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CLEE Fall Meeting 2025

Rhode Island November 13-14, 2025

Join us in Rhode Island November 13-14, 2025 for CLEE Fall Meeting!

Join educators and leaders from across the country as we explore what student-focused leadership looks like today.

We will:

  • Use facilitative leadership tools to drive student success
  • Share and gain expertise on adult learning and collaboration
  • Build connections with a powerful national community

We’ll come together for two full days of hands-on practice, deep reflection, and meaningful dialogue — strengthening our work for each and every student.

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Registration Fees

Group Rate (3+) $690
Standard Rate $890

Take your leadership to the next level with CLEE’s Collaborative Leadership PackageBundle three of our most powerful learning experiences, Fall MeetingFacilitator Training, and Community of Practice, for only $1800 (a savings of almost $500).

Fall Meeting Program

Agenda
Thursday – November 13, 2025

  • Breakfast Provided

  • Opening & Keynote

  • Lunch Provided

  • Small Groups

  • Evening Reception

Friday November 14, 2025

  • Breakfast Provided

  • Small Groups

  • Lunch Provided

  • Workshops

  • Closing

Small Groups
Participants will spend a majority of their time giving and receiving feedback and sharing dilemmas and facilitating tools in small groups that model a Community of Practice (or you may know it as a Professional Learning Community or Or Reflective Learning Community, etc.).

Workshops
We will also spend time sharing our practices, tools, and learning in topic-based workshops presented by the CLEE Community.

Evening Reception
Immediately after our closing on the first day we will have a reception to network and share in a relaxed setting with hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar.

"The experience last year at Fall Meeting was the most beneficial and fulfilling experience I have had related to any PD I have attended. The networking, collaboration, practicing of the dilemmas, and learning/being validated by hearing that others in the field are experiencing the same things as I am."

Fall Meeting Participant

Keynote Speaker - Dr. Barbara Mullen

Dr. Barbara Mullen

Dr. Barbara Mullen will join us as the keynote speaker for the 2025 CLEE Fall Meeting, bringing her bold vision and steadfast dedication to student-centered leadership. Known for her deliberate and confident advocacy for each and every student.

Dr. Barbara Mullen, our Fall Meeting keynote speaker, is a deliberate and confident advocate for each and every student. She is a student-centered leader who consistently seeks ways for her organizations to grow, always focused on creating meaningful opportunities and improving outcomes for each learner. She is the child of two educators and followed joyfully in their footsteps.

She serves as Superintendent of the Rush-Henrietta Central School District in suburban Rochester, New York, where she began in April 2023. She previously served as Assistant Superintendent of Student Services for Cambridge (MA) Public Schools, Chief of Equity, Culture, and Student Support in Providence (RI) Public Schools, and Special Education Lead for Houston Independent School District. In Rhode Island, she also served as Director of the Learning Leader Network at CLEE. In each role, she expanded access to advanced courses, strengthened special education, and developed leadership pipelines that support student success.

In December 2023, Dr. Mullen received national recognition with the Leaders of Distinction Award by District Administration Leadership Institute. Most recently, the organization named her one of the Top 100 Education Influencers for 2025.

Workshops

We will spend time sharing our practices, tools, and learning in topic-based workshops presented by the CLEE Community.

Adult/Youth Partnership: The secret sauce of changemaking in schools
Dan Condon, Eagle Rock
This dynamic, interactive workshop explores the transformative power of Adult/Student Partnership in schools and learning communities. Rooted in real-world examples from Eagle Rock’s Changemaker Cohort & Eagle Rock School itself, the session introduces participants to Hart’s Ladder of Youth Participation, a framework that challenges traditional school structures and invites shared decision-making between youth and adults. Rather than settling for consultation or symbolic involvement, this workshop invites participants to explore what it looks like to move toward full collaboration—and why it matters.

Coaching, Mentoring, and Training Oh My!
Kirk Koennecke, Indian Hill School District
Participants will learn the foundational language of leadership development and influence skills through reflection, communication, and action step activities in an interactive workshop that introduces the pedagogy behind the performance coaching, mentoring, and training modes of situational leadership. 

College in High School Magnet Programs: Pathways to Academic Excellence
Ramin Taheri, Magnet Schools of America
Providing college coursework in high school has several positive effects on students, including improved high school graduation rates, a higher likelihood of enrolling in college after high school, and an increased college completion rate. Many magnet schools are geared toward providing college coursework, often through an “early college” theme or dual-enrollment agreements with higher education institutions. Magnet schools—themed, public schools of choice—have long been at the forefront of innovative educational approaches in the United States, dating back to their inception during the civil rights movement to combat school segregation. These schools, capitalizing on their unique theme-based curricula or pedagogical approaches, voluntarily “attracted” students and families like a magnet. Since then, magnet schools have grown in number and popularity and, today, there are over 4,300 magnet schools serving over 3.5 million students.

This workshop will examine early college and dual-enrollment magnet schools, their positive impacts on students, obstacles to creating these effective “college in high school” programs, and policy recommendations for implementing programs successfully. Session participants will gain valuable insights into how magnet schools are uniquely positioned to lead this work, along with actionable recommendations for expanding access and impact.

CLEE Protocol Remix – Same Beat, Multiple Arrangements
Joe Battaglia, The Met High School
Just like a song that can be reimagined in different styles, our refreshed protocol format carries the same steady rhythm while opening up new arrangements for different moments. In this session we will try out lean and rich versions that invite multiple entry points, uncover fresh tools while rediscovering old favorites, and make sense of the different “types” of protocols. Together we will consider when each arrangement is most useful, surface possible needs for new supporting documents, and imagine how you might bring this remix into your own practice.

Leading Together: Early Lessons from PLANS in Building Widespread Educational Leadership
Kristen Ando, Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning, North Andover Public Schools, MA
Karen Murdoch Lahey, Principal, Sargent Elementary School, North Andover Public Schools, MA
Laurie Marchand, Principal, Martin Middle School, East Providence, RI
Join dynamic educational leaders currently participating in CLEE’s PLANS (Plan, Lead, Act, Network, and Sustain) initiative as they share emerging insights from their work to build widespread leadership for boosting student outcomes through school improvement planning. This interactive session will highlight real examples from the leaders’ schools, showcasing how they are strengthening inclusive, team-driven improvement efforts. Participants will explore the conditions and practices that cultivate widespread leadership, increase adult collaboration, and lead to increased student learning.

Whether you’re a school leader, teacher, coach, or partner in education, this session will offer practical takeaways and inspiration to strengthen your own leadership practices and school community.

Dr. Jonathan Ponds Fall Meeting Scholarships

In honor of our inspiring colleague, Dr. Jonathan Ponds, CLEE is offering scholarships to cover registration fees to lower the cost barrier for Fall Meeting. We have a limited number of full and half scholarships available. We are unable to provide any travel or lodging support.

Please apply if cost is a barrier to attend Fall Meeting. We especially want you to apply for a scholarship if you are paying for yourself, an early career professional, in a teacher or principal preparation program, a graduate student, experiencing an economic hardship, and/or are a K-12 student.

Apply for a Scholarship Now

Venue/Hotel Info

Hotel Info
Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick (Airport)
801 Greenwich Avenue
Warwick, Rhode Island 02886

Room Rate – $149/night
Book Online or call 401.732.6000 and use code CLE to book your rooms.
Room Rate Cutoff is 10/13/25. Please reserve your room before 10/13/25 to get our reduced room rate.

Transportation

  • Fly into Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD)

  • Free airport shuttle to the hotel

  • Free Parking

Fall Meeting FAQ

Is the CLEE Fall Meeting a Meeting or a Conference?

  • It is a unique educational experience that is a meeting for in-depth learning and a conference to collaborate with fellow educators from across the world.
  • It empowers educators to improve each student’s teaching and learning experiences
  • It is time to reflect on your practice as an educator and take home new learning and facilitation skills 
  • We use collaborative protocols and processes to engage in problems of practice and give and receive feedback.

What happens at the Fall Meeting?

  • Powerful conversations, renewal of practice, and learning in a community
  • Participants spend most of their time in collaborative learning groups called Home Groups. Home Groups allow us to engage deeply and practice having complex conversations in a safe place, supported by skilled facilitators  
  • Additionally, whole group experiences at the opening and closing provide powerful community-building Fall Meeting experiences
  • Topic-based Workshops go deeper and give participants new resources on a selected topic

Is Fall Meeting for teachers, school leaders, or higher education?

  • The Fall Meeting is for ALL educators. 
  • This is your invitation to join the Fall Meeting. Having participants from multiple roles, contexts, and places are the ingredients that make Fall Meeting transformational. 
  • If you are an educator interested in collaboration, reflection, and educational equity, the Fall Meeting program is tailored for you. This includes classroom teachers, principals, district leaders, higher education, etc.

Can you tell me more about Home Groups?

At the heart of the Fall Meeting is our time together in collaborative learning groups called Home Groups. Home Groups are small groups co-facilitated by CLEE staff and practitioners in the field. They vary in size and include participants from across the country and from all areas of education. Because of the collaborative nature of our work in Home Groups, your full participation is needed, valued, and appreciated. In these groups, we’ll use CLEE/SRI tools, protocols, and other resources to create conditions for professional collaboration and reflective dialogue to flourish. 

 

Specifically, Home Groups at Fall Meeting will support us to:  

  • Surface issues of inequity, injustice, and oppression even when they may appear to be absent  
  • Examine how our assumptions and beliefs can serve to support some students and hinder the success of others  
  • Create brave and safe spaces where conversations result in action
  • Sustain commitments that lead to real change  

Home Groups are formed by the CLEE staff, and are designed with diversity in mind including racial/ethnic diversity; gender diversity; experience, and role in education. Everyone brings something unique to their Home Groups, and the purpose is to learn from and with one another to improve our practice and serve each and every student.

Should I come to the Fall Meeting if I don’t have experience with SRI/CLEE or I am unfamiliar with using protocols?

Fall Meeting brings together a wide range of educators, including variations in experience in CLEE practices. We very much welcome new colleagues, and it will be richer for all of us with you!

What does the agenda outline look like for the two days?

Thursday – November 13, 2024

  • Breakfast Provided
  • Opening & Keynote
  • Lunch Provided
  • Small Groups

Friday November 14, 2024

  • Breakfast Provided
  • Small Groups
  • Lunch Provided
  • Workshops
  • Closing

Fall Meeting Sponsors

Fall Meeting Exhibitors

Fall Meeting Sponsorship
Sponsors of Fall Meeting will reach a national audience of educators, decision-makers, and community builders. The initial audience is 150+ attendees, then our network of 10,000+ educators, and finally our audience of 20,000+ monthly visitors to our website and social media.

Sponsorship Information