Examining Code of nEthics

11.       We shall provide services and supports to children and families in a fair and equitable manner while respecting families’ culture, race, language, socioeconomic status, marital status, and sexual orientation.

22.      We shall respect, value, promote, and encourage the active participation of ALL families by engaging families in meaningful ways in the assessment and intervention processes.

Ideals

I-1.1—To be familiar with the knowledge base of early childhood care and education and to stay informed through continuing education and training.

1-4.1—To provide the community with high-quality early childhood care and education programs and services

These statements are important to me because I simply believe in them. It is my responsibility to provide the best service to my community that I possibly can. I will be able to do that my encouraging my parents to support their children and my program, by continuing my education, and by commanding respect among staff members, students, and parents.

References

The Division for Early Childhood. (2000, August). Code of ethics. Retrieved from http://www.dec-sped.org

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

Course Resources

Part 1: Position Statements and Influential Practices

NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf

NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf

NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf

Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller

FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~snapshots/snap33.pdf

Note: The following article can be found in the Walden University Library databases.

Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al. (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42-53.

• Use the Academic Search Complete database, and search using the article's title.

Part 2: Global Support for Children's Rights and Well-Being

Websites:

World Forum Foundation
http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us

World Organization for Early Childhood Education
http://www.omep-usnc.org/

Association for Childhood Education International
http://acei.org/

Part 3: Selected Early Childhood Organizations

National Association for the Education of Young Children

http://www.naeyc.org

The Division for Early Childhood

http://www.dec-sped.org/

Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families

http://www.zerotothree.org/

WESTED

http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm

Harvard Education Letter

http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85

FPG Child Development Institute

http://www.fpg.unc.edu/

Administration for Children and Families Headstart's National Research Conference

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/

HighScope

http://www.highscope.org/

Children's Defense Fund

http://www.childrensdefense.org/

Center for Child Care Workforce

http://www.ccw.org/

Council for Exceptional Children

http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

Institute for Women's Policy Research

http://www.iwpr.org/

National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education

http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/

National Child Care Association

http://www.nccanet.org/

National Institute for Early Education Research

http://nieer.org/

Pre[K]Now

http://www.pewstates.org/projects/pre-k-now-328067

Voices for America's Children

http://www.voices.org/

The Erikson Institute

http://www.erikson.edu/

Part 4: Selected Professional Journals Available in the Walden Library

Tip: Use the A-to-Z e-journal list to search for specific journal titles. (Go to "How Do I...?", select "Tips for Specific Formats and Resources," and then "e-journals" to find this search interface.)

YC Young Children

Childhood

Journal of Child & Family Studies

Child Study Journal

Multicultural Education

Early Childhood Education Journal

Journal of Early Childhood Research

International Journal of Early Childhood

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Developmental Psychology

Social Studies

Maternal & Child Health Journal

International Journal of Early Years Education

Additional Resources

National Head Start Association

http://www.nhsa.org/

Smart Start & North Carolina Partnership for Children

http://www.smartstart.org/

Students First

"America's schools are failing our kids. On this point, the data is clear. While some people blame the kids, or simply want to throw more money at the problem, we know that real change requires a better system — one that puts students' needs before those of special interests or wasteful bureaucracies.

To succeed in our mission, we're working with parents, teachers, administrators, and citizens across the country to ensure great teachers, access to great schools, and effective use of public dollars. Together, we'll demand that legislators, courts, district administrators, and school boards create and enforce policies that put students first. We'll make sure politicians and administrators recognize and reward excellent teachers, give novice teachers the training they need, and quickly improve or remove ineffective educators. We'll work to ensure that every family has a number of options for excellent schools to attend, so that getting into a great school becomes a matter of fact, not luck.  And we'll make sure all Americans understand that our schools are not only an anchor for our communities, but an absolute gateway to our national prosperity and competitive standing in the world economy."

http://www.studentsfirst.org/pages/our-mission

In the mind of Dr, Edward Zigler, Ph.D

Q: Why do you get annoyed at efforts to link better I.Q. scores with better child care?

Zigler: This nation has always had this love affair with I.Q. and we don't understand its limitations. And that's why I'm having this fight with the Bush people right now with Head Start. They say it's a social program. They want a literacy program. If you go to school you better have the social skills. You better not grab that other little boy's blocks. You better do what the teacher says. So it's what I call the whole-child approach: A kid's emotions and personality are just as important as I.Q. But there's something about this country that we like numbers that summarize things. All of us know high-I.Q. people with whom we don't want to be in the same room.

So there's much more to life than one's intelligence score. To be a decent human being. To have some character.

This interview can be found at http://progressive.org/node/1546

In the Mind of Dr. Sylvia Chard, Ph.D

Sylvia Chard is a Professor Emeritus of Elementary Education at the University of Alberta and coauthor of Engaging Children's Minds: The Project Approach, a popular book for teachers of young children on learning through projects.

One of the major advantages of project work is that it makes school more like real life. In real life, we don't spend several hours at a time listening to authorities who know more than we do and who tell us exactly what to do and how to do it. We need to be able to ask questions of a person we're learning from. We need to be able to link what the person is telling us with what we already know. And we need to be able to bring what we already know and experiences we've had that are relevant to the topic to the front of our minds and say something about them.

You see this with a young class of learners who've not yet learned classroom behavior. Little kindergarten children all raise their hands at once, and you're lucky if they raise their hands. Usually they just break out and say something when the teacher tells a story about her experience because they want to share their experiences. This is how life is much of the time. And it's not that when children are doing that they're not learning. They want to be able to apply their natural tendencies to the learning process. And I think by giving children project work, we open up areas during the school day when children can speak about what they already know, when they can ask questions, they can express interests that are different from [those of] other children. And, I believe, where they can work on their strengths.

More information can be found at http://www.edutopia.org/chard.html#graph1

Personal Childhood Web

My Aunt Emma
For as long as I can remember my Aunt Emma has always been a workaholic who loves children. During my childhood years, it was always my Aunt Emma's house that us children (my brother, my uncle, and myself) begged to go to for the weekend (any weekend that she was off that is). My aunt had one son (her only child) and she raised my cousin from the time she was an infant. I loved spending weekends at my aunt's house because she set boundaries for us. It was were I felt safe, loved, and nurtured. There we had rules, chores, and routines and I loved it. Watching my aunt go to work, take care of us children, and run a household has always made me believe that she is superwoman. She is who I want to be when I grow up :-).

My Dad
I was and still am daddy's little girl. I am my daddy's only child so you can probably guess that he spoiled me rotten. Because of the location of my dad's career, he would stay with my elderly grandmother during the week, but every Friday at 5:00 I could expect him to be walking through the door. He would always have some sort of activities planned for us (my mom, older brother, and myself) throughout the weekend. I admire my dad mainly because although he wasn't my brother's father, he took care of him as if he was his own. Now at that time, this was not cool with me because I wanted my dad all to myself and he thought it was so cute. Now that I am an adult, my dad spoils my children the same as he did me and my brother when we were younger. Now I can't wait until my 7 month old daughter is able to walk and talk because I know she's going to have my dad (her grandfather) wrapped around her little finger.

My Mom
Because my mom had her first 3 children at a young age, she wasn't ready to be a mother. There is a 2 year age different between my sister and I and a 4 year age different between my older brother and I. Ten years later, my mom gave birth to my younger brother. It was once I became an adult that a relationship was formed between my mother and I. It has bloomed into the relationship that I would like to have with my daughter. My mom will do another to help lighten my load and will do anything for my children. She loves spoiling them rotten. 

My Favorite Children's Book

I love to read children’s books mainly because my children enjoy having me read to them. One of my favorite books to read is “We Are All Different.” I love this book because it tells us although we may be different in many ways; we are alike in many ways. For example, my sister is short and I am tall; although we are different in height, we love each other the same.

I also love “The Little Red Hen” and “Not Now Said the Cow.” I love these books because I am able to get the children to participate. Each one of us plays a character as we act out the story. We enjoy the each other’s company as well as the smiles that each character put on our faces. 

10 Things My Mom Taught Me About Being A Mom