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21CSLA SoCal Leadership Collective

For leadership teams in Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties.

A supportive, year-long program where leadership teams engage in localized professional learning, one-to-one and small team coaching, and communities of practice. Each team member receives at least 48 hours of free, high-quality professional learning over the course of the school year.  

Programming is a mix of in-person (various locations) and virtual offerings. 

Programming runs August through April. Check out our Program Guide (updated July 2023) for additional details here.

21CSLA offerings in Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties are provided by LAEP’s CORE (Cultivating Organizational Resilience & Empowerment) program.

While the application deadline for the 2023-2024 school year has passed, if your team is interested in participating, please email CORE@laep.org and we would be happy to discuss options with you. 

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Eric Barela, Ph.D.

Senior Consultant, Raya Cooper Impact Consulting

Dr. Eric Barela has worked as a measurement & evaluation professional for over 2 decades, helping organizations to better understand and act on their social impact. He’s currently a Senior Consultant with Raya Cooper Impact Consulting and previously worked at Salesforce, where he led efforts to measure the social impact of the company’s work with nonprofits and educational institutions across the globe. He began his career working with the Los Angeles Unified School District and with the nonprofit, Partners in School Innovation. Eric previously served on the Board of the American Evaluation Association and currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the American Journal of Evaluation.

Eric grew up in East LA and was educated in the Montebello Unified School District. He holds a Ph.D. in education from UCLA. He loves a good road trip, with his husband serving as trusty navigator.