Webinar: EdPrepLab Fall Forum

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In this email: Webinar: EdPrepLab Fall Forum Webinar: Putting the Science of Learning and Development Into Practice Webinar Educator Preparation Laboratory Third Annual Virtual Fall Forum Hosted by the Educator Preparation Laboratory (an initiative of the Learning Policy Institute and Bank Street College of Education) Wednesday, October 26, 2022 11:30 a.m.–1:40 p.m. ET REGISTER This year’s Educator Preparation Laboratory (EdPrepLab) Fall Forum, Leading for Learning: Putting the Science of Learning and Development in Action, will explore the importance of collaboration between educator preparation programs and school districts to develop educational leaders who can fully support students to learn and thrive. Advances in neuroscience and the developmental and learning sciences confirm that children need physical, social, and emotional safety; strong and trusting relationships; and safe spaces to take intellectual risks. Creating these conditions requires rethinking how we organize schools and prepare educators to serve all students. Well-prepared educators, who can create empowering and effective learning environments based on the science of learning and development (SoLD), are critical to creating the conditions students need to learn. Close collaboration between educator preparation programs and school districts is essential to this work.Educational leaders have the transformational power to bring SoLD-aligned practices to schools and to shape children’s learning for the 21st century. The Fall Forum will feature pre-k–12 district and school leaders and representatives from leader preparation programs that partner with these districts. They will focus on the importance of embedding SoLD into the design of pre-k–12 learning spaces and how to best prepare leaders for this work. Following the Fall Forum at 3 p.m. ET, the Whole Child Policy: Putting the Science of Learning and Development Into Practice webinar will also explore the importance of creating learning environments grounded in SoLD that advance whole child practices and support student success. Linda Darling-Hammond, Laura Hernández, and Carolyne V. Quintana are featured speakers at both webinars. See the announcement below for more information.Opening Presentation Laura Hernández, Senior Researcher, Learning Policy Institute: “Schools that Enable Youth Thriving—What Research Tells Us” Panel Louis Bronk, Assistant Superintendent for Personnel and Talent Development, Meriden Public Schools Anthony Conelli, Chair, Leadership Department, Bank Street Graduate School of Education Raquel Donoso, Senior Program Officer of Equity in Education, Yellow Chair Foundation (Moderator) Joanne Manginelli, Academic Specialist/Adjunct Professor, University of Connecticut, Neag School of Education Carolyne V. Quintana, Deputy Chancellor of Teaching and Learning Opportunities, New York City Department of Education Soraya Sablo Sutton, Director, Principal Leadership Institute, University of California, Berkeley Cassandra Tesch, Dean of Attendance, Berkeley High School, Berkeley Unified School District Melissa Virrueta, 504 Program Supervisor, Berkeley High School, Berkeley Unified School District Concluding Presentation  Linda Darling-Hammond, President and CEO, Learning Policy Institute, and Professor of Education Emeritus, Stanford University: “Connecting Research, Practice, and Policy—Teacher Preparation Principles Grounded in the Science of Learning and Development” REGISTER Registration is required. Can’t make it during the scheduled time? Register anyway, and we’ll email you the recording afterward. Click to tweet: October 26 at 11:30 a.m. ET: The #EdPrepLab Fall Forum will explore the importance of collaboration between educator preparation programs and school districts to develop educational leaders who can fully support students to learn and thrive. Register: https://bit.ly/3xOR1Zb Webinar Whole Child Policy: Putting the Science of Learning and Development Into Practice Cosponsored by the Learning Policy Institute; AASA, The School Superintendents Association; and the Science of Learning & Development (SoLD) Alliance Wednesday, October 26, 2022 3:00–4:00 p.m. ET REGISTER Transforming learning environments to support whole child approaches to education is essential to meeting the full scope of students’ social, emotional, and academic needs and for success in our global economy. Shifting education systems toward a whole child approach has far-reaching implications for our education system and requires practice and policy approaches informed by the science of learning and development (SoLD). This webinar series, Transforming State Education Policy Through a Whole Child Approach, explores the various elements of whole child policies featured in the Whole Child Policy Toolkit and shares insights from state and district policymakers who have engaged in efforts to shift toward whole child education. In the first webinar of the series, experts will discuss what whole child design looks like and what it means for broader systems change. Local education leaders will provide lessons learned from their whole child design efforts and discuss how state policy can accelerate or impede these efforts. Speakers: Linda Darling-Hammond, President, Learning Policy Institute Eric Gordon, Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Metropolitan School District Laura Hernández, Senior Researcher, Learning Policy Institute Gerry House, Former President of the Institute for Student Achievement (moderator) Carolyne V. Quintana, Deputy Chancellor, Teaching and Learning, New York City Department of Education Andre Spencer, Superintendent, Manor Independent School District REGISTER Registration is required. Can’t make it during the scheduled time? Register anyway, and we’ll email you the recording afterward. Click to tweet: Wednesday, October 26, 3–4 pm ET | Join the first webinar in @LPI_Learning’s #WholeChildPolicy webinar series, co-hosted by @AASAHQ, which will focus on whole child design and what it means for broader systems change. Register: https://bit.ly/3r0CG8b

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