Interactive, Customized professional development designed with your team in mind
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U Lead

U Lead is ELA’s professional development training program. ELA provides teambuilding and leadership opportunities to support the growth and development of your workforce.

U Lead workshops are perfect for educators, administrators, professionals, and parents/guardians. You can select from our programming menu or work with our team to create a customized session or series that meets your critical needs. Our professional development programs promote learning and success through engaging and interactive activities. Programs conclude with reflection and discussion to build deeper connections to the content and applications within your organization.

Building Strong Teams

Select from one of our existing team building and skill development workshops or have ELA design a customized professional develop program to meet your team's needs.

1-Hour Professional Development Programs

1

The Power of Personalities

Understanding how different people communicate is key to stopping miscommunication. Whether it’s between students and teachers, teachers and teachers, or teachers and admin, learning each other's social personalities will increase teamwork in all forms.

Successfully Balancing Work and Life

Experiential program filled with tips, tricks, and techniques to help bring balance to your everyday life.

2

Developing a Growth Mindset Through Critical Thinking

Understanding how your present mindset impacts your day. Engaging activities to expand your growth mindset and think outside the box.

3

Get SMART with Goal Setting

Techniques to sharpen your effectiveness in reaching success. Walk away with an action plan that will make a difference.

4

Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude

Positioning yourself for success by understanding the depths of negative conditioning. Discover methods to enlighten your vision.

5

Your Most Valuable Asset

Creatively analyze your values to better align your life. Through a journey of self-discovery, find out what makes you unique and how to live your true self.

6

The ABCs of Impactful Communication

Have you ever experienced a breakdown in communication? Learn how to impart your message to make the most impact. Dissecting the layers involved in clear communication.

7

The Power of Self-Discovery

Utilizing ELA tools, participants will gain personal knowledge of themselves which will help guide them to develop a 90-day plan of action.

8

Building Highly Functioning Teaching Teams (5 hours)

This 5-part series will take your teams on a journey of discovery. Team members will uncover the pathway to a highly effective team while engaging in each step of the process through fun and challenging activities. Teams will walk away with an action plan for immediate growth.

Program Participants

Argonaut
Avon Local Schools
Berea-Midpark High School
Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Ohio
Chagrin Falls Middle School
Community Foundation of Lorain County
Educational Service Center of Lorain County
Firelands Local School District
Menlo Park Academy
North Ridgeville City Schools
North Royalton City Schools
Out of School Time Symposium
PACE (CMSD)
Strongsville Middle School
Tuscarawas Valley Local Schools
Young Entrepreneurs Institute
Argonaut
Avon Local Schools
Berea-Midpark High School
Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Ohio
Chagrin Falls Middle School
Community Foundation of Lorain County
Educational Service Center of Lorain County
Firelands Local School District
Menlo Park Academy
North Ridgeville City Schools
North Royalton City Schools
Out of School Time Symposium
PACE (CMSD)
Strongsville Middle School
Tuscarawas Valley Local Schools
Young Entrepreneurs Institute

What does our community say about U Lead?

The one tool that I have used is time management. I use it to manage time. I use it for homework, chores and schoolwork.

Diego Morales
St. Ignatius HS

Business and industry is demanding that its workforce have these skills, but when and where do students learn them? ELA not only taught my students these success skills but truly developed them in these aspiring young professionals. My students are leaving the Effective Leadership Academy with a competitive advantage that applies throughout their future education and professional opportunities.

Gregory W. Perry
Beachwood HS

ELA is a thoughtful and energetic group. We have been so thrilled with the ELA programming that we have not only continued to bring them to campus, but we have expanded their role in working with our students on leadership development. ELA has created several unique and exceptional curricula for the many initiatives on which we have partnered. We look forward to continuing our relationship with ELA, so that our students will have the opportunity to learn from the best.

Annie Neill
Western Reserve Academy

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Frequently Asked Questions

What size group can you provide programming for?

We can work with any size group ranging from 5 – over 150 people

Do you have set PD sessions?

Yes, we have a several key topics that we’ve developed PD sessions around and we can also customize programming to meet the needs of your group.

What is the cost?

This is dependent on number of sessions, number of attendees, and whether the PD is customized. Typical PD sessions for mid-sized groups run $1,000 for 60 to 90-minutes.

How are PD sessions run?

Learning happens through engaging activities, games, challenges, and discussions. Topics and underpinned by theory and connected to work through debrief discussions.