PreK–12 Programs Online and On Campus
Professional Education
at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
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At the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), we approach our mission of improving educational opportunities and outcomes with urgency and purpose. Professional Education is a vital part of the Harvard Graduate School of Education community which bridges research and practice through a variety of professional development programs designed to provide actionable solutions for practitioners.
Our robust portfolio of preK–12 professional development programs offer teachers, coaches, administrators, and other education professionals diverse opportunities to learn with HGSE’s extraordinary faculty with colleagues from around the world. Our programs are designed to accommodate a range of learning styles and preferences — ranging from one day to year long engagements, both online and on campus. We aim to transform the way educators approach and solve problems and help educators deliver on the promise of an excellent education for every student.
19,000 participants in 2021
100+ programs
140+ countries
Visit www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe to learn more
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Transformative Learning Across Your Organization Professional Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education collaborates with a wide range of organizations in the education sector. Our programs are designed to help you build a change-ready culture to deliver maximum impact on your organization. Working in consultation with our expert faculty and practitioners, we serve as a strategic thought-partner for your transformation journey and deliver a tailored professional development plan that fits your needs and goals.
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Group Learning
Enroll a group of educators — large or small — into an open enrollment program for a shared learning experience. HGSE Professional Education will partner with you to identify optimal learning pathways to support your ongoing efforts for improving opportunities and outcomes for stakeholders. As participants, your group of educators will be intentionally divided and distributed among the larger learning community. Through this experience, your group has the opportunity to connect with a diverse community of practitioners in similar roles to consider alternative approaches to the work — while taking away common frameworks, theory, and shared language.
Team-Based Learning
Enroll a team of three to six participants from your education organization in a program specifically designed for team-based learning. These professional development experiences offer your team members an opportunity to work closely together on a specific problem of practice throughout the program. The content is designed specifically for such collaboration, whether that be through collective action planning, shared projects, or other activities. Your team will receive support from an expert facilitator.
Interested? Get in touch at ppegroups@gse.harvard.edu
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Developing and nurturing a culture of learning leadership is a critical foundation to transforming the pedagogical core to create equity and inclusion for all learners.” — JON REVER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, CENTRAL OKANAGAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
75 school leaders participated in CAEL and CSML Professional Education Programs
WHY COLLABORATE WITH US?
Transformative adult learning experiences
Actionable learning
Renowned faculty
Global community and peer feedback
Cutting edge teaching
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Leadership Development HGSE has long been known for its deep commitment to preparing leaders in education, both through its degree programs and continued learning through Professional Education. Our comprehensive leadership development portfolio is designed to address the complex and critical work of PreK–12 leaders throughout their careers, within specific school settings, and related to a broad range of topics that impact teaching, learning, and leadership. Our programs have served thousands of leaders, inspiring excellence and promoting transformational change. These programs are chaired by expert faculty and seasoned practitioners — themselves former teachers, principals, and superintendents — who share an intimate knowledge of the challenges and opportunities facing education leaders, and a strong connection and commitment to the individuals who occupy or aspire to these important roles.
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PROGRAM OFFERINGS For more information about our leadership development certificates and upcoming courses, please visit the program webpages listed. Contact us at ppegroups@gse.harvard.edu to learn more about enrolling a group of educators from your district.
For current and aspiring
Certificate in Advanced Education Leadership (CAEL)
system-level leaders
www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/cael The Certificate in Advanced Education Leadership (CAEL) is based upon the groundbreaking Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) program at HGSE. Through an innovative and flexible online learning experience, CAEL provides education leaders with the skills and approaches to improve their own leadership and to help make their vision of system-level improvement a reality. CAEL offers five distinct and interrelated 12-week online modules that may be taken separately or pursued as a comprehensive certificate.
For current and aspiring
Certificate in School Management and Leadership (CSML)
school-level leaders
www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/csml The Certificate in School Management and Leadership (CSML) is a unique collaboration between the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and Harvard Business School (HBS) designed to provide preK–12 school leaders with frameworks, skills, and knowledge to drive change and to lead high-performing schools.
For current and aspiring
Instructional Leadership Certificate (ILC)
instructional leaders
www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/ilc The Instructional Leadership Certificate is a series of courses designed to meld HGSE faculty expertise, the latest research, and the knowledge and insights of fellow practitioners to support expert classroom teachers in becoming powerful instructional leaders that promote teacher development and student growth.
For current and aspiring
early education leaders
Certificate in Early Education Leadership (CEEL) www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/ceel The Certificate in Early Education Leadership (CEEL) is a program designed by The Zaentz Professional Learning Academy to provide early childhood leaders with the core knowledge, management skills, and tools necessary to build and advance high-quality early education across learning environments.
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Collaborative Approaches to Systemic Change Change and improvement in education systems — sustained and at scale — cannot rely solely on extraordinary individual efforts but instead require the engagement and commitment of all. Many of our programs are specifically designed for teams because we know how important a shared learning experience is for developing a common language and approach, gaining buy-in, implementing new initiatives successfully, and sustaining impact on teaching and learning. Each of these programs addresses particular problems of practice — using data to inform and improve instruction, observing and analyzing teaching and learning in the classroom, engaging families meaningfully — and provides proven tools, protocols, and approaches for educators to practice and implement together for school and system-wide improvement efforts.
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PROGRAM OFFERINGS Data Wise Portfolio www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/data-wise-portfolio The Data Wise Project works with educators around the world to develop resources that support collaborative improvement of teaching and learning. Learn and implement change through the 8-steps of the Data Wise Improvement Process in the following learning pathway of courses.
EXPLORE
LAUNCH
INTEGRATE
COACH
Data Wise
Data Wise in your setting
Data Wise into your practice
Data Wise
EXPLORE
INTEGRATE
Intro to Data Wise MOOC
Data Wise in Action
See www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/ data-wise-portfolio for details.
www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/dwa
LAUNCH
COACH
Data Wise: Using Collaborative Data Inquiry to Build Equitable Schools
Data Wise Coach Certification www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/dwcc
www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/dws
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I know my participation in the Data Wise Leadership Institute will have a profound impact on my leadership, my schools, and most importantly, improving the learning of our students.” — MARIA HAWK, REGIONAL DIRECTOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS/BOARD DEVELOPMENT, ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO OFFICE OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Using Evidence in Practice www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/uep Adapted from the HGSE EdM foundational course designed by Carrie Conaway and James Kim, this program is designed to help you evaluate the many forms of evidence you will encounter and learn how to use evidence as part of your strategy for designing and improving education systems.
Family Engagement in Education: Creating Effective Home and School Partnerships for Student Success www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/fam Establish a culture and practices that promote family engagement as an element of successful whole-school reform.
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Learning Design and Innovation Tackle promising and challenging frontiers of education — developing powerful pedagogies to improve learning outcomes, leveraging the science of learning, and innovating education technology. Grounded in HGSE’s leading faculty and research, we offer a diverse portfolio of courses that prepare educators to design and lead transformative learning experiences that change lives, advance social justice, and help generate the best outcomes for all students.
PROGRAM OFFERINGS Certificate in Media and Technology for Education
\Differentiated
www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/cmte
Learn the agile thinking required to analyze problems of student learning and then make decisions to adjust and differentiate instruction within given time and curriculum constraints.
A series of virtual learning experiences designed to expand educators’ awareness of the central role that media, technology, and information literacies play in formal and informal learning environments. • Online Teaching and Learning in Action • Developing Strategies for Online Teaching and Learning • Action-Planning for the New Normal: Making Sense of Our Time On Screens • Screen-Time Savvy: Skills and Strategies to Deepen Digital and Media Literacy • Deeper Than Edutainment: Taking Books and Their Film Adaptations Seriously
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Instruction Made Practical
www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/di
Universal Design for Learning Series www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/udl A professional learning series exploring Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a framework created to address the remarkable variability among students and across learning environments, that guides the design of learning experiences that are inclusive and challenging for all learners. • UDL Explore
• UDL Apply
• UDL Implement
Equity and Opportunity These programs provide proven tools, protocols, and approaches that build the capacity of educators to enact deep and sustained improvement across a school or system. Explore critical theories that provide frameworks for analyzing oppression across multiple identities, develop key dispositions for holding space on topics of injustice, and build capacity to create education spaces that aim to eliminate oppressive conditions and inequitable outcomes.
PROGRAM OFFERINGS Building Your Entry Plan to Lead for Equity in Education
Schooling for Critical Consciousness of Racism and Racial Injustice
www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/bel
www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/scc
Plan your entry into a new education leadership position through this new online professional development program. Learn to devise a series of steps that will involve communities of stakeholders in creating opportunities for all children to succeed.
Strengthen your ability to help students recognize and resist racism by teaching them how to adopt a stance of critical consciousness.
To learn more about Professional Education programs at HGSE: Visit www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe or email us at ppe@gse.harvard.edu
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