Focuses on the leader's role in initiating and sustaining anti-bias education in programs for young children and their families. This second edition emphasizes how the journey requires thoughtful, strategic, long-term planning that addresses all components of an early childhood care and education program.

Contents Foreword Iheoma U. Iruka  xi Acknowledgments  xiii Introduction  1 Organization of This Book  2 Meet the Authors and Contributors  5 1.  Pursuing the Anti-Bias Vision: The Conceptual Framework  11 Revisiting Anti-Bias Education  11 Becoming an Anti-Bias Program  13 Changing Adult Consciousness and Behavior  15 Understanding the Phases of Adult Anti-Bias Development  18 Recognizing Contested Grounds for Anti-Bias Education  23 Anti-Bias Education—Within Reach  26 2.  Best Practices of Early Childhood Program Leaders: The Foundation for Anti-Bias Leadership  29 Key Aspects of ECCE Program Leadership  30 Core Attributes of Effective ECCE Program Leaders  35 Professional Development of ECCE Program Leaders  37 Taking on the Challenge  38 3.  Reading the Program and Preparing for Anti-Bias Change  39 Collecting Preliminary Impressions: Establishing a Baseline for Planning  40 Making Sense of the Baseline for Strategic Planning  48 Setting the Stage for Action  57 A Dynamic and Cyclical Process  59 4.  Fostering Reflective Anti-Bias Educators  61 Building a Community of Anti-Bias Learners  62 Committing to an Anti-Bias Education Framework  70 Being a Lifelong Learner  81 5.  Engaging Families and Growing Anti-Bias Partnerships  83 The Framework for Working With Families  83 Introducing Anti-Bias Values and Expectations  86 Family Anti-Bias Education and Dialogue  95 Promoting Family Partnership and Leadership  99 Making All Families Visible  104 6.  Deepening and Sustaining Anti-Bias Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills  107 Enhancing the Professional Development of Anti-Bias Teachers  107 Facilitating Teachers’ Work With Families  120 Staff Development Throughout the Year  126 7.  Managing and Negotiating Disequilibrium and Conflict  127 Understanding Conflict  128 Building the Foundation for Productive Conflict  134 Turning Conflict into Growth  137 Responding to Pushback and Opposition  145 Thoughtful Risk-Taking  148 8.  Documenting and Assessing Anti-Bias Education Change  151 Reflections About Documentation in an Anti-Bias Program  153 Indicators and Strategies for Documenting Anti-Bias Change  154 Strategically Managing External Standards Requirements and Assessment Tools  170 Documentation and Empowerment  174 Epilogue: Sustaining the Anti-Bias Vision  177 Motivation Comes From Our Inner Core  177 “Man Man Lai”: Slowly It Will Come  179 Fostering a Community for Change  179 Staying Over the Long Haul  181 Carry on the Movement for Change  183 References  185 Index  195 About the Authors  207

“The reboot of this book comes at the right time...It provides a common language, real-life examples for practitioners to engage and lean in, and, most importantly, addresses the tension of anti-bias education as the path forward to ensuring that children experience high-quality early education.” — From the Foreword by Iheoma U. Iruka, founding director, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute