Code of Ethics: NAEYC

My top three ideas:

• To share resources with co-workers, collaborating to ensure that the best possible early childhood care and education program is provided.
• To share information about each child’s education and development with families and to help them understand and appreciate the current knowledge base of the early childhood profession.
• To base program practices upon current knowledge and research in the field of early childhood education, child development, and related disciplines, as well as on particular knowledge of each child.

My first ideal supports my ethical responsibility to my co-workers.  I love to collaborate with my colleagues!  Sharing what I have experienced or what I have recently learned helps me self reflect and get feedback from my professional peers.  Plus, you never know what they are struggling to accomplish in their classroom.  It's a fun way to exchange ideas, provide emotional support, and build life long partnerships.  

My second ideal supports my ethical responsibility to parents/families.  Most parents learn as they go, based on trial and error.  I can help them better understand their child's development by keeping them informed of their child's progress throughout the year and offer them resources to use with their child when he/she is away from the campus.  Building a partnership with the parent, will better benefit the child as he continues to develop.

My third ideal supports my ethical responsibility to children.  This is most important professional commitment I have.  Staying in "the know" is crucial to making sure I am engaging the "whole child".  It is my overall responsibility to make sure I have the appropriate research, resources, and competency to educate young learners.     

Reference
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