www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/ceel
Certificate in Early Education Leadership (CEEL) $199 per person/module
Lead
Rethink
Support
The Certificate in Early Education Leadership (CEEL), offered through the Saul Zaentz Professional Learning Academy, is a visionary, job-embedded, online certificate program that supports the learning and development of early education leaders and provides them with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to strengthen learning environments and foster quality improvement in all early education settings.
OVERVIEW Led by HGSE Professors Nonie Lesaux and Stephanie Jones, faculty directors of the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative, CEEL includes three series. Each series covers foundational knowledge, skills, and tools that enable early education leaders to improve and sustain high-quality early education for the learners they serve. Each series contains five modules. Four of these are instructional Learn modules that build participants’ core knowledge in key areas, including early learning and development, adult learning, and leadership and management. The fifth module in each series, the Plan and Apply module, is designed to support participants as they map key learnings and as they create and implement a plan tailored to their site and work. Learn modules within each series can be taken individually, or as part of the series.
Participants may complete the Plan and Apply module in a series after completing all four relevant Learn modules. Those who complete all 15 modules in the three series will earn the Certificate in Early Education Leadership.
Who Should Participate CEEL is designed for early education leaders and practitioners, including: • Directors of early education centers or programs • Administrators, coaches, and practitioners in public school preK programs • Leaders of early education service organizations • State leaders and administrators • Philanthropists, grant-makers, and advocates
SERIES 1: LEADING FOR EARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
SERIES 2: RETHINKING LEADERSHIP IN EARLY EDUCATION
SERIES 3: SUPPORTING OPTIMAL TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
LEARN modules:
LEARN modules:
LEARN modules:
A: The Science of Early Learning B: Leading Adults for Quality Improvement C: Stress, Adversity, and Trauma D: S trong Relationships and Interactions
A: Effective Approaches to Leadership
A: Cornerstone Educator Competencies
B: Leading Change in Others
B: Teaching for Cognitive Growth
C: Leveraging Diversity for
Improvement
D: Effective Teams
C: Effective Classroom
Management
D: Universal Design for Learning
Participants must complete all four Learn modules before they take the Plan and Apply module within the series.
Plan and Apply — Series 1
Plan and Apply — Series 2
Plan and Apply — Series 3
Each Learn module runs for three weeks and requires approximately 10 hours of work. The Plan and Apply module runs for four weeks and requires approximately 15 hours of work. Upon completion of all four Learn modules, you will receive an invitation to apply to the Plan and Apply module, or you may register for Series 1 in its entirety.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES Each Learn module includes: brief video lectures from Professors Lesaux and Jones that include insights from current scientific research in early education and related leadership strategies and practices; readings; self-reflection exercises; online discussions; animated depictions of real scenarios drawn from early education practice; facilitated cohort discussions; strategies for practical implementation; and job-embedded practice to apply the concepts and techniques learned. The Certificate in Early Education Leadership begins with Series 1: Leading for Early Learning and Development.
Upcoming Certificate Schedule Series 1: Leading for Early Learning and Development Learn A: March 7 – 25, 2022 Learn B: April 4 – 22, 2022 Learn C: October 4 – 22, 2021 or May 2 – 20, 2022 Learn D: November 8 – 26, 2021 or June 6 – 24, 2022 Series 2: Rethinking Leadership in Early Education Learn A: March 7 – 25, 2022 Learn B: April 4 – 22, 2022 Learn C: October 4 – 22, 2021 or May 2 – 20, 2022 Learn D: November 8 – 26, 2021 or June 6 – 24, 2022
Faculty Chairs Nonie Lesaux, Academic Dean and the Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society. Her research focuses on promoting the language and literacy skills of children from diverse linguistic, cultural and economic backgrounds. Lesaux currently serves as the chair of the Massachusetts Board of Early Education and Care. Stephanie Jones, Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development. Her research focuses on the long-term effects of poverty and exposure to violence on children’s social and emotional development, as well as the impact of education interventions focused on promoting social-emotional and academic skills.
Series 3: Supporting Optimal Teaching and Learning Environments Learn A: March 7 – 25, 2022 Learn B: April 4 – 22, 2022 Learn C: October 4 – 22, 2021 or May 2 – 20, 2022 Learn D: November 8 – 26, 2021 or June 6 - 24, 2022
Learn more at www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/ceel. For additional information, contact our admissions team at ppe@gse.harvard.edu.