The National Policy Board for Educational Administration is a national consortium of major stakeholders in educational leadership and policy. The purpose of the Board is to provide a forum for collaborative actions by organizations interested in the advancement of school and school-system leadership by: Promoting periodic national reviews of preparation for educational administrators and professors; Advancing the professional standards of administrator preparation programs; Encouraging the development of high-quality programs; Fostering meaningful dialogue on critical national policy issues in education, including: Recruiting of candidates into the field, and in particular minorities and women; Defining what constitutes effective leadership in school and school systems; Increasing the quality of candidates entering preparation programs; Promoting quality administrator-preparation programs and the termination of low-quality programs; and Promoting collaboration between universities and school districts. Encouraging professional growth of administrators through advanced national certificationHolding forums for discussions of issues in educational administration; and And other activities the Board sees fit.   Executive Offices: University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) The University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station D5400 Austin, Texas 78712 Phone: (512) 475-8592 www.ucea.org     Chair: Michelle Young Executive Director University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Associate Professor of Leadership and Policy College of Education The University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station D5400 Austin, Texas 78712 Phone: (512) 475-8571 E-mail: michelleyoung@austin.utexas.edu Homepage: www.ucea.org