Important Words, Phrases, and Images to Include in the Guiding Principles

GROUP / Words, Phrases and Images
Red /
  • Listen to
  • Be responsive to child and family’s desires
  • Race and class are disempowering
  • Relationships (2)
  • Genuine
  • Authentic
  • Intentional
  • Inclusion
  • Beliefs
  • Recognition of triggers
  • Recognition of system of power and privilege
  • Recognizing and addressing barriers in everyday work
  • Building capacity for families to be their best
  • Acknowledge and change biases
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  • Value difference
  • Teach and model the value for difference
  • Classroom culture can promote valuing difference
  • Not accommodation
  • Belonging
  • Flexibility
  • Values
  • Recognition of power and privilege
  • Break down silos
  • Child-centered
  • Advocacy
  • Patience
  • Communication
  • Believe in families’ competence
  • Keep your eye
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  • Young children embrace difference; adults need to learn from kids
  • Trust
  • Curiosity about other person
  • Expand to multicultural lens
  • Self-reflective
  • Humility
  • Value partnerships
  • Joining families
  • Recognition of dominant language and culture
  • Resources on individual and systems levels
  • Recognize competence of parents and families
  • Family-centered

Orange /
  • Genuine relationships
  • Action-oriented
  • Inviting
  • Child and family
  • Accessibility
  • Genuine
  • Prioritize family voice and choice
  • Authenticity
  • Equitable
  • Relationships
  • Encouraging
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  • Respect
  • Trauma-informed
  • Collaboration
  • Family members as equal partners
  • Family perspective
  • Writing for your audience
  • Culturally responsive
  • Equitable vs. equal
  • Diversity
  • Clear communication
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  • Recognizing family strengths
  • Every family loves and has the best intention for their children
  • All means all
  • Joy
  • Celebrate
  • Play
  • Accountability
  • Equitable
  • Belonging

GROUP / Juicy Words and Images
Yellow /
  • Family-driven
  • Honoring how families function
  • What’s safe, moral, legal
  • No judgement
  • Connected
  • Family identity
  • Transformational
  • Community-building
/
  • Family-centered
  • Asking questions first
  • Listening to understand
  • Responsive
  • Safety
  • Belonging
  • Another vs. the other
  • Inspiration
/
  • Honesty
  • Culturally responsive
  • Advocacy
  • Relationships
  • Race as self-identified (rather than pre-determined)
  • Differences
  • Commonalities

Green /
  • Belonging
  • Unconditional
  • Inclusion
  • Love
  • Support
  • Community
  • Two-way communication
  • Balance
  • Respect
  • Values
  • Tolerance
  • Acceptance
  • Professional development
  • Lifelong learners
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  • Emotional safety
  • Physical safety
  • Creating caring communities
  • Get everyone on board
  • Relationships
  • Genuine
  • Sharing
  • Strive for equity
  • Eliminate barriers to full participation
  • Willingness to learn for understanding
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  • Validation
  • Affirming
  • Listening for understanding
  • Curiosity
  • Relationships
  • See each child and family uniquely
  • Creative in seeking solutions
  • Social justice
  • Compromise
  • Learning

Blue /
  • We believe . . . therefore we are committed . . . and we will . . .(2)
  • Practical (2)
  • Strengths-based (2)
  • Choice
  • Sustainable
  • Responsive
  • Data-driven
  • Sincerity
  • Holistic
  • Evidence-based
  • Inspirational
  • Culturally responsive
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  • Families vs. parents
  • Valuing
  • Involving
  • Embracing
  • Providing
  • Advancing
  • Results-based accountability
  • Continuous quality improvement
  • Aspirational
  • Authenticity
  • Adaptive
  • Cultural humility
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  • Social ecology
  • Effective
  • Continuous
  • Seamless
  • Well-educated and well-compensated staff who reflect the diversity of community or those who are served
  • Transformational
  • Family-centered
  • Genuine
  • Individualized
  • Practical

GROUP / Juicy Words and Images
Black /
  • Sense of belonging
  • Community
  • Membership
  • Support of community
  • Suspend bias
  • Flexibility
  • Advocacy
  • Unique
  • Language that is accessible
  • Playful
  • Sufficient capacity to meet needs
  • Joyous
  • Inspirational
  • Quality
  • Knowledgeable
  • Treat children as people. Don’t talk about them; talk with them
  • Administrators who are supportive of what kinds need
  • Teachers who know what kids need
  • Communication
  • Listening and sharing
  • Family strengths
  • Shift from “parent” to “family” on forms
  • Authenticity
  • Diverse faces and voices and needs
  • Principles as renewal, not static
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  • Invited
  • Not an outsider
  • Empower
  • Promote self-worth
  • Each and every child (2)
  • Inclusive of all children and families
  • Honoring
  • Accepting
  • Affordability
  • Shared responsibility
  • Accountability for the process
  • Flexibility
  • Collaborative
  • Teams with families
  • Value every voice
  • Social-emotional readiness
  • Allegiance to a larger group or tribe
  • School culture that supports kids and staff
  • Understanding different perspectives among staff, kids, and families
  • Recognize our own power and privilege
  • Non-judgmental
  • Ecological maps
  • How families define connection (e.g., home visit, call, email, etc.)
  • Move beyond passively welcoming to actively engaging
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  • Respectful and responsive
  • Engaged
  • Curious
  • All contexts of family
  • Powerful family stories
  • Honoring and enjoying the families you get to work with
  • A child is a gift not a burden
  • Culturally informed
  • Curious to learn more
  • Cultural humility
  • Open communication
  • Communities and relationship building
  • Respectful
  • Heading in the same direction
  • Institutions ready for kids
  • Administrators engaging and being informed regarding including early childhood in the school system
  • Aspirational
  • Everyone has a right to grow
  • Family members as equal partners
  • Safe environment, emotionally and physically
  • Trauma-informed
  • Explore blind spots

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