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Anti-Bias Early Childhood Education
February 3, 2016Actualizing an Anti-Bias Approach as Early Childhood
Leaders: Beyond Books and PicturesPresented by School Readiness Consulting
(@SRCTweets)
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SESSION OBJECTIVES - PARTICIPANTS
WILL: Investigate the spectrum of
commonly used terms in anti-bias
approaches
Identify fundamental gaps in
implementing an anti-bias approach
and develop program-level visions
for improving current practices as an
early childhood leader
Examine effective strategies and
tools that early childhood leaders can
adopt in order to execute a
substantial anti-bias approach
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DEFINING KEY WORDS AND TERMS
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KEY WORDS
Culture
Difference
Identity
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PROGRAM APPROACHES
Cultural Competency
Cultural Responsiveness
Anti-Bias Approach
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GOING DEEPER: ANTI BIAS EDUCATION
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GOALS OF ANTI-BIAS EDUCATION
➤Each child will demonstrate self awareness, confidence,
family pride, and positive social identities
➤Each child will express comfort and joy with human
diversity, accurate language for human differences, and
deep, caring human connections
➤Each child will increasingly recognize unfairness, have
language to describe unfairness, and understand that
unfairness hurts
➤Each child will demonstrate empowerment and the skills to
act, with others or alone, against prejudice and/or
discriminatory actions
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CHILDREN’S IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT
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WHAT IT TAKES AS A PROGRAM LEADER
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“The foundation of anti-bias instruction is not technical,
but relational. It’s about authentic caring. It’s not about
using some generic “call and response” strategy to
get kids fired up so they are excited about the same
ole boring, unrelated stuff. Kids can see through
that…quick.”
-Zaretta Hammond
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WHAT CARING MEANS
Recognizing what families have to offer to the learning
environment
Understanding the need for consistency and longevity
Challenging your own biases, as well as the biases of
program staff
➤ Checking the narrative when you hear stories of
typically marginalized groups
Operating with growth in mind
➤ Respecting the journey of others
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PRINCIPLES
An anti-bias approach is
a priority
All families have agency
The vision is shared
among all key members
of the learning community
The process is cyclical
and values-driven
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POLICIES
Staff recruitment and
hiring
Holiday celebrations
Staff professional
learning
Material distribution
Family as advisors
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PRACTICES
Setting anti-bias program
level goals
Challenging assumptions
Facilitating meetings
Ensuring the classroom
and program environment
reflects vision
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TANGIBLE RESULTS
Program-wide
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TANGIBLE RESULTS
Individual Teachers
and Providers
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TANGIBLE RESULTS
Children and
Families
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ESSENTIAL
READING
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What are some questions you have about what we discussed today?
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