IPCP is working to ensure our preschool is a place where people from all backgrounds are welcomed. We celebrate diversity and look for opportunities to promote inclusion and equity within our school and community.

While diversity and inclusion have always been part of our core values, we recognize that we still have work to do. We are committed to growing because we believe the diversity of individuals, experiences and ideas makes our community stronger. 

In 2021 IPCP’s Board of Directors and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee approved a three-year plan that demonstrates the school’s commitment to attracting and serving a diverse community of students and families. We are committed to creating an inclusive school where everybody thrives and feels a sense of belonging.

Diversity at IPCP 2022

Our Strategic Plan

✅ Year One: 2020-2021 School Year

  • Establish DEI Committee as a permanent committee

  • Create and implement three-year DEI Strategic Plan

  • Update website and messaging to reflect commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

  • Recommend relevant staff trainings

  • Complete demographic audit of current and prospective families

Year Two: 2021-2022 School Year

  • Collect demographic information on past, current, and prospective families and staff to track progress towards goals

  • Collaborate with the Admissions and Communications Committees to develop a detailed outreach plan designed to attract a more diverse pool of families

  • Include diversity, equity, and inclusion as core values to be addressed as an integral part of our admissions process.

  • Explore creation of an Ombudsman position and/or some other venue for families to share input regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion

  • Pursue efforts of diversity including, but not limited to, the following:

    • Conduct a full review of representation in the books available at IPCP and make improvements in this area

    • Budget and acquire literature and books to demonstrate good will, intent, and visibility by way of an array of characters from various backgrounds

      • Gender

      • Different physical/mental abilities

      • Orientation

      • Ethnicity

      • Language

  • Pursue efforts of equity including, but not limited to, the following:

    • Collaborate with the Auction Committee to ensure a portion of auction proceeds goes to a non-profit that supports children from low-income households in our community

    • Offer tuition assistance to staff’s children to attend IPCP

  • Pursue efforts of inclusion including, but not limited to, the following:

    • Create and communicate innovative ways for staff, parents, and children to actively and intentionally expand the boundaries of DEI within IPCP and its greater community

Year Three: 2022-2023 School Year

  • Continue collecting demographic information on current families and staff to track progress towards goals

  • Evaluate the success of the previous year’s outreach plan; update and implement an outreach plan designed to attract a more diverse pool of prospective families

  • Regularly provide resources for parents on anti-bias, implicit-bias, and relevant diversity, equity, inclusion issues applicable to preschool-aged children