I.
PROFESSIONAL
PRACTICE
Article: The Division for Early Childhood.
(2000, August). Code of ethics.
Professional and Interpersonal Behavior
2. We shall demonstrate the highest standards of personal
integrity, truthfulness, and honesty in all our professional activities in order to inspire the trust
and confidence of the children and families and of those with whom we work.
NAEYC CODE
OF ETHICAL CONDUCT
Article: NAEYC. (2005, April). Code of ethical conduct and statement of commitment. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from
http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSETH05.pdf
Article: NAEYC. (2005, April). Code of ethical conduct and statement of commitment. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from
http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSETH05.pdf
I-1.5
To create
and maintain safe and healthy settings that foster children’s social,
emotional, cognitive, and physical development and that respect their dignity
and their contributions.
II.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PREPARATION
Article: The Division for Early Childhood. (2000, August). Code of ethics.
2. We shall continually be aware of issues challenging the field of early childhood special education and advocate for changes in laws, regulations, and policies leading to improved outcomes and services for young children with disabilities and their families.
It is very important to me in my professional life that we
create a safe and healthy environment that foster children’s social, emotional,
cognitive, and physical development. Also, be aware of the Professional and
Interpersonal Behavior, issues, laws, regulations, and polices leading to
challenging improvements and outcomes of services that will continue to demonstrate
personal integrity, advocate for changes in children with disabilities and
their families. The children and families lives should come first in receiving
the highest standard of knowledge in the early childhood field. It is about amending
ones part or action for during what’s best for the well-being of our children
and families that is right in life. Letting children or families fall through
the crack of receiving a high standard in early childhood education development
field were learning is the most critical defeats the purpose of committing to
the code of ethics. Base on my personal experience working in regular education
and special education requires professionals to be social and physically active.
Therefore if you want a child to learn an activity we must demonstrate how it
works. To many times, I have experience or observed children and families not
receiving the truthfulness, and honesty in some of our professionals who are in
the field of early childhood special education and regular education up hold
the truthfulness, and honesty in all of our professional activities. For
example, Jan Doe is now 12 months old the (IEP) Individual Education Plan states
that he or she needs to use a spoon at meal time with positive redirection
daily. However, he or she continues to use their hands to feed him self or her
self daily. Why? Because, a person is in the professional field decided to do
what was a confidence for themselves and not be truthfulness, and honest in all
our professional activities perhaps they forgot or fell to demonstrate the
highest standards of personal integrity, which states to put the children and
families education and nurturance first. As a professional in the early
childhood field it is very important to inspire personal integrity among all children
and families and those we work with as team players in our professional field
if we want what’s best for the well-being of the children and families to have
the highest standards of learning in the early educational field.
Herleen,
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the code of ethics "To create and maintain safe and healthy settings that foster children’s social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development and that respect their dignity and their contributions" because it is our responsibilty to create a healthy and safe environmentso children knows that their classroom is their safe place. Even daily lesson plan,the routine and schedule so the children feel that they belong there. When they are respected and the expectations are simple, clear and understood, it is a smooth sailing environment with social, emotional, cognitive and physical development taking place every moment of the day.
Harleen, you are so right about some people doing what is most comfortable for them and not what is best for the child. Here in Colombia I continuously hear that teacher or even parents are responsible for the child's development issues, for example, at the age of three the child is still using dippers 24/7, or at 5 they still don't know to do their laces. This really upsets me, this is why I do all my best to help parents to understand the importance of dealing with these things at the right moment.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it's important that we create a safe and learning environment for all children. I believe these ethical standards provides a framework for us to continue to do what's best for children.
ReplyDeleteI agree that we must focus on the needs of the child. This is true in early childhood education, but it is also true at home. We are our children's first teachers, so we should be very careful about what we are teaching them. When my son was young, I did everything for him and it was not because he could not do it for himself. It was because it was easier and faster for me to get it done. He was the only child for nine years, so I had a lot of time to focus on just him. This did not help him because while children his age were learning to tie their own shoes and dress themselves, I was still doing all of that for him. This is just one example. When I had my daughter, I changed a lot of things.
ReplyDeleteDoing what's best for the child is most important.