2024 CEL Annual Convention
November 24–26, 2024 | Boston, MA
LEADERSHIP matters; Leadership MATTERS
Read the call for proposals.
IMPORTANT DATES
- Proposal database opens in late January 2024.
- Proposal submission deadline: 9:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Proposal notifications: by May 31, 2024
- Registration & housing information available: Summer 2024
- Conference dates: November 24–26, 2024, Boston, MA
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.
Registration
Registration for the 2024 CEL Annual Convention will open in the summer of 2024.
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