The end to the start of our journey

Thank You!!!!

This has been a very exciting, scary, motivating, encouraging, and informative last few weeks.  I was both optimistic and unsure of what would lie ahead of me upon starting the Master’s Program at Walden.  Upon the close of this course, I am ecstatic about my decision and convinced that I could not have made a better choice when selecting Walden University.  I have had the opportunity to interact with an amazing group of colleagues that are truly striving to make a difference within their communities and the early childhood field.  To you all, I wish you much success and encouragement in all of your future endeavors.  This is it everyone; Alpha and Omega (the beginning and the end).  For many of us, this is the end (Omega) of what was our first course in the Master’s program here at Walden and to us all, it is the beginning (Alpha) of an embark on our journey into our early childhood education profession.  It has been wonderful make sure you get enough sleep before we move forward on Monday.  Treat yourself to a long hot bath and good bowl of ice cream.  It’s always a great treat to myself when I have made it over a hurdle.

Neketha

Wk 7 Examining Codes of Ethics

Examining Codes of Ethics

•          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.

•          I-1.5-To create and maintain safe and healthy settings that foster children's social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development and that respect their dignity and their contributions.

•          I-1.12 -To work with families to provide a safe and smooth transition as children and families move from one program to the next.

I have chosen the above three ideals contained in the NAEYC and DEC codes of ethics as being meaningful to me because they are all significant to the fact that their children are first priority.  I chose ideal 1.5 because it speaks to the thought that the children should also have a voice.  I believe that as a professional, in order to be a leader, I must also know how to be a follow and that means listening to the voice and thoughts of the children. Lastly, I chose to ideal 1.12 because working together with the families to assist in a smooth transition from one program or grade level to another helps build a strong community bond and support which is imperative to any professional venture.  Therefore, once the families know that you sincerely care and go the extra mile, they are more willing to share and assist with any of your needs and concerns to obtain the overall goal of being there for the children.

Resources are Valuable to learning

Course Resources

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, from http://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, from http://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, from http://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, from http://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://community.fpg.unc.edu/sites/community.fpg.unc.edu/files/imce/documents/FPG_Snapshot_N33_EvidenceBasedPractice_09-2006.pdfTurnbull, 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.

 My Resources

Lessons Learned: A Review of Early Childhood

https://www.minneapolisfed.org/.../studies/earlychild/lessonslearned.pdf

 

 

 

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