Professional and Lifelong Learning

Course description

The decisions and actions of education leaders have a direct impact on the early learning environment, especially during times of challenge, uncertainty, or change. Each day, these leaders design and implement policies, processes, and interactions that shape teaching and learning and affect the lives of young children. 

Participants in The Science of Early Learning and Adversity: Connecting What We Know to What We Do will develop skills and strategies that support the design and implementation of early learning environments that buffer stress, increase resiliency, and boost development. 

Offered as part of the Saul Zaentz Professional Learning Academy, this program is squarely aligned with the Academy’s mission to equip leaders with the contemporary knowledge, strategic tactics, and collaborative networks they need to improve early learning environments.

In this two-day program, thought leaders will share the latest science that sits at the intersection of child development, education policy, and early intervention for children experiencing adversity. In facilitated follow-up discussions, participants will explore how this science can inform the supports they provide for adults and children.