CODE OF ETHICS

I am a firm believer and supportor of rules, regulations and policies as a process to keep and maintain order.  Having a code of ethics only makes sense when it comes to the developmental process of a young child.  The NAEYC, National Association and Education of Young Children, (NAEYC 2005) has a Code of Ethics that present guildlines and couseling for providers, educators, and other professionals to follow when there is any obstruction in the ordinance of a child amongst parents, guardians, and caregivers. The NAEYC Code of Ethics is made up of four core values:  Ethical Responsibilities to Children, Ethical Responsibilities to Families, Ethical Responsibilities to Colleagues, and Ethical Responsibilites to Community and Society.  Of these core values, I think that my committment and responsibilities are primarily derived around the following three Ideals:

• Ethical Responsibilities to Children:
• Ideal I-1.3 To recognize and respect the unique qualities, abilities, and potential of each child.  This ideal is particularly meaninful to me because I am uniquely concerned with recognizing that every child is different.  All children do not learn and communicate the same way.  It is vital that education professionals respect that during the early childhood development stage in order to be effective with each childs learning environment.
• Ideal I-1.7 To use assessment information to understand and support children's development and learning to support instruction, and to identify children who may need additional services. This ideal emphasizes how important it is for us as educators to recognize any developmental issues in our children.  Our children are with us more awake hours during the day than with any other entity.  It is important the we know how essential it is to be trained to know and understand what is developmentally appropriate for our children, therefore, we can easily recognized when they may need additional support.  As a professional, we can conference with the families and assist them with resources in order to support the continued growth and development of the child.
• Ethical Responsibilities to Families:
• Ideals I-2.2- To welcome all family members and encourage them to participate in the program.  This ideal is of importance to me because I believe it takes a village to raise our children.  The more people that we can get to promote, love, and support a child in a positive and nuturing manner;  the more developmentally sound the child will be.  We learned from the multi-media video, of young Mahaley's life (Multimedia video, Mahaley), of how the love and support from her family environment was the basis of  her future success.

Although, I have high regard for all of the ethical responsibilities, as a professional I aknowledge the responsibilty to maintain the quality of education through my program choices, and to conduct myself with honest and condegrity.

 References:

Multimedia Program: http://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/EDUC/6005/03/mm/Mahaleys_Web/index.html

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