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TEXAS Adult Education & Literacy Leadership Excellence AcademY

Application Information:

  • Administrator Leadership applicants must be recommended by their director (or be self-nominated) and MUST complete the Nomination and Commitment Form linked at bottom of this page.

  • Instructional Leadership applicants must be nominated by their director and should be in an Instructional Leadership position and MUST complete the Nomination and Commitment Form linked at bottom.

All applications must be submitted by July 18, 2025. Please contact Beth Ponder, TRAIN PD: baponder@tamu.edu with any questions.

 

Program Expectations:

Nominators

  • Nominate self or other candidate(s) for the TX LEA

  • Make the commitment for self or other staff member to attend all sessions of the TX LEA training

  • Support implementation of the TX LEA project

  • Participate in the TX LEA Orientation webinar on August 19, 2025
 

TX LEA Participants

  • Participate in the TX LEA webinars and face-to-face meetings

  • Participate in intensive training and support through May 2026

  • Contribute to discussions and assignments

  • Fully implement the Leadership Excellence Model in my respective Adult Education program

  • Participate in the Leadership Excellence Academy forum (Community of Practice in PD Portal)

 

Criteria for Selection:

  • Must be in an administrator or instructional lead position within the AEL program

  • Desire to be a successful leader and acquire additional leadership skills

  • Desire to improve program based on self-assessment and program data

  • Motivation and passion toward program improvement

  • Willingness to commit time and energy to project completion

  • Flexibility

  • Can effectively implement best practices

  • Understands challenges of AEL

  • Great people skills—Can adapt approach to staff with different needs

  • Preparedness—Knowledge of AEL program needs

Upon completion of training, TX LEA participants will:

  • Identify and apply leadership concepts addressed in the Academy

  • Identify individual opportunities for improvement based on self-assessment and program data

  • Acquire skills and support to lead a program improvement initiative

  • Explain and implement one of several collaboration models

  • Describe strategies to support initiative, persistence and planning

  • Use data analysis to make decisions

  • Receive a Certificate of Completion.

Following is the Project Timeline for the TX LEA:

Date/Time

Event

Description

8/19/25, 1:00pm - 2:00pm CST

LEA Orientation (Webinar)

Orientation to the Academy webinar which will cover pertinent information, participant expectations and timelines.

9/2/25, 8:30am - 4:00pm CST

Pre-Conference Day at Fall Institute

Session 1 Kickoff (F2F)

This training will cover the following:

  • Overview of the TX LEA, timeline, and expectations

  • Our approach: “Leadership Framework Wheel”

  • Transformational Leadership & Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) leadership styles

  • Leadership vision statement

  • Teamwork Strategies: COMPASS

  • Overview of improvement project

  • Intro to the Portal & Assignments

10/07/25, 12:00pm - 1:00pm CST

Webinar 1

  • Introduction to Data-Driven Decision Making

  • Assignments

11/07/25, 11:00am - 12:15pm CST

Webinar 2

This training will cover the following:

  • Project conceptualization and initial peer feedback

  • What are your project ideas?

  • Considerations and advice

  • What makes a good project?

  • How to run a meeting

1/14/26, 10:00am - 12:00pm CST

Webinar 3

This webinar will cover the following:

  • Collecting and using qualitative data

  • Plan, Do, Study, Act

  • SMART goals

  • Assignments

2/19/26, 8:30am - 4:00pm CST 
2/20/26, 8:30am - 3:00pm CST   

Session 2 (F2F)

This training will cover the following:

Day 1 (6 hours):

  • Leading change

  • Influencing and developing others

  • Team Communication activity

  • Project discussions in topic groups

Day 2 (5 hours):

  • Managing different personalities

  • Teacher Competencies

  • SBI Feedback

  • Next steps and assignments

3/11/26, 1:00pm - 2:30pm CST
3/17/26, 10:00am - 11:30am CST
3/19/26, 1:00pm - 2:30pm CST

Small Group Meetings

This webinar will provide an opportunity for individuals to report on their project and progress and solicit specific feedback and advice. (selection of one date is required)

4/8/26, 2:00pm - 3:15pm CST

Webinar 4

Participants will hear from a practitioner panel on leading a team in data-based decision making and collaboratively looking at data for program improvement.

5/1/26, 8:30am – 3:30pm CST

Session 3 (F2F)

In this final session, participants will revisit their personal vision statements and Leadership Wheel, present the outcomes from their improvement projects, and receive and give feedback to colleagues.

Nomination Instructions:


The TX LEA Nominator MUST complete the Nomination Form and the TX LEA Nominee MUST complete the Commitment Form.


TX LEA Nomination Form

TX LEA Commitment Form

Note: For Cohort 7, TCALL will reimburse travel expenses for face-to-face sessions.