The Center for Educational Leadership
Mandy Toomey is a seasoned marketing and communications professional with extensive experience in strategic planning, project management, and community engagement. Currently serving as the Marketing and Communications Manager at The Center for Educational Leadership, Toomey leads initiatives to connect with mission-aligned partners. Prior roles include managing communications at the University of Washington, where responsibilities encompassed the creation of strategic communication plans and overseeing a website redesign, as well as overseeing all communications at Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School. Toomey's career also features roles at the American Association of University Women and Search for Common Ground, focusing on content creation, community engagement, and program management. Toomey holds a Master of Arts in International Media and Conflict Resolution from American University and a BA in Journalism from the University of Minnesota.
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The Center for Educational Leadership
The Center for Educational Leadership (CEL) is dedicated to eliminating the achievement gap that continues to divide our nation’s children along the lines of race, class, language and disability. CEL believes the nexus for eliminating the gap lies in the development of leadership capacity―specifically nurturing the will to act on behalf of the most underserved students while increasing leadership knowledge and skill to dramatically improve the quality of instruction. As a nonprofit center within the University of Washington College of Education, our access to current research and best practices makes our work toward this goal especially effective. Our Theory of Action CEL’s work rests upon the critical assumption that the single most important factor in supporting student learning is the quality of classroom instruction. We know that in order to support excellent teaching, school leaders and teachers need to acquire and develop expertise about what constitutes high quality instruction. To achieve that goal, CEL develops the leadership skills, content and instructional knowledge and abilities of teachers, school administrators, and district leaders.