Baylor Center for School Leadership
Building Better Schools, Together
Baylor’s Center for School Leadership strives to be the most effective Christian leadership catalyst for educators worldwide.
We believe that cultivating effective leaders is the key to unlocking the potential of every student. That’s why we strive to prepare and nourish the leaders we serve, so they can, in turn, serve their students with excellence.
The BCSL Networks are learning communities dedicated to developing leaders, strengthening school conditions and improving student outcomes.
Designed as a half-day professional learning event to inspire and educate Christian school leaders in bringing joy back into their schools and classrooms through feedback, engagement, and well-being.
Join us for a day of learning and networking that focuses on catalyzing change within school leadership teams. Just Leadership is designed to bring expertise from superintendents, principals, and other instructional leaders and discuss topics such as, how to make teaching and administration inviting for the next generation, AI, cheating, smart phone use, and time management.
Our programs bring together emerging Christian leaders in public and independent schools.
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See More NewsThe Baylor Center for School Leadership hosted Culture of JOY on Monday, September 9, at the Mark and Paula Hurd Welcome Center for more than 250 education leaders from Central Texas to Madrid, Spain. The half-day professional learning event focused on, as you might expect, joy! But not just in how to find joy in one’s profession – to truly understand that “joy is not freedom from struggle,” Dr. Jon Eckert, co-executive director of the BCSL said. “Joy is the fuel to struggle well.”
The Baylor Center for School Leadership (BCSL) strives to be the most effective Christian leadership catalyst for educators worldwide. Now that Pro Mundo is officially part of Baylor’s seal, we are excited to accelerate this life-giving that allows us to come alongside educators who are serving each student in remarkable ways.
They are living out their calling that goes beyond mere happiness—it's fueled by the deep joy found in a life lived for others, out of an overflow of God's abundant love.
This summer, the Baylor Center for School Leadership engaged with public school administrators and teachers all over Texas. “We want to serve our Texas schools well, and through them, serve each student well,” Dr. Jon Eckert said. “While we also serve the 4.7 million students in private schools, 49.6 million students attend public elementary and secondary schools. Our public schools are partners in so much of the work that we do, and this is where we need to be if we want to catalyze leadership that supports each student.”
Katie Ahmadzai is the principal of NorthStar Academy, an international online Christian school and an alumna of the Baylor Master of Arts in School Leadership (MASL) program. She didn’t start her career with that title in mind though. She studied electrical engineering at Baylor, and Ahmadzai said her professors noticed the joy she had when teaching others.
Changing Futures
With our outreach, we've positively affected educators and students worldwide.
As the only Protestant Research 1 university in the world, Baylor University is the perfect place to continue this important work.