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Certificate in Early Education Leadership (CEEL) $199 per person/module
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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