Leslie Layman

Leslie Layman is Harry S Truman College's Director of Teaching & Learning Programs. She also teaches Child Development courses and creates and leads the ECE professional development trainings at the college. She has completed multiple continuing education courses on tinkering, making, and education and collaborates with faculty and students to create unique learning experiences in the Early Childhood Education Laboratory spaces at the College. She volunteers for the Chicago Chapter of IL AEYC, IL Associates in Action, and Chicago ChildCare Collective. She has a special interest in equity and inclusion in early education, and in all things play.