The three ideals from the National Association for the Education
of Young Children and DEC codes of ethics that are meaningful to me are as
follows:
DEC Code of Ethics
IV. Ethical and Evidence Based Practices:
1. We shall rely upon evidence
based research and interventions to inform our practice with children and
families in our care.
2. We shall use every resource, including referral when appropriate,
to ensure high quality services are accessible and are provided to children and
families
3. We shall include the diverse perspectives an experiences of
children and families in the conduct of research and intervention (The Division
for Early Childhood, 2000, p. 3-4)
NAEYC
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 (National
Association for the Education of Young Children, 2005, p. 2).
P-1.2: We
shall care for and educate in positive emotional and social environments that
are cognitively stimulating and that support each child’s culture, language,
ethnicity, and family structure (National Association for the Education of
Young Children, 2005, p. 3).
P-2.5: We
shall make every effort to communicate effectively with all families in a
language that they understand. We shall
use community resources for translation and interpretation when we do not have
sufficient resources in our own program (National Association for the Education
of Young Children, 2005, p. 4).
I selected ethical
and evidence based practices from DEC Code of Ethics and I-1.1 from NAEYC because
I feel that it is important to learn and research information that can support
children and their families in early childhood education. Families often utilize child care providers
as a resource and it is important to stay connected with any new information
that is provided through research and in the community as well as intervention
programs.
I
selected P-1.2 from NAEYC because I feel that children and families should have
a positive experience when entering a child care facility. I want to ensure that child is a fun place to
be and learn for children that enter the program by supporting all areas of
children. I also selected P-2.5 from
NAEYC to ensure the importance of communicating with parents. I worked in a pre-k program where 80 percent
of my children and families spoke Spanish.
It was important for me to have a way to communicate with the children
and their families. Our program had
Spanish speaking interpreters, however, due to budget cuts we were limited to their
access. I used whatever tools I had
access to including going to school to learn Spanish, translation on the
computer, books and family members.
