Anti-Bias Plenary
Empowering educators and students to overcome bias and embrace diversity
- Dates: May 12-13, 2024
- Times: 8:30 a.m.-Noon
- Locations: CD1-10 and Forum 3 on campus
About the Event
The Anti-Bias Plenary aims to provide a forum for educators in child development and other disciplines to address and combat bias within educational settings.
This event will focus on frameworks and pedagogies that will empower attendees to recognize, challenge and overcome biases, and work to create learning environments that center equity and inclusivity.
Our panel of workshops will be led by experts in the field who will presenting on how educators can employ anti-bias strategies in their everyday work.
This event is sponsored by the California Apprenticeship Initiative Grant.
Featured Speakers
Javette Johnson
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Judith Krause
Anti-Bias Education: Connections, Respect and Inclusiveness in the Early Childhood Classroom
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Join us in discovering tried and true strategies to build stronger connections within the classroom community. We will explore the four goals of anti-bias education – identity, diversity, justice and activism, as we learn more about culturally responsive practice.
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Dr. Judy Krause serves as associate dean and program director for the Doctor of Education in Early Childhood Education program in the School of Human Development and Education at Pacific Oaks College.
Krause has been working with young children and their families since 1978 and began her work with college students in 1989. Her research focuses on developmentally and culturally appropriate pedagogy and she enjoys presenting hands-on, interactive workshops at the national, state, and local level.
In her spare time, Krause takes joy in traveling along the coast with her husband, as well as spending time with her grandchildren.
Natalie Seer
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An early childhood education expert with over 30 years of experience in community-based children's learning settings, Dr. Seer focuses on social-emotional development and equity.
Born in Houston and raised in Texas, Seer returned to Texas last year to be near loved ones and her favorite rivers – the Guadalupe and the San Marcos. She has served as an early educator, center director, community college instructor in child development, and quality improvement lead, and she has worked with organizations including Head Start, WestEd, Stanford University, and Mission College in California.
Seer holds a B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University, and both an M.A. in Leadership in Early Education and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Mills College.