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Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety

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Brooke Stafford-Brizard

Brooke Stafford-Brizard is a Director of Education at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), where she leads work to support a comprehensive, Whole Child approach to learning and development. Before joining CZI, Stafford-Brizard worked as an independent consultant supporting the integration of cognitive and social-emotional development into school districts and charter management organizations through a connection between research, policy and practice.

As a Senior Advisor with Turnaround for Children, Stafford-Brizard authored The Building Blocks for Learning, a nationally recognized developmental framework supporting comprehensive student development. She began her career as a teacher with Teach for America at an intermediate school in the Bronx and later co-founded the Young Women’s College Prep Charter School in Rochester, NY. Stafford-Brizard is a Pahara-Aspen Education Fellow and a member of the Aspen Institute’s Global Leadership Network.

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Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety
  • Peer Collaboratives
    • Transforming Kindergarten
    • Data for Truth and Action
    • Comprehensive School Safety
    • Alignment, Coherence, and Strategic Communication
  • State Profiles
  • Resources
  • News
  • Events
  • About
    • Our Work
    • Our Team
    • Contact Us

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