Early Learning: At the Heart of it All is a professional learning event designed to celebrate early learning and care educators, who are the heart of early learning. The event will focus on equity, inclusion, language, social, and emotional learning with an emphasis on quality practices that best meet the needs of our children, families, and the caring adults who work with them.

Newcomers - immigrant students in their first years of US schooling - face distinct academic, administrative, and outside-of-school needs that are frequently unmet by educational systems. This workshop, designed for site and district administrators and EL Directors/Coordinators, provides an overview of theory, research, and best practices in newcomer education. Guidance for site and district administrators focuses on data, program design, placement, socio-emotional supports, and collaboration with community partners to support non-academic needs.