Saturday, October 30, 2010
Is This The End?
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Examining Codes of Ethics
NAEYC Code of Ethics ideals that are meaningful to me.
1-1.1 To be familiar with the knowledge base of early childhood care and education and to stay informed through continuing education and training.
I believe that not only early childhood professionals but that all professionals should continue learning. I believe that you should always look for training to enhance your skills and to stay current in your field. I will be striving to do this in my professional life.
1-1.3 To recognize and respect the unique qualities, abilities, and potential of each child.
Evey child is different, no child is the same. I believe that in my profession I must recognize the differences and respect them in every child.
1-1.12 To work with families to provide a safe and smooth transition as children and families move from one program to the next.
In my profession I work with families that have to deal transitions. The transition of their children leaving our program and going into kindergarten. It is our charge to make sure every child is school ready and the transition made easy for the child and the parent.
DEC Code of Ethics that are meaningful to me.
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.
Integrity, truthfulness and honesty are huge when communicating with families and colleagues. Parents must be able to trust you and those of whom you work with.
Enhancement of Children's and Families Quality of Lives
2. We shall recognize our responsibility to improve the developmental outcomes of children and to provide services and supports in a fair and equitable manner to all families and children.
My job as a service coordinator is data driven. We must be able to see that our early childhood program is graduating children who are better off from attending our program.
Responsive Family Centered Practices
7. We shall be responsible for protecting the confidentiality of the children and families we serve by protecting all forms of verbal, written, and electronic communication.
Confidentiality is important when you are dealing with families and their private information. It is up to us to protect the confidentiality of the children and families we serve.
All of the ideals shared in the NAEYC code of ethics, and the DEC code of ethics are very meaningful when it comes to my profession. The ideals I have chosen were just a few that stuck out for me because I have to adhere and personally deal with these everyday on the job.
1-1.1 To be familiar with the knowledge base of early childhood care and education and to stay informed through continuing education and training.
I believe that not only early childhood professionals but that all professionals should continue learning. I believe that you should always look for training to enhance your skills and to stay current in your field. I will be striving to do this in my professional life.
1-1.3 To recognize and respect the unique qualities, abilities, and potential of each child.
Evey child is different, no child is the same. I believe that in my profession I must recognize the differences and respect them in every child.
1-1.12 To work with families to provide a safe and smooth transition as children and families move from one program to the next.
In my profession I work with families that have to deal transitions. The transition of their children leaving our program and going into kindergarten. It is our charge to make sure every child is school ready and the transition made easy for the child and the parent.
DEC Code of Ethics that are meaningful to me.
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.
Integrity, truthfulness and honesty are huge when communicating with families and colleagues. Parents must be able to trust you and those of whom you work with.
Enhancement of Children's and Families Quality of Lives
2. We shall recognize our responsibility to improve the developmental outcomes of children and to provide services and supports in a fair and equitable manner to all families and children.
My job as a service coordinator is data driven. We must be able to see that our early childhood program is graduating children who are better off from attending our program.
Responsive Family Centered Practices
7. We shall be responsible for protecting the confidentiality of the children and families we serve by protecting all forms of verbal, written, and electronic communication.
Confidentiality is important when you are dealing with families and their private information. It is up to us to protect the confidentiality of the children and families we serve.
All of the ideals shared in the NAEYC code of ethics, and the DEC code of ethics are very meaningful when it comes to my profession. The ideals I have chosen were just a few that stuck out for me because I have to adhere and personally deal with these everyday on the job.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Collection of Resources
http://www.naeyc.org/
http://www.dec-sped.org/
http://www.zerotothree.org/
http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm
http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/main/about.cfm
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/
http://www.highscope.org/
http://www.childrensdefense.org/
http://www.ccw.org/
http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
http://www.iwpr.org/index.cfm
http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/
http://www.nccanet.org/
http://nieer.org/
http://www.preknow.org/
http://www.voices.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=22807
http://www.erikson.edu/
Three additional resources that I am adding are:
http://www.pbs.org/launchingreaders/resources.html
I chose this website because of the literacy component. Literacy is extremely important where I work and any resource on literacy helps. I happen to love this resources.
http://savorpublishing.com/
I meet this author at a conference and feel in love with her books. She is awesome. My own children love her books!
http://www.famlit.org/conference/
I attend this conference for work and have enjoyed it! There are also great resources for literacy on this website.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Words of Inspiration and Motivation
Marcy Whitebook
Lilian G.Katz
"Of course children benefit from positive feedback. But praise and rewards are not the only methods of reinforcement. More emphasis should be placed on appreciation—reinforcement related explicitly and directly to the content of the child's interest and efforts."
Lilian G Katz
Louise Derman Sparks
" I had a built in passion that it was important to make a real contribution to the world and to fix all the injustices that exsisted in the world, and I wanted to do that through teaching."
"Large numbers of children are neglected; still larger numbers now receive care
which, at best, can be called only custodial, and which, at its worst, is deplorable.
Only a relatively small proportion are benefiting from truly developmental quality
care."
Marcy Whitebook
"I suspect that most of all we have trouble as a field because we are so used to settling for what we can get, and coping creatively with too few resources that we don't ask the fundamental questions about how child care ought to be. We don't raise enough challenges. We forget to dream. Imagine the child care of our dreams, not just the child care that's good enough"
Marcy Whitebook
"I suspect that most of all we have trouble as a field because we are so used to settling for what we can get, and coping creatively with too few resources that we don't ask the fundamental questions about how child care ought to be. We don't raise enough challenges. We forget to dream. Imagine the child care of our dreams, not just the child care that's good enough"
"Of course children benefit from positive feedback. But praise and rewards are not the only methods of reinforcement. More emphasis should be placed on appreciation—reinforcement related explicitly and directly to the content of the child's interest and efforts."
Lilian G Katz
"As you consider whether to move a child into formal academic training, remember that we want our children to do more than just learn how to read and write; we want them to learn in such a way that they become lifelong readers and writers. If we push our children to start learning these skills too far ahead of their own spontaneous interest and their capacity, we may sacrifice the long-range goal of having them enjoy such pursuits. "
Louise Derman Sparks
" I had a built in passion that it was important to make a real contribution to the world and to fix all the injustices that exsisted in the world, and I wanted to do that through teaching."
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