Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood Programs: A Guide to Change, for Change by Lou

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Focuses on the leader's role in initiating and sustaining anti-bias education in programs for young children and their families. This second edition emphasizes how the journey requires thoughtful, strategic, long-term planning that addresses all components of an early childhood care and education program.

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This popular book focuses on the leader's role in initiating and sustaining anti-bias education in programs for young children and their families. This second edition emphasizes how the journey requires thoughtful, strategic, long-term planning that addresses all components of an early childhood care and education program. The authors, who are recognized leaders and experts on anti-bias education with extensive experience as early childhood directors, use a powerful combination of frameworks and practical tools to explain the structural and individual changes that leaders must foster. This updated edition features anti-bias leaders from diverse settings who share their insights and strategies for working with teachers and families. It is essential reading for current and aspiring leaders seeking change in early childhood settings. Book Features:The principles and guidelines for program-wide transformation.Professional development activities for teachers at all levels of awareness and experience in anti-bias education.Approaches for engaging with families around social justice values.Strategies for supporting and strengthening the leader's ability to initiate and sustain anti-bias change.Support for leaders in embracing and negotiating positive conflict and responding to opposition to anti-bias change. Tools for documenting a program's readiness for and progress in anti-bias education.New for the Second Edition:Voices and wisdom of additional leaders from the field, highlighting BIPOC center directors from diverse settings. Updated research, references, and terminology on early childhood care, education leadership, and anti-bias education.New and expanded strategies and activities for teacher professional development and family engagement based on 7 years of using the first edition.Expanded section on responding to opposition to anti-bias education, addressing the current political environment.

Author Biography

Louise Derman-Sparks is an international consultant on anti-bias education and a professor emerita of Pacific Oaks College. Debbie LeeKeenan is a lecturer, consultant, and retired long-time director of the Eliot-Pearson Children's School, Tufts University. John Nimmo is a professor of early childhood inclusive education at Portland State University and former laboratory school director.

Table of Contents

ContentsForeword Iheoma U. Iruka  xiAcknowledgments  xiiiIntroduction  1Organization of This Book  2Meet the Authors and Contributors  51.  Pursuing the Anti-Bias Vision: The Conceptual Framework  11Revisiting Anti-Bias Education  11Becoming an Anti-Bias Program  13Changing Adult Consciousness and Behavior  15Understanding the Phases of Adult Anti-Bias Development  18Recognizing Contested Grounds for Anti-Bias Education  23Anti-Bias Education—Within Reach  262.  Best Practices of Early Childhood Program Leaders: The Foundation for Anti-Bias Leadership  29Key Aspects of ECCE Program Leadership  30Core Attributes of Effective ECCE Program Leaders  35Professional Development of ECCE Program Leaders  37Taking on the Challenge  383.  Reading the Program and Preparing for Anti-Bias Change  39Collecting Preliminary Impressions: Establishing a Baseline for Planning  40Making Sense of the Baseline for Strategic Planning  48Setting the Stage for Action  57A Dynamic and Cyclical Process  594.  Fostering Reflective Anti-Bias Educators  61Building a Community of Anti-Bias Learners  62Committing to an Anti-Bias Education Framework  70Being a Lifelong Learner  815.  Engaging Families and Growing Anti-Bias Partnerships  83The Framework for Working With Families  83Introducing Anti-Bias Values and Expectations  86Family Anti-Bias Education and Dialogue  95Promoting Family Partnership and Leadership  99Making All Families Visible  1046.  Deepening and Sustaining Anti-Bias Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills  107Enhancing the Professional Development of Anti-Bias Teachers  107Facilitating Teachers' Work With Families  120Staff Development Throughout the Year  1267.  Managing and Negotiating Disequilibrium and Conflict  127Understanding Conflict  128Building the Foundation for Productive Conflict  134Turning Conflict into Growth  137Responding to Pushback and Opposition  145Thoughtful Risk-Taking  1488.  Documenting and Assessing Anti-Bias Education Change  151Reflections About Documentation in an Anti-Bias Program  153Indicators and Strategies for Documenting Anti-Bias Change  154Strategically Managing External Standards Requirements and Assessment Tools  170Documentation and Empowerment  174Epilogue: Sustaining the Anti-Bias Vision  177Motivation Comes From Our Inner Core  177"Man Man Lai": Slowly It Will Come  179Fostering a Community for Change  179Staying Over the Long Haul  181Carry on the Movement for Change  183References  185Index  195About the Authors  207

Review

Praise for the First Edition!"This book is a tool box for building early childhood programs that foster sentiments of justice and fairness in leaders, teachers, and young children." —Herbert Kohl, educator and bestselling author"A concise and powerful message for anti-bias leaders in early childhood education everywhere. A truly inspired gift of lessons from the movement, for the movement." —Carol Brunson Day, board president, NAEYC (2014–2016)"For those who are seeking to make a real difference and impact on the world we live in, this book lays a road map and foundation for the work ahead." —Luis A. Hernandez, early childhood education specialist"Recognizes the essential role early childhood administrators play in initiating and sustaining culturally relevant care and education. This book provides the tools program leaders need." —Paula Jorde Bloom, founder, McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership"If you are an educator wanting to see more equity and inclusiveness in the world, you'll find reassurance, resources, and strategic thinking to engage with in this anti-bias work." —Margie Carter, author and international early childhood consultant

Details ISBN0807768537 Author Iheoma U. Iruka Pages 224 Year 2023 Edition 2nd ISBN-13 9780807768532 Format Hardcover Subtitle A Guide to Change, for Change Edited by Christopher P Brown Publisher Teachers' College Press Imprint Teachers' College Press Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2023-10-27 NZ Release Date 2023-10-27 UK Release Date 2023-10-27 Series Early Childhood Education Series ISBN-10 0807768537 Audience Professional & Vocational DEWEY 370.117 Edition Description 2nd edition Publication Date 2023-10-27 US Release Date 2023-10-27 We've got this

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