Region 1, Creating Equitable Early Learning Environments for Young Boys of Color: Foundations for an Equitable and Responsive Early Education for Boys of Color

The purpose of the module is to provide in-depth training using the publication Creating Equitable Early Learning Environments for Young Boys of Color: Disrupting Disproportionate Outcomes found at https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/documents/boysofcolor.pdf

Participants will discuss the following: equitable early childhood environments; the different aspects involved in working to improve racial equity; love as a critical foundation for responsive and equitable early education; the need to change the conversation about Boys of Color and “challenging behaviors;” what it means to “love” our early childhood teachers and why this matters.