Ep. 96 - Social Justice Conversations in Preschool, with Nadia Jaboneta and Brian Silveira

BIG PICTURE Social Emotional Learning Podcast

Brian Silveira and Nadia Jaboneta are Pedagogical Leaders at Pacific Primary Preschool in San Francisco, California. They each bring about 25 years experience as Early Childhood Educators, and clearly that combination of 50 years teaching experience has only deepened their commitment to providing relevant and alive education for their young students. Their bios, below, are extensive and impressive, and I hope you’ll check them out.

I invited Nadia and Brian into this conversation because they were both featured teachers in a recently released film titled “Reflecting on Anti-Bias Education in Action: The Early Years.” Definitely worth watching.

Nadia Jaboneta lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband and 3 children. She is a Pedagogical Leader at Pacific Primary Preschool in San Francisco, California. She has 24 years experience in Early Childhood Education teaching young children, training teachers, consulting and facilitating workshops. She is passionate about social justice and is proud to have immigrant parents from Lima, Peru. Nadia attended San Francisco State University for both her Bachelor's and Master's degree. She has written numerous articles for the magazine Teaching Young Children, focused on the anti-bias education practices she uses. She also is the author of the book You Can’t Celebrate That: Navigating the Deep Waters of Social JusticeTeaching and co-author of Children’s Lively Minds: Schema Theory Made Visible. Most recently, Nadia was one of the featured teachers in the film “Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years.”

Brian Silveira lives in San Francisco with his husband and is a Pedagogical Leader and has worked at Pacific Primary for 26 years. He is still thriving and growing in his commitment to social justice. Brian worked in community-based and public preschools before landing in his dream job at Pacific Primary. His experiences in diverse school settings has informed his philosophy and life mission to make the world a safe and just place for all children. He is currently the co-facilitator of the LGBT Interest Forum for the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC ), and has presented on the topics of equity, bias and allyship both locally and nationally. He has been published in Teaching Young Children magazine and Exchange Magazine, and has been recognized by several national interest forums for his work supporting men in ECE, peace educators and the LGBT community.

https://www.antibiasleadersece.com/the-film-reflecting-on-anti-bias-education-in-action/

Other resources:

Lorretta J. Ross, Calling In/Calling Out https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/style/loretta-ross-smith-college-cancel-culture.html

A book by Megan Madison and Jessica Ralli https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667991/our-skin-a-first-conversation-about-race-by-megan-madison-and-jessica-ralli-illustrated-by-isabel-roxas/

Rudine Sims Bishop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AAu58SNSyc

Makai Kellogg - Social Justice Books for children

Denisha Jones - Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice

Laleña Garcia - Black Lives Matter in Education