Advancing Educational Leadership (AEL) is a three-day training focused on creating a positive school culture, establishing and sustaining a vision and goals, developing others, practicing power "with," not power over, improving instruction, managing data and processes, and developing coaching skills. In conjunction with the new state appraisal systems, AEL is a co-requisite for all participants wanting to take the T-TESS training to become a Certified Appraiser.