A Growth-in-Practice Model of Executive Education

High-quality early education requires skilled leaders and educators. But all too often, quality improvement initiatives overlook the essential work of training adults to lead. The Zaentz Professional Learning Academy is a bold, innovative strategy to bring executive education to the field of early education.

Organized around the science of adult learning, leadership, and early development, our Professional Learning Academy serves policymakers, directors, administrators, and educators, who build their knowledge of topics that range from adaptive leadership and creating effective teams to the nuts and bolts of cultivating high-quality learning environments, including strengthening relationships, building language, and buffering children’s stress and trauma.

To encourage transformational change and bring lasting improvement, executive education in early education must be characterized by what we call a growth-in-practice model.