2025 CEL Annual Convention
November 23–25 | Denver, CO
Abundance
The 2025 CEL Annual Convention Call for Proposals is now available. Proposal Deadline: 9:00 a.m. ET, Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Registration
Registration for the 2025 CEL Annual Convention will open in summer 2025.
Convention Details
Join CEL for the 2025 Annual Convention in Denver, CO, November 23–25, 2025. Details will be added throughout the coming year as they become available.
Housing, Travel, and Graduate Credit
Housing, Travel, and Graduate credit for the 2025 CEL Annual Convention will be added throughout the year.
CEL Annual Convention Schedule
Sunday, November 24, 2025
1:45–1:55 p.m. Welcome
1:55–2:15 p.m. Land Acknowledgement & Native Educators Speak
2:15–2:30 p.m. Awards
2:30–2:40 p.m. Break – Stretch – Walk Around
2:40–3:30 p.m. Keynote Speaker
3:30–3:40 p.m. Break
3:40–4:40 p.m. Parallel Sessions A
4:50–5:50 p.m. Parallel Sessions B
7:00 p.m. Facilitated Dinners
Monday, November 25, 2025
8:00–8:20 a.m. Coffee and Connection
8:20–8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks and Speaker Introduction
8:30–9:30 a.m. Keynote Speaker
9:40–10:40 a.m. Parallel Sessions C
10:50–11:20 a.m. Abundance Sessions A
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Parallel Sessions D
12:30–1:30 p.m. Lunch (included)
1:40–2:40 p.m. Parallel Sessions E
2:50–3:20 p.m. Abundance Sessions B
3:30–4:30 p.m. Parallel Sessions F
4:30–5:30 p.m. Networking Hour
5:30 p.m. Social Hour
6:30 p.m. Self-Directed Dinners
Tuesday, November 26, 2025
8:00–8:30 a.m. Coffee & Opening Remarks
8:30–9:30 a.m. Collaborative Workshop: Combating Excess
9:40–9:50 a.m. Break – Stretch
10:00–10:50 a.m. Collaborative Workshop: Embracing Abundance
10:50–11:00 a.m. Closing Circle
Past CEL Conventions
2024 CEL Annual Convention
LEADERSHIP matters; Leadership MATTERS
November 24–26, 2024
Boston, Massachusetts
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