2026 CEL Annual Convention

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This year’s Conference on English Leadership Annual Convention invites participants to explore the dynamic intersections, tensions, and opportunities that arise when we work to integrate leadership across literacy and English. While younger students focus primarily on building foundational and content area literacy skills, the emphasis shifts as students advance through grade levels, with disciplinary literacy skills within specific subject areas becoming increasingly prominent. With this arc in mind, how can leaders create coherence between literacy instruction and English teaching while honoring their distinctions? What strategies build collaborative cultures among elementary and secondary teachers, literacy coaches, curriculum designers, college professors, and instructional leaders? And how can school, district, and state leaders guide the work of literacy and English to strengthen learning, honor differences, and respond to today’s complex educational challenges? Read the full Call for Proposals.

Registration

• CEL Member: $300 (after October 7: $315)
• NCTE Member: $340 (after October 7: $360)
• Nonmember: $410 (after October 7: $430)

Convention Details

Join the Conference on English Leadership for the 2026 CEL Annual Convention in Philadelphia, PA, November 22–24, immediately following the NCTE Annual Convention. Details will be added here as they become available.

Tentative CEL 2026 Schedule

Sunday, November 22, 2026 2:00–2:25 p.m. Opening Welcome 2:35–3:35 p.m. Concurrent Session A 3:45–4:45 p.m. Concurrent Session B 4:55–5:55 p.m. Concurrent Session C 7:00 p.m. Facilitated Dinners

Monday, November 23, 2026 8:00–8:25 a.m. Welcome 8:25–9:35 a.m. Keynote Tricia Ebarvia 9:40–10:40 a.m. Concurrent Session D 10:50–11:50 a.m. Concurrent Session E 12:00–12:50 p.m. Lunch 1:00–2:00 p.m. Concurrent Session F 2:10–2:15 p.m. CEL 2027 Theme Reveal 2:15–3:20 p.m. Keynote Jenelle Williams 3:20–4:00 p.m. ELQ & ELF Awards and Closing 4:30–5:30 p.m. Social Hour (location to be announced)

Tuesday, November 24, 2026 8:30 a.m. Welcome 8:35–9:35 a.m. Collaborative Workshop: Barriers Between Literacy and English 9:45–10:45 a.m. Collaborative Workshop: Bridges Between Literacy and English 10:45–10:50 a.m. Closing