Moving Beyond Anti-Bias Activities: Supporting the Development of Anti-Bias Practices (2016)
Teachers have to balance planned anti-bias teaching experiences, such as mixing paint to match skin color, with seizing emergent opportunities to engage children by responding to their questions and observations. Topics included same sex parents, skin color and racial identity, class and power, abilities and challenges, and cultural backgrounds. Debbie LeeKeenan, the director of the school, made a conscious decision to dedicate staff meeting time to anti-bias work and, as a result, teachers were engaged in monthly professional development sharing and received regular feedback on anti-bias dilemmas.