Mission & Vision

  Through the Center for Innovative Rural Collaborative and Leadership Education (CIRCLE), rural educational leaders have access to and support for the same exemplary models of leadership that improve teaching and learning in urban and suburban schools – uniquely adapted to meet the context-specific needs (Williams & Grooms, 2016) of rural and remote school and district educational leaders.  CIRCLE collaborates with both rural practitioners and researchers, whose shared interest in improving rural leadership makes them significant partners.