Summary Module One

Summary: Module One

Module One guided you in reflecting on your identity as an early childhood education leader and examining how power, privilege, and systemic inequities shape learning and care. Through the activities, you explored intersectionality as a framework for understanding the multiple layers of bias and privilege that influence personal experiences and broader societal structures. By analyzing the neuroscience of privilege and implicit bias, you gained insight into how these factors impact interactions, decision-making, and leadership practices.  

You also engaged with the historical and ongoing realities of racism in British Columbia, situating yourself within the sociohistorical landscape of colonization and systemic injustice. This process challenged you to critically examine your role in rejecting practices that uphold inequity while developing the skills and dispositions needed to lead with an anti-racist lens. Through reflection and discussion, you built strategies for staying connected and grounded in difficult conversations, fostering a leadership approach that is both conscious and transformative.

Calling Yourself In

Write a statement for your child care centre that articulates your commitment to “Work in ways that affirm and enhance human dignity, respect fundamental human rights, and celebrate difference and diversity” (Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia, 2021, p. 13).

Your statement should incorporate your understanding of privilege, bias, intersectionality, and systemic racism.

Your statement should contain a commitment to how these values (from Principle 6 of the ECEBC Code of Ethics) are implemented in practice and specify how your organization is committed to supporting early childhood educators in this work.

After writing your commitment statement, assess how realistic these goals are. Make recommendations identifying the various levels of support required to enact these changes.

Capture your reflections in your journal.