May 2, 2016 “CEI believes in elevating educators’ voices and we believe in empowered, passionate, and highly effective educators,” said CEI President and CEO Glenna Norvelle. “We modeled CEI’s Ed Talks after the popular TED Talks to give educators an opportunity to hear personal stories from inspiring and passionate Colorado …
Social Emotional Solutions: August 2022
Social Emotional Solutions: A monthly blog showcasing strategies and bright spots for Colorado’s schools Five Mindsets to Start Your Year By Finessa Ferrell, CEI Social Emotional Learning Specialist Introduction If last year was a book title, it would be The Big Squeeze. Educators were pushed to their limits; it was …
Education Transformation in 2021
By Rebecca Holmes, CEI President and CEO Last week I had the honor of being recognized at Denver Business Journals’ 2021 Most Admired CEOs event. The theme for this year’s awards was transformation, and I was thrilled to see that four of the 21 awardees lead education or youth-serving organizations. …
Social Emotional Development
CEI partners with schools and districts across Colorado to strengthen the ability of educators and schools to provide a culture and climate that meets students’ social, emotional, and academic needs. We support strong ecosystem building in four core areas: We partner with 25 districts across social emotional development efforts including …
Women Leaders in Colorado Public Education
As CEI commemorates Women’s History Month in 2021, we recognize the increasing number of women serving in leadership roles in Colorado’s PK-12 education landscape. We checked in with several of our partner districts to learn how these women have navigated the havoc that COVID-19 presented, and what lies ahead. What …
Recovery Summer Coalition
Advancing Summer Opportunities to Stem Pre-K – 5 Learning Loss and Accelerate High School Engagement FEBRUARY 2021 To: Governor Polis, Commissioner Anthes, Executive Director Barnes, Local and State Leaders: The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life around the globe for the last year for families and children, especially for those furthest …
Strategic Reopening Collaborative Toolkit
At this time, many organizations and individuals that CEI respects and works closely with have produced toolkits and guidance that include fantastic approaches and resources, many of which are linked to throughout our work. However, what we believe makes this guidance different is that it links theory and ideas with …
Social-Emotional Development: Creating Relationship-Rich School Ecosystems
By Rebecca Holmes, CEI President and CEO It’s been a very exciting start to the new year here at CEI. We’ve been in every corner of the state these past weeks, from designing portraits of graduates in Grand County to building common measures for improvement in Westminster. One of the …
STEM Design Challenge Puts Business into Colorado Classrooms
Mentorship Opportunity for Middle School Students Also Announced; Apply by August 13 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 28, 2016 Contact Information: Melissa Reeves 720-502-4756 work 303-856-8098 cell mreeves@coloradoedinitiative.org Denver, Colorado — It started with a three-day challenge for Colorado educators to show off their most creative science, technology, engineering, and math …