Institute for Culturally Affirming Practices for Black Children
At Black Californians United for Early Care and Education (BlackECE), we are dedicated to transforming Early Childhood Education (ECE) by offering specialized workshops and training for educators that promote culturally affirming care for Black children. Our training sessions equip early childhood education professionals, including P-3 educators educators with tools to create enriching, supportive, and inclusive environments where Black children thrive, while also addressing the historical harms that have been created in education systems.
Training Sessions Overview
- Affirming Black Culture: A Pathway to Wellness
Introduces the importance of developmentally appropriate and culturally affirming education, helping educators understand the role of environment and experiences in shaping thriving children. - Blood Memory: A Discussion of Historical Trauma and Black People
Explores how generational trauma impacts Black families and children, and how educators can create safe spaces for healing and learning. - Raising Anti-racist Children Through Love and Healing
Offers practical approaches for nurturing anti-racist values in children and educators alike, promoting love and self-care in the process. - Black English is Real: Affirming Language in Black Culture
Advocates for the recognition of AAVE as a legitimate and important cultural language, challenging the notion that it is “incorrect” English. - Cultural Affirmation: Putting it to Practice
Provides hands-on strategies to incorporate Black culture (Black Family Culture Kits) into everyday classroom activities, celebrating Black history, traditions, and contributions.
Training Benefits:
Equip your staff with skills and strategies that promote a culturally affirming learning environment for Black children.
Our training emphasizes a holistic approach, recognizing the importance of wellness, emotional health, and cultural identity in learning outcomes. Introduce Black children to inspiring role models who reflect their background and achievements.
We offer a fee-for-service model and additional coaching to ensure the training and professional development meet your programs unique needs. Continued support ensures strategies and practices are successfully implemented and adapted to the program’s particular improvement plans, self-assessment needs, goals and challenges.
Next Steps
Partner with us to create a culturally affirming learning environment for the youngest learners in your programs.. Through our professional development workshops, your program can make a lasting impact on Black children’s educational success and well-being.
We are excited to discuss how our services aligns with your program’s goals for inclusion, diversity, equity, access and excellence in education.