2026 CEL Annual Convention
November 22鈥�24 | Philadelphia, PA
Integrated Leadership: Bridging Literacy and English
2026 CEL Call for Proposals
Proposal Deadline: 9:00 a.m. ET, Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Registration
Registration for the 2026 CEL Annual Convention will open Summer 2026.
Convention Details
Join CEL for the 2026 Annual Convention in Philadelphia, PA, November 22鈥�24. Details will be added throughout the coming year as they become available.
Past CEL Conventions
2025 CEL Annual Convention
Abundance
November 23鈥�25, 2025
Denver, Colorado
2024 CEL Annual Convention
LEADERSHIP matters; Leadership聽MATTERS
November 24鈥�26, 2024
Boston, Massachusetts
2023 CEL Annual Convention
Literacy Communities as Sites of Reckoning and Repair
November 19鈥�21, 2023
Columbus, Ohio
Leading Literacy Coalitions: From Classrooms to Communities
November 20鈥�22, 2022
Anaheim, California
2021 CEL Annual Convention
Leading with Balance: Achieving Harmony with an Ever-Changing World
November 21鈥�22, 2021
Virtual Convention
2020 CEL Annual Convention
Dynamic Leadership: Inspiring Literacy Leaders to Imagine, Innovate, and Invent
November 22鈥�23, 2020
Virtual Convention
Creating Opportunities: Leadership to Ignite Movements and Momentum
November 22-24, 2019
Baltimore, Maryland
CELebrating the Vision, Voice, and Momentum of Leadership
November 18-20, 2018
Houston, Texas
Literacy Leadership for Access and Opportunity
November 19-20, 2017
St. Louis, Missouri
Innovative Leadership
November 20-22, 2016
Atlanta, Georgia
A Leader’s Legacy
November 22-24, 2015
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Leading in a Collaborative World
November 23-25, 2014
Washington, DC
Transformative Literacy Leadership and Learning
November 24-26, 2013
Boston, Massachusetts
Writing as Leadership: Fostering a Culture of Writing and Reflective Practice
November 18-20, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada
Leadership Matters
November 22-24, 2011
Chicago, Illinois