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Justice, Equity, and Belonging:

Resources for Early Childhood Professionals and Stakeholders

“Diversity is a fact but inclusion is a choice we make every day. As leaders, we have to put out the message that we embrace and not just tolerate diversity.”

-Nellie Borrero

Title

Topic

Format/Notes

Integrating J.E.B. practices 

Word / Google Doc

Decision-making; Integrating J.E.B. practices 

Pdf; Guide to help  organizations make decisions through an equity lens

Pdf

Integrating J.E.B. Practices

PDF slide deck; Presented at 2022 Whole Child Consultative Roles Conference

Integrating J.E.B. practices

PDF slide deck; Presented at Child Care Navigation CoP

“But it is the teacher with a strong sense of social justice who recognizes bias for what it is, where it is coming from, and how to remove it from their verbal and nonverbal interactions with children”

– Maurice Sykes

 

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Publisher

Topic

Format / Notes

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Classroom supports, Dual Language Learners

Text article

Internation Society for Technology in Education

Teaching resources

Text article with links

Migration Policy Institute

Creating inclusive environments, Classroom supports, Refugees

Video (webinar recording) and audio (podcast)

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Creating inclusive environments

Text article

Teaching for Change

Anti-bias, Creating inclusive environments

Text article, videos, book list

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Creating inclusive environments

Text article

PBS News Hour

Anti-bias; Creating inclusive environments

Video (7 m, 13s)

Head Start Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center

Creating inclusive environments

Video

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Creating inclusive environments, Dual Language Learners

Text article

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Creating inclusive environments

Text article

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Creating inclusive environments, Classroom supports, Selecting diverse materials

Text article

Lifelong Learning Centres (Australia)

Activities

Video

Sesame Workshop

Talking about race, Creating inclusive environments, Activities

Resource library with videos, articles, and activities

Continuing the Dialogue: Infants and Toddlers Face Racism Too PART ONE | PART TWO

ZERO to THREE

Research, Creating inclusive environments

Video series

NHPR

Talking about race, Creating inclusive environments

Audio Podcast and Text Transcript

Child Care Technical Assistance Network

Creating inclusive environments, Infants and toddlers

Text article

CommonSense.org

Teaching resources, Creating inclusive environments

Text article

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Equity

Equality v Equity graphic

Inclusive Schools Network

Creating inclusive environments

Text article

Sesame Street in Communities

Talking about race, creating inclusive environments

Videos

Inclusive Schools Network

Inclusion

Video / Online Training

ADL

Resources

Text articles

Purdue University Global

Inclusion, promoting acceptance of diversity

Text article

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Classroom supports, Creating inclusive environments, Dual language learners

Text Article

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Classroom supports, creating inclusive environments

Text article

ZERO to THREE

Research, creating inclusive environments

Text article

Debbie LeeKeenan, John Nimmo, Filiz Efe McKinney

Anti-bias

Film, 48m32s

Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center

Creating inclusive environments and programs

Text article

Talking About Race (English) (Spanish)

Sesame Street in Communities

Talking about race, Creating inclusive environments, Activities

Resource library with videos, articles, and activities

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Talking about race, Creating inclusive environments

Resource library

National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations

Talking about race, Creating inclusive environments

Text article

Native Child

Teaching resources, Creating inclusive environments

Learning For Justice (Teaching Tolerance)

Anti-bias

Text, pdf

The ABC's of Racial Literacy (English) (Spanish)

Sesame Street in Communities

Talking about race

Video and printable activities

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Creating inclusive environments

Text article

Understanding Implicit Bias - What Educators Should Know (English) (Spanish)

American Federation of Teachers

Creating inclusive environments, Anti-Bias

Text article available in English and Spanish

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

Talking about race, Creating inclusive environments

Resource library

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Creating inclusive environments, Refugees

Text article

National Association for the Education of Young children

Creating inclusive environments, Anti-Bias

Text article, pdf

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Publisher

Topic

Type / Notes

PBS

Selecting diverse materials

Text article

Embrace Race

Selecting diverse materials

Webinar with text transcript available

Lee and Low

Assessment tool; selecting diverse materials

Tool available in English and Spanish

Colorín Colorado

Supporting dual language learners

Web resource for supporting children learning English 

Cox Campus 

Supporting dual language learners

Free online self-paced training

New York Public Library

Selecting diverse materials

Book list

New York Public Library

Selecting diverse materials

Book list

Diverse Book Finder

Selecting diverse materials

Online tool to find picture books featuring BIPOC characters

Social Justice Books

Selecting diverse materials

Text article

Colorado State University

Communication

Resource guide of common English phrases that have racist, ableist, or culturally insensitive origins

Oyate

Selecting diverse materials

Article, book available for purchase

Embrace Race

Selecting diverse materials

Text article with links to additional resources; book list

Room to Read

Selecting diverse materials

Collection of 10 diverse books; book list

Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center

Selecting diverse materials

Text resource (pdf)

We Need Diverse Books

Selecting diverse materials

Resource list of recommended books

Title

Publisher

Topic

Format/Notes

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Gender identity

Text article

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Supporting the Families of Gender Nonconforming Children

Text article

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Supporting gender diversity

Text article with book recommendations at the end

Global Partnership for Education

Gender equality in education

Text article

Title

Publisher

Topic

Format / Notes

CDC

Early intervention

Text articles, pdf resources, and phone application

Understood

Classroom supports

Text article

The Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt School of Engineering

Creating inclusive settings

Text and infographic resource

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Creating inclusive settings, Infant and Toddler

Text article

University of Colorado: Denver and the Colorado Department of Human Services: Office of Early Childhood

Program that offers training, resources, and materials

Program / Support

Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center

Relationships with families

Simulation tool to practice talking to parents about developmental concerns

Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center

Classroom supports, Infant and Toddler

Webinar / Video recording

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Classroom supports

Text article

Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center

Classroom supports; Creating inclusive settings; Infant and Toddler

Video recordings (3) 

Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center

Classroom supports; Creating inclusive settings; Preschool

Video recordings (3)

Title

Publisher

Topic

Format/Notes

American Bar Association

Racial bias, Self-growth and education

Text resource with resources to read daily

Built In

Creating inclusive environments

Resource guide (text)

Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Creating inclusive environments, Supports

Resource guide (text)

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Creating inclusive environments, Equity

Text article

National Association for the Education of Young Children

System / Program Planning, Creating inclusive environments, Equity, Anti-Bias

Text article

Colorado Inclusive Economy

Creating inclusive environments

Resource tool kit (text)

Colorado State University

Creating inclusive environments, Communication, Self-growth and education

Resource guide of common English phrases that have racist, ableist, or problematic origins

Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center

Creating inclusive environments, Equity, Anti-Bias, Refugee and Immigrant

English and Spanish pdf files

Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center

Professional development, dual language learners, creating inclusive environments

Professional development modules

Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center

Dual language learners

Text resources, pdfs

Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center

Dual language learners, Program evaluation tool

Tool

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Equity, Understanding the history of inequities in ECE

Text resources that detail how the current ECE system came to be, how inequity echoes throughout it, and the activist movements in ECE

TED / Karen Leung

Creating inclusive environments, Communication

Video

Western Educational Equity Assistance Center

System / Program Planning, Creating inclusive environments, Equity

Pdf

UDS Foundation

Creating inclusive environments, Supports

Text article

TED / The Way We Work

Creating inclusive environments

Video

Project Implicit

Self-growth and education

Tool: An implicit association test developed by scientists at the University of Washington, Harvard University, and University of Virgina

NPR / Life Kit

Gender, Creating inclusive environments

Podcast Episode & Text Article

Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center

Creating inclusive environments

Text resource, pdfs

Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center

Creating inclusive environments, Leadership

PDF files, available in English and Spanish

National Council of Nonprofits

Creating inclusive environments

Text article with resources

Project Include

Creating inclusive environments, Recruiting diverse staff

HR recommendations on topics such as job postings, training, providing feedback, and more

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Dual language learners

Text article, pdf

Lyons Educational Consulting & Pilar Consulting Services

Communication, Supports

Pdf

Frist Center for Autism and Innovation | Vanderbilt University

Communication, Creating inclusive environments

Text and graphics

TED / The Way We Work

Creating inclusive environments

Video

Title

Publisher

Topic

Format / Notes

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Policy Recommendations

Text

Colorado School of Public Health

Research and training

Colorado Inclusive Economy

Inclusive workplace 

Text resource guide

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at University of California, Berkeley

Data

Text and downloadable pdf

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at University of California, Berkeley

Data

Text and downloadable pdf

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at University of California, Berkeley

Policy Recommendations, Data

Text

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at University of California, Berkeley

Policy Recommendations, Data

Text

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Equity, Understanding the history of inequities in ECE

Text resources that detail how the current ECE system came to be, how inequity echoes throughout it, and the activist movements in ECE

Western Educational Equity Assistance Center

System / Program Planning, Creating inclusive environments, Equity

Pdf

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Framework, Recommendations

Text and pdf

UNICEF

Policy recommendations

Text

Goal 1: Maintain and enhance equitable and accessible processes and programming within ECCLA.
Objectives and Actions

1. Ensure that both internal and external communications are available in multiple languages, and that services are accessible to individuals with diverse abilities and language proficiencies.

  • Continue to identify ways to improve communications and accessibility of scholarship and grant applications for dual language learners and diverse abilities.
  • Research common languages used in Colorado by early childhood families and professionals.
  • Ensure that live translation and interpretation services are available to support direct services, scholarship/grant applicants, and ECCLA Membership.
  • Develop culturally responsive data collection, reporting, and usage strategies.

2. Create and engage in an organizational equity audit.

  • Research and compile equity audits for review.
  • Create an equity audit tailored to ECCLA and ECCLA Membership.
  • Utilize the Equity Decision-Making Tool during creation.

3. Expand ECCLA’s professional network to include organizations engaged in JEB work.

  • Develop informal and formal partnerships with organizations engaged in JEB work to support each other’s work and to be resources for each other.

4. Explore the creation and development of a JEB Community of Practice where individuals and organizations can collaborate and share resources, best practices, professional learning, and advocacy opportunities.

Goal 2: Maintain and enhance equitable and accessible processes and programming within ECCLA Membership.
Objectives and Actions

1. Provide technical assistance to ECCLA Membership that aligns with the results of the JEB Needs Survey.

  • Provide professional development, coaching, consultation, mentoring, and communities of practice for ECCLA Membership.
  • Provide support with equity audits as well as the creation and implementation of JEB goals.

2. Continue to explore ways to support ECCLA Membership.

Goal 3: Increase participation in and development of professional development opportunities.
Objectives and Actions

1. Encourage JEB Collaborative members to participate in at least 2 continuing professional development and advocacy opportunities annually.

  • Participate in book clubs, events, rallies, protests, etc. that further our learning around JEB and invite ECCLA Membership and other stakeholders.
  • Share articles, videos, resources, and other JEB media through a mailing list for ECCLA Membership and other stakeholders.
  • Continue to share resources and professional development through ECCLA’s JEB Resource Collection.
  • Continue to create JEB resources that cater to diverse learning styles and needs, ensuring resources are easily accessible and relevant.

2. Continue to offer professional development opportunities to ECCLA Membership and the early childhood community.

  • Continue to work with partners to offer diverse and co-created training opportunities.

Click the button above to access a spreadsheet of available trainings and trainers. This is a living document and will be updated when possible. If you would like to submit a trainer or training, you may fill out this form.

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