Convention Details
Join CEL for the 2024 Annual Convention in Boston, MA, November 24–26, 2024. Details will be added throughout the coming year as they become available.
NEW! See the Convention Program.
Convention Schedule
Sunday, November 24, 2024
1:45–3:20 p.m.: Welcome
2:00–2:20 p.m.: Opening Remarks and Awards
2:20–3:20 p.m.: Keynote Speaker: CAROL JAGO
3:30–4:30 p.m.: Session A
4:40–5:40 p.m.: Session B
6:30 p.m.: Facilitated Dinners (off-site)
Monday, November 25, 2024
8:00–8:20 a.m.: Coffee and Opening Remarks
8:20–9:20 a.m.: Keynote Speaker: SONJA CHERRY-PAUL
9:30–10:30 a.m.: Session C
10:45–11:45 a.m.: Session D
12:00–12:30 p.m.: Lunch
12:30–2:00 p.m.: Spark Sessions and Panel Presentations
2:15–3:15 p.m.: Session E
3:30–4:30 p.m.: Session F
5:30 p.m.: Social Hour (off-site)
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
8:00–8:30 a.m.: Coffee and Opening Remarks
8:30–9:40 a.m.: Spark Sessions
9:40–10:20 a.m.: Collaborative Workshop (“LEADERSHIP matters…”)
10:30–11:30 a.m.: Spark Sessions
11:40 a.m.–12:20 p.m.: Collaborative Workshop (“Leadership MATTERS…”)
12:20–12:30 p.m.: Closing Remarks
Read the call for proposals.
Housing, Travel, and Graduate Credit
Housing
Price. Convenience. Access. We’ve carefully selected hotels that are within walking distance of the Convention facility, easily accessible by public transportation from the airport and Amtrak station, and offering you highly negotiated rates spanning $175 to $259 per night. Our rates are contractually guaranteed to be the lowest available rate at each hotel.
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Travel
You can find additional information about travel, including a discount for Delta Air Lines, and local attractions at on the NCTE Annual Convention website.
Graduate Credit
Earn graduate credit through the University of San Diego for participating in the #CEL24 Convention. Learn more.
Past CEL Conventions
2023 CEL Annual Convention
Literacy Communities as Sites of Reckoning and Repair
November 19–21, 2023
Columbus, Ohio
2022 CEL Annual Convention
Leading Literacy Coalitions: From Classrooms to Communities
November 20–22, 2022
Anaheim, California
2021 CEL Annual Convention
Leading with Balance: Achieving Harmony with an Ever-Changing World
November 21–22, 2021
Virtual Convention
2020 CEL Annual Convention
Dynamic Leadership: Inspiring Literacy Leaders to Imagine, Innovate, and Invent
November 22–23, 2020
Virtual Convention
2019 CEL Annual Convention
Creating Opportunities: Leadership to Ignite Movements and Momentum
November 22-24, 2019
Baltimore, Maryland
2018 CEL Annual Convention
CELebrating the Vision, Voice, and Momentum of Leadership
November 18-20, 2018
Houston, Texas
2017 CEL Annual Convention
Literacy Leadership for Access and Opportunity
November 19-20, 2017
St. Louis, Missouri
2016 CEL Annual Convention
Innovative Leadership
November 20-22, 2016
Atlanta, Georgia
2015 CEL Annual Convention
A Leader’s Legacy
November 22-24, 2015
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2014 CEL Annual Convention
Leading in a Collaborative World
November 23-25, 2014
Washington, DC
2013 CEL Annual Convention
Transformative Literacy Leadership and Learning
November 24-26, 2013
Boston, Massachusetts
2012 CEL Annual Convention
Writing as Leadership: Fostering a Culture of Writing and Reflective Practice
November 18-20, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada
2011 CEL Annual Convention
Leadership Matters
November 22-24, 2011
Chicago, Illinois