Q Your positionality statement should be between 1.5 and 2.5 pages double-spaced. • Using your Where I am From poem identify some circles of your identity using the identity circles diagram on the next slide • Using the social identity map (Jacobsen & Mustafa, 2019), blank copy on slide 18 select at least 4 of these elements and write a few notes about what these elements mean in terms of your positioning in society as you interact with larger systems such as racism, classism, sexism, heteronormativity, stereotypes, assumptions, and understandings • Choose 2-3 of these elements that you will write about in your statement • Write a short paragraph (3-4 sentences) about each element of your positionality, explaining first how it is part of your identity, next how it relates to larger systems, and finally how anticipate it will impact your work with children and families. Positionality is a word we use to reflect on how you enter a space, the position or role you hold and how that affects others and the space. (Parceo.org) Has to do with qualities of your personhood and socially constructed categories with which you identify or are identified by others **very important is how these identifications interact with other groups and with larger systems of stigmatization, bias, and prejudice E.g. identity (female, white) positionality means that in xxx circumstance I have xx privilege/disadvantage which influences my interactions with children in xxx way PreviousNext