The Educator Leadership Institute (ELI), a program of The Education Collaborative for Greater Boston, Inc. (EDCO), prepares and licenses teachers and administrators with leadership potential for Principal/Assistant Principal K-6; 5-8; 9-12 and Supervisor/Director positions. The program consists of graduate course work and a supervised practicum. The 16-month program can be completed while maintaining a full-time teaching or administrative position.

Second Information Session, January 15th, 2009
 
We invite all interested ELI candidates to a no-obligation ELI Information Session on January 15th from 5:00-7:00pm at our Seefurth classroom in Waltham. A mini classroom session will be conducted and current students, graduates and ELI faculty will be in attendance to answer questions and discuss the program. Please indicate your interest in attending and receiving driving instructions by contacting Gerry Leader at gleader@bu.edu or by phone 617-353-4284.
 

Information and Application

Applications are being accepted for the seventh cohort of ELI to begin in February 2009 and continuing to June 2010 with applications due no later than January 27, 2009. For additional information, contact Gerry Leader at gleader@bu.edu or 617-353-4284. The application process and tuition payment schedule can be found here. Applications are available for download here.

Location and Schedule

Starting in February 2009, classes meet on Thursday afternoons during the academic year and weekday mornings during July at EDCO's new state-of-the-art classroom, 281 Winter Street, Waltham, MA, one-half mile from Exit 27A of route 128 (I-95).

Graduate Credit

Twenty graduate credits are available to participants through ELI's partnership with Endicott College which can be applied for graduate credit leading to a Master's or CAGS.