Our Impact
Partners for Educational Leadership is an evidenced-based, outcome-focused organization. We work with our partners to clarify both their desired outcomes and the metrics for monitoring ongoing progress. We are committed to supporting lasting, meaningful improvements, and we are proud of the results our partners have produced. Read further to better understand our work in specific districts.
Partners’ reach in Connecticut and beyond in 2023:

District Case Studies of Impact
Center’s Deep Bench Helps Enhance District Improvement
Joe Macary has been superintendent of schools in Vernon, Connecticut since 2015, after serving as superintendent in Wolcott. In May 2016, he worked with the Partners to conduct a district coherence audit and, based on those results, decided to partner with the Partners for professional learning and to strengthen district performance in three key areas: building capacity through executive coaching,
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The Proof is in the Numbers
Sharon Locke, former superintendent in Naugatuck, doesn’t want to talk about equity – she wants to create equity! Locke has been consulting with the Center for several years, and the results, she says, have been remarkable, especially in improved math scores and in growth with the district’s highest-needs students.
Locke said that when she arrived in Naugatuck in 2014, her team
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Putting Instruction and Student Learning First
Elizabeth Feser first worked with Partners for Educational Leadership when she was Superintendent in Windsor, CT, prior to becoming Superintendent in Milford. In Windsor, she was invited to join the Superintendents’ Network. In doing so, the Partners helped her introduce Instructional Rounds. Rounds, she said, helped building principals and central office leaders focus on the impact of teaching practices on
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Our District Partners 2016 – 2023
Avon
Barkhamsted
Berlin
Bethel
Bloomfield
Branford
Bridgeport
Bristol
Canterbury
Canton
CES
Cheshire
Colchester
CREC
CSDE
CTECS
Danbury
Darien
Derby
East Haven
EastConn
Ellington
Enfield
Farmington
Granby
Greenwich
Groton
Guilford
Hamden
Hartford
Killingly
Lebanon
Litchfield
Madison
Manchester
Mansfield
Meriden
Middletown
Milford
Naugatuck
New Britain
New Canaan
New Fairfield
New Haven
New London
Newington
Newtown
North Branford
Norwalk
Norwich
Old Saybrook
Orange
Plainville
Portland
Portland
Putnam
Region 1
Region 4
Region 5
Region 9
Region 12
Region 13
Region 14
Region 15
Region 19
RI Instructional Leadership Academy
RISSA
Simsbury
South Windsor
Southington
Stamford
Stratford
Suffield
Thomaston
Thompson
Torrington
Vernon
Waterbury
Waterford
Watertown
Westbrook
Weston
Wilton
Windham
Windsor