Webinar Series: Envisioning and Measuring Ideal Early Learning Environments
What is your vision for high-quality early learning environments? Does it align with the latest research? And how do we equitably measure what matters most?
In this two-part series, BUILD partners will respond to two brand new resources from Trust for Learning. In the first webinar, we’ll focus on a recent summary of research aligned with a framework underlying equitable, developmental, relational models of early childhood education that is centered on nine key principles of high-quality early learning environments. In the second, we’ll focus on how to measure these key principles equitably using a brand new ECE quality measurement resource from a workgroup of quality measurement experts.
Session 1: Envisioning Our Ideals - A Holistic Vision of Quality in ECE
Tuesday, March 22, 1:30 PM EST
Children develop in the context of millions of interactions with their environments, caregivers, and communities. When we focus on what equitable ideal learning environments look like in practice, we find key principles that can come to life in any setting, including home, family- and center-based child care, and school. These principles begin with a fundamental commitment to equity and align closely with developmental, neuroscience, and implementation research.
The panel features three researchers who will highlight how we can translate these key principles into practice for all children.
Panelists
· Fabienne Doucet, Executive Director, NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools; Associate Professor, Early Childhood and Urban Education, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
· Toscha Blalock, Chief Learning & Evaluation Officer, Trust for Learning; Former Senior Director of the Maternity Care Coalition Early Head Start Program, Greater Philadelphia
· Elizabeth Pungello Bruno, President, Brady Education Foundation; Co-Chair, Trust for Learning
Moderator
Ellen Roche, Executive Director, Trust for Learning