Webinars
CELS’ Learning Across the PK-3 Continuum Webinar Series is a professional learning focused on evidence-based approaches to strengthen practice and systems to advance learning across the PK-3 continuum.
Our webinars translate research into practice by highlighting practical strategies, emerging practices, and lessons across the CELS priority areas for implementation across states, districts, and communities.
Save the date for upcoming webinars in our Learning Across the PK-3 Continuum Webinar Series, which will focus on our State of the Field Research Briefs.
Click to learn more, register, and watch recordings of past webinars.
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April 23, 2026
This webinar featured the Pedagogy of Early Learning: A State of the Field Research Brief and explored how PK–3 systems can be aligned to better support effective teaching and learning. Panelists discussed key findings from the brief, including the research base for early learning pedagogy, current opportunities and challenges in the field, and examples of promising practices and community-led innovations across PK-3.
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May 28, 2026
This webinar featured the Early Literacy Instruction: A State of the Field Research Brief and explored a developmentally informed, child-centered approach to early literacy instruction across the PK–3 continuum. Panelists discussed key findings from the brief, including how explicit instruction in foundational skills, language-rich interactions, and meaningful learning experiences such as play, inquiry, and writing can work together to support children's literacy development, while highlighting examples of promising practices and community-led innovations from across the country.
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This webinar featured Transitions to Kindergarten and Beyond: A State of the Field Research Brief and explored how research can strengthen transitions across the preschool through Grade 3 (PK–3) continuum. Panelists discussed key findings from the brief, including the practices, policies, and conditions that support successful transitions, the importance of viewing transitions as an ongoing process across PK–3, and examples of how states and districts are translating research into practice to strengthen continuity for children and families.
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This webinar featured Early Math Instruction: State of the Field Research Brief and explored how research can inform effective early math instruction across the preschool through Grade 3 (PK–3) continuum. Panelists discussed key findings from the brief, including the instructional conditions that support meaningful mathematics learning, the role of the Pedagogy of Early Learning in strengthening early math instruction, and examples of how states and districts are translating research into practice across PK–3.
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August 27, 2026
3:00–4:30 PM ETJoin us for a webinar on parent and family partnerships to support regular attendance, where we’ll discuss our latest State of the Field Research Brief.
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