Region 10 - YBOC, Young Boys of Color - Modules 3 & 4 (In-person - San Bernardino)

CPIN Region 10 would like to invite you to join us for this In-Person Training:

YBOC, Young Boys of Color - Modules 3 and 4

Creating Equitable Early Learning Environments for Young Boys of Color: Disrupting Disproportionate Outcomes Publication

The purpose of the publication is to do the following:

Create strength-based and equity-oriented environments.
Provide educators with a guide to improve racial equity.
Promote self-reflection upon and mindfulness of educators’ personal biases.

Module 3 - Responsive Instructional Practices for Boys of Color

• Discusses the importance of culturally responsive practice as a foundation for working with Boys of Color
• Introduces suggestions for arranging environments to support Boys of Color learning preferences
• Acknowledges external stressors and the importance of implementing trauma-informed practices
• Provides guidance for directors and program administrators including the need to develop transparent behavior plans
• Describes realistic timelines for program leaders and administrators

Module 4 - Partnering with Families of Boys of Color

• Describes the limitations of the traditional approaches to parent education that have positioned families of color through deficit and led to distrust of educational institutions. (We share data and reflection questions to dispel common stereotypes and myths about families of color.)
• Introduces a strength-based framework for family engagement.
• Describes effective strategies for building respectful, responsive, and reciprocal relationships with families of color and early childhood teachers and staff, including an emphasis on the importance of involving fathers.