EXAMINING CODES OF ETHICS

This week's resources was very informative.  We examine the Codes of Ethics for Early Childhood educators.  These codes teaches us how to conduct ourselves in our profession while working with young children and their families.

The  first code comes from NAEYC, :To be familiar with knowledge base o early childhood care and education and stay informed through continued education and training.(NAEYC 2005).

The reason I feel that this code of ethnics is important because things change over a period of time and we as educators need to stay informed and be able to apply the new knowledge gained to our students.

The next code is A DEC code: We shall build relationships with individual children and families while individualizing the curricula and learning environments to facilitate young children's development and learning. (DEC 2005).

This particular code is important to educators because it is our duty to educate the whole child . We do this by teaching parents how to be great supporting parents.  This help build confidence and make children feel assure in themselves.  When educating the whole child, we must make sure that the child is placed in a secure and safe environment.

The third code is a NAEYC code: To create and maintain a safe and healthy settings that fosters children's social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development and that respect thier dignity and thier contributions (NAEYC 2005).

This code is especially important to early child hood educators, because we know that when a child does not feel safe and secure learning is hard to take place.  If learning is to take place then a child must feel safe and secure and the child must be healthy, as well as, feel as if they belong.

As educators, we must have Codes of Ethics to discipline ourselfs and maintain a professional status.

Erica Hines