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.

Information and Application

Applications are being accepted for the seventh cohort of ELI to begin in February 2009 and continuing to June 2010with applications due no later than January 9, 2009, but preferably by Decemmber 18, 2008. 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.

Information Session

On December 11, 2008 from 5-7:30pm ELI will host an admissions Information Session in the regular classroom in Waltham, MA. A sample class will be demonstrated. ELI graduates, current students and faculty will be available for questions and answers. Please contact Prof. Gerry Leader, gleader@bu.edu, to reserve a place and receive driving instructions. Attendance is not required to apply or be accepted in the ELI program.

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.

Reduced Tuition Announcement as of November 6th, 2008

EDCO and ELI’s faculty recognize the current economic recession makes it difficult for candidates to assume an extra financial commitment. We will share the burden. For one time, we have reduced our compensation in order to reduce tuition by 18% overall. The total program fee with graduate credit was $9,800 and is now $8,000. The basic program for licensure was $7,925 and is now a 23% reduction at $6,125. Be assured program quality will not be diminished. See page 5. Our commitment remains high to personalized candidate preparation for administrative leadership.