-achieving schools and will make a three-year, post-degree commitment to work in NE high need schools. The NE districts will utilize Leadership Academy graduates as the first line of replacements for assistant principal and principal openings in districts’ high-need schools.

NELA Project Directors:
//Research Fellow// at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation ||  || **Matthew Militello,** //Associate Professor// Educational Leadership and //Research Fellow// at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation || (919) 515.6359 ||  || matt_militello@ncsu.edu (919) 513.0154 ||
 * **Bonnie Fusarelli,** //Associate Professor// Educational Leadership and
 * bonnie_fusarelli@ncsu.edu





Link to NELA Site: http://ncsunela.wikispaces.com/NELA+Home