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 | |
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
Anti-Bias and Anti-Racist Environments
Title | 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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Sesame Street in Communities | Talking about race | Video and printable activities | |
National Association for the Education of Young Children | Creating inclusive environments | Text article | |
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 |
Literacy & Language
Title | 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 |
Gender Expression and Identity
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 |
Disability Justice
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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.