These days, most early care and education professionals have heard the phrase “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” However, knowing how to put these ideas into practice can be an overwhelming task. Practical strategies and ideas are provided in our recently published tip sheet series Diversity-Equity-Inclusion. The series contains the following six tip sheets:

Let’s Talk About…Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Let’s Talk About…Race, Ethnicity, and Young Children
Let’s Talk About…Young Children and Family Structures
Let’s Talk About…Young Children and Religious Diversity
Let’s Talk About…Young Children with Disabilities and Their Families
Let’s Talk About…Young Dual Languge Learners and Their Families

For those wishing to explore these topics further and as an accompaniment to the tip sheet series described above, Illinois Early Learning also has a number of resource lists on topics relevant to diversity, equity, and inclusion. They include:

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Diverse Family Structures
Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Diversity in Early Care and Education
Special Education and Inclusion in Early Care and Education

These resource lists, along with the tip sheets, were made possible thanks to the contributions of Jean Mendoza, IEL staff member.