The Preschool Revolution

Audrey Rowland MS, MBA

How do we approach talking about bias, diversity, race and differences with children? Creating a culture of diversity in classrooms is more than just multicultural books and posters.  This course is designed to equip Early Educators and Administrators with an understanding of how biases are learned and strategies to build cultural competence within the program.

What's included?

  • 1 Hour Video Lecture
  • Course Activities
  • Downloadable Resource
  • Certificate of Completion

Learning Objectives

  1. Demonstrate understanding of terminology related to race, equity and diversity
  2. Examine conscious and unconscious thinking and learn how it shapes bias
  3. Identify how biases develop in young children
  4. Reflect upon how biases are disrupted or confirmed in the classroom
  5. Learn how to disrupt biases as an individual and in the classroom to further progress along the Continuum of Cultural Competency

Learn at your pace

This course provides 3 hours of professional development for early childhood educators.

Participants are required to view the complete virtual training and complete the exam. Participants must receive a score of 80% or higher to receive credit for this course. 

Course certificates are emailed upon successful completion of the full training and quiz.

Meet the instructor

Audrey Rowland

Audrey Rowland has over 20 years of experience as an early childhood professional. Drawing from her expertise as a teacher and administrator, Audrey creates resources and provides professional development for early educators, administrators, parents, and policy-makers. She founded Green Space Learning, providing early childhood professional development for educators and creating play-based indoor and outdoor learning environments for early childhood programs. An engaging speaker and trainer, Audrey translates information into application. Audrey earned a MS from the University of North Texas in Child Development and Family Studies and a MBA from Texas Woman’s University. She is a Master Trainer with the Texas Early Childhood Professional Development System (#1743).
Patrick Jones - Course author