1-4.1—To provide the community with high-quality early childhood care and education programs and services
This one is meaningful to me because I have worked for a program whose man purpose was to make money not provide high-quality care and education program and services. No matter how much I tried to change it there was always an excuse for not doing more.
P-3C.1—In decisions concerning children and programs, we shall draw upon the education, training, experience, and expertise of staff members.
It is very important that staff members are up to date with training and issues affecting childcare in order to make sound decisions for children and programs. A staff member that isn’t up to date on training or issues can’t be one in charge of making decisions concerning children and programs, the program will lack in some areas with the ever changing trends in this field.
P-4.9—When we have evidence that an early childhood program is violating laws or regulations protecting children, we shall report the violation to appropriate authorities who can be expected to remedy the situation.
I have children and I would want someone to speak up if they saw a program violating laws and regulations protecting children. I lost a job because I spoke up when a program wasn’t fulfilling it’s promise on providing children with a safe learning environment.
Reference:
NAEYC. (2005, April). Code of ethical conduct and statement of commitment. Retrieved May26, 2010, from https://class.content.laureate.net/f22c2d62cbbee7b74d4fee1963c5e692.pdf
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Your comments are so on point with making sure all children are educated in highly qualified programs. I have seen some programs that I would never send my kids or refer any child to all the way to some that have taken the time to have a highly qualified center and educators. After taking this course and reading these ethics makes me want to do all I can for the children, staff and program that will be a part of my center. Quality will always mean more to me than quantity.
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Hi Latoya, the ethical guidelines you’ve shared are very important in the early childhood field because they ensure that quality programs can be provided not only for families to be enrolled in but also for professionals to have a career in. Its unfortunate that you lost a job for doing your job but you now know the standards to which the program will hold itself. Hopefully, there was somewhere you could share that tip anonymously for families to also be aware.
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