College of Education Leadership Symposium
The College of Education Leadership Symposium, previously known as the Educational Leadership Symposium, joins students, faculty, staff and community partners to share research and projects that advance education locally and globally.
The symposium themes are selected by the Racial Equity Fellows in the College of Education's Educational Leadership Department. Each theme acknowledges the need to build bridges between school partners across the P-16 continuum to allow for dialogue and discussion on the interrelationship of problems affecting our students, faculty, and administrators.
2026 College of Education Leadership Symposium
Centering Community, Justice and Belonging
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026
É«ÖÐÉ« Anatol Center
Proposal submission
Priority submission deadline: Nov. 12, 2025
Workshops (45-60 mins.)
Intended to provide an in-depth review or introduce a topic of interest, and should give participants materials and ideas immediately useful to public K-12, community college or higher ed practitioners. Great for students midway through a graduate program and at the mid-range mark of the research process, data and literature.
Great for students' caregivers who can share what they're doing to improve their campus environment. Group
presentations work well.
Poster sessions (30 mins.)
A forum for scholars, practitioners, community members and school leaders to discuss with symposium participants a research or action project in
developing or completed stages.
Great for students midway through a graduate program and at the mid-range mark of the research process, data and literature. Also great for school partners/leaders to share a project being implemented or is completed. Poster
printing costs will be covered.
Paper presentations (25-30 mins.)
Present the results of quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods studies; or report the findings of studies that use historical, ethnographic or other analytic methods.
Great for those further along in their research.
SPARK sessions (5-15 mins. per presenter; 30-min. session)
There will be 4-5 presenters per SPARK session. They will give a 5- to 10-minute presentation covering the following three questions:
- What is the problem?
- Why is it a problem?
- What actions will resolve it?
Great for newer/beginning graduate students and school/community leaders and caregivers.
All College of Education students (undergraduate, master’s, credential, certificate, and doctoral), faculty, staff and community partners are invited to participate. The conference is based on the assumption that research and other education projects are at different stages of development; in progress and ongoing projects are also encouraged.
All proposals for posters, paper presentations, workshops or SPARK sessions require submission of a research summary (250 words maximum) to be uploaded at the link below:
PRIORITY SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025
Email Christine.Bedell@csulb.edu or call 562.985.2330.
