To be antiracist is to take action against racism. Early childhood education (ECE) programs that do antiracist work look closely at how racism and inequity impact children, families, and educators and use antiracism as a lens to root out, name, and address racial biases. As programs shift their culture toward antiracism, competencies can guide best practices. This course introduces antiracism and two competencies for culturally responsive teaching—knowing your cultural lens and culturally responsive communication. (2 hours)
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By taking this course, professionals will:
- Discover that race is not biologically determined and that racism is a human construct.
- Make use of data collected from a self-assessment to determine placement within the phases of adult antibias development.
- Plan ways to embed self-awareness and culturally responsive communication, two of the eight competencies for culturally responsive teaching, into everyday practices.
