Center for Professional Learning

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Supporting educators’ wellbeing, innovation, leadership, and learning in communities of practice through responsive, holistic strategies.

Childhood Education International’s Center for Professional Learning (CPL) supports educators worldwide through professional learning rooted in holistic and sustainable learning principles.

Our professional development resources are created with educators for educators. We use a co-creation process of collaborative learning and growth in our communities of practice, and we work across a variety of settings, with a primary focus on education in emergencies, including refugee displacement, crisis, migration, and resettlement contexts.

CPL is available to work with you to realize your team’s professional development goals.

Join Our Online Community

We offer several online communities where educators can connect with each other to share resources, network, learn from each other, and support each other’s wellbeing. We welcome educators to join any or all these communities:

Our Team

CPL’s work is advanced by an experienced and dedicated team of staff members and guided by a team of advisors with expertise in related areas.

History

The Center for Professional Learning was founded in 2016 by Dr. Diana Woolis, who served as CPL Director from 2016-2022, and Gareth Crawford, CEO of the Carey Institute for Global Good. Originally called the Center for Learning in Practice, it was a part of the Carey Institute until 2021, when it became a part of Childhood Education International.

Renamed the Center for Professional Learning in 2022, the work continues to thrive as it scales up, out, and deep.