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 …
St Vrain Places Priority on Staff Social Emotional Wellness
By Susan Paulsen, CEI Strategic Communications Manager Efforts to meet student needs begin with meeting staff needs St. Vrain Valley School District (SVVSD) has many programs and resources in place to ensure teachers and staff are supported in their work. One important area of focus is advancing the social emotional …
Social Emotional Redesign Network Opens Pathways for Student Activation
By Susan Paulsen, CEI Strategic Communications Manager Over the past few years, several Colorado high schools have been participating with CEI in the Social Emotional Redesign Network (SERN), engaging in networking and shared learning, acquiring comprehensive social emotional development content, and partnering with their students to build empathy. Thanks to …
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 …
How Next Generation Learning Guides Every Student Toward Their Full Potential
By Paul Beck | March 2, 2018 Teachers applying for jobs in Colorado Springs District 11 are in for a bit of a shock. There will be standard parts of their interview, of course, meetings with administrators and other teachers. But those interviews will also include much younger, smaller faces: …
New Year, New Learning Networks
January 17, 2018 CEI is excited to share the launch of two Learning Networks for two of our Big Bets — High School Redesign and Competency-Based/Personalized Learning. Our strategy release last September reinforced CEI’s vision that all Colorado students develop not only the academic, but also the professional, personal, entrepreneurial, and civic …
Colorado School Districts awarded $1.5 Million for Social and Emotional Wellness Programs
May 16, 2017 The Colorado Education Initiative (CEI) is partnering with Kaiser Permanente to advance a culture of health and wellness at 13 schools in five Colorado school districts. Earlier this month, Kaiser Permanente announced that five Colorado school districts will receive a combined $1.5 million in Thriving Schools behavioral …
Introducing CEI Team Members
We are thrilled to introduce you to 10 new teammates who joined CEI in the 2023-24 school year, bringing collective leadership and expertise to enhance CEI’s partnerships and support. Our new colleagues join from Colorado school districts, postsecondary institutions, and education organizations, with focus on future pathways for students, research …
Teammate Spotlight: CEI Expands Our Leadership in Industry and Postsecondary Partnership, Communications Planning, and School Improvement
We are thrilled to have welcomed Shelley Banker, Claire Cecere, Tristan Connett, and Katie Kraft to our team in the last few months. These new hires help accelerate progress toward our 2023 goals and respond to increasing partner requests for expertise and support in postsecondary partnership, career-connected learning, communications and …
Meet Summer Maloney, HTI Coordinator at Holyoke School District
Get a glimpse at how one Colorado rural school district is connecting student, family, and community voices with learning objectives and outcomes. By Susan Paulsen, CEI Strategic Communications Manager Summer Maloney serves as Holyoke School District’s coordinator for the Homegrown Talent Initiative (HTI). This program aims to provide the resources …