CAYL FELLOWSHIP
CAYL Fellowships provide an intensive learning experience for promising policy leaders in early care and education.
Creating Adaptive Leaders
CAYL Fellowships create a learning community where leaders gain confidence and new skills to tackle adaptive challenges; expand their networks; and learn to step into leadership positions, lead organizational change, train future leaders, and impact policy.
From Advocates to Activists
What started as our first Fellowship from a single grant under the Schott Foundation for Public Education has now grown into a robust network of Fellows and national recognition for CAYL’s leadership development.
300+
Community-based and principal fellows
30+
Practitioner-driven policy papers
50+
Policy forums and successful collaborations with local, state, and governmental agencies
the power of fellowship
“It was such a game changer working with CAYL. We were taught to take a step back, breathe, and discover what the multiple layers of change are. Having worked with both schools and community programs, we really impacted families in the community as a whole.”
– Pam Perrino
CAYL Fellow
“CAYL gave us the opportunity to change our voices from participants to advocates to activists.”
– Jeri Robinson, CAYL Fellow
“The ability to delve deeply into issues and collaborate on meaningful projects with a group of dedicated, knowledgeable, and committed colleagues at CAYL refreshed my own commitment—and inspired me to become more engaged in advocacy and bigger-picture ideas.”
– Nancy Toso, CAYL Fellow