Code of Ethics Statements

 NAEYC CODE OF ETHICS

I-1.3—To recognize and respect the unique qualities, abilities and potential of each child.
I-1.4—To appreciate the vulnerability of children and their dependence on adults.
I-1.9—To advocate for and ensure that all children, including those with special needs, have access the support services needed to be successful.

DEC CODE OF ETHICS
1.    We shall demonstrate our respect and concerns for children, families, colleagues, and others with whom we work, honoring their beliefs, values, customs, languages, and culture.
2.    We shall recognize our responsibility to improve the developmental outcomes of children and to provide services and supports in a fair and equitable manner to all families and children.
3.    We shall recognize and respect the dignity, diversity, and autonomy of the families and children we serve.
Significance to Me:The bulk of these statments are meaningful to me because they help to clarify my reason for being in the Early Childhood field.To me to really appreciate that children need us and that we are the ones that can lead and guide them on the right paths. Yet, as french writer Jean De La Bruyere once said "Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future;" in other words we still have to allow them to enjoy their childhood while directing them.

   Article: 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

  Article: The Division for Early Childhood. (2000, August). Code of ethics. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.dec-sped.org/

 

Course Resources

Article: UNICEF (n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf

National Association for the Education of Young Childrenhttp://www.naeyc.org/

The Division for Early Childhoodhttp://www.dec-sped.org/

North Carolina Division of Child Development

ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/

 

Partnership for Children of Lincoln & Gaston Counties

www.pfclg.com/

 

 

BOOK TITLES

• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
• Where the Sidewalk Ends: the Poems and Drawing of Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
•  The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin, Jr.
• The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

 

 

 

 

More Quotes

President Lyndon B. Johnson said "...Investing in children now will save money in costly services down the road."

 Raymond Hernandez said “…I look forward to going to work because the services that I provide to the children it’s to their benefit, it’s not going to benefit me…it’s for them.”

Sandy Escobido said, “…we as early childhood educators have the unique opportunity to shape a child’s life for the better….”

Favorite Children's Book

This is hands down my favorite children's book! I love it because it helps children, especially preschool children, to understand the "rules" of being in school and what they can and cannot do. They especially love when you put their names in the place of "David" on the pages that relate to them!





Quotes about Children

• Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
  Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
• There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.
  Walt Streightiff
• If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.
  Marian Wright Edelman
• There are only two things a child will share willingly - communicable diseases and his mother's age.
  Benjamin Spock                                                                                                         Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care
• I believe that children are not children of the futute--but of today--and what we do today will affect their future.                                                                                               Angela Gingles