About ND LEAD Center
The North Dakota LEAD Center is a non-profit education organization devoted to making a positive difference for the children of North Dakota by helping to develop excellent leaders for their schools. The LEAD Center provides professional development programs and services to public and nonpublic school leaders and individuals preparing to become educational leaders. LEAD's energies are focused in three areas:
professional development programs that enhance the quality and effectiveness of practicing school administrators,
support services and technical assistance to schools including a resource library,

and collaborating with universities in an early career and future leader development program to identify and develop beginning school leaders.
The North Dakota Leadership & Educational Administration Development (LEAD) Center was established in 1987 as part of a national educational improvement initiative. Since its inception, the LEAD Center has impacted hundreds of practicing and aspiring school leaders across the state. Each year several hundred people participate in one or more of LEAD's programs. The Center's resource library has more than 300 high quality video/audio tapes, training packages, and other materials which schools use for professional development at the local level.
The LEAD Center is funded by grants from the state legislature, grants from sponsors, and user fees. LEAD's governing body is a twelve-member board of directors. The board is comprised of representatives of the North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders (NDCEL), the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), the ND Department of Career and Technical Education (NDCTE), the University of North Dakota (UND), Tri-College University (TCU), the University of Mary, and minorities.