NAEYC Standard Six

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BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL

I identify and conduct myself as members of the early childhood profession. I know and use ethical guidelines and other professional standards related to early childhood practice. I continuously collaborate with learners who demonstrate knowledgeable, reflective, and critical perspectives on their work, making informed decisions that integrate knowledge from a variety of sources. I am a informed advocate for sound educational practices and policies.

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Key Elements:

6a. Identifying and involving oneself with the early childhood field

6b. Knowing about and upholding ethical standards and other professional

6c. Engaging in continuous, collaborative learning to inform practice; using technology effectively with

      young children, with peers, and as a professional resource

6d. Integrating knowledgeable, reflective and critical perspectives on early education

6e. Engaging in informed advocacy for young children and the early childhood profession.

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Artifact- Advocacy Assignment

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Key Element 6a, Identifying and involving oneself with the early childhood field. As a teacher it is important to be resourceful in find community resources for the families in our centers. A Schools, parents, and the community should work together to promote the health, wellbeing, and learning of all students. When teachers actively involve parents and engage community resources they are able to respond more effectively to the health-related needs of child. As educators we are often called upon to help families overcome obstacles by merely providing community resources in their time of need.   By doing this we are empowering parents which ultimately help the child achieve higher.  Knowing how to locate such resources is equally as important. I chose to use this artifact because it is a great way to connect the family, child, community and school together. We as teachers must be able to display compassion, care and concern for our children and being an advocate is one of those ways to ensure that is being done. Meeting the immediate needs of the family is priority when desiring to have a child succeeds within their learning environment.  Education is a joint partnership which starts and ends with the family and community, I am just grateful to play a role in providing the tools that connects us all together.

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Artifact- Ethics Study

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 Key Element 6b Using own knowledge, appropriate early learning standards and other resources to design, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful a challenging curriculum for each child. Standards of ethical behavior in early childhood care and education are based on commitment to the following core values that are deeply rooted in the history of the field of early childhood care and education. As an educator, there is an ethical responsibility that we have to families, children, communities, staff, and employees that we server.  As an individual who works with young children, I commit myself to furthering the values of early childhood education as they are reflected in the ideals and principles of the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct. This assignment meant enlightened me on the different topics we as teachers/educators face within our daily journey in the classrooms. It taught me that as a professional educator I must accepts personal responsibility for teaching students character qualities that will help them evaluate the consequences of and accept the responsibility for their actions and choices. It is also my responsibility and obligated to help foster integrity, diligence, responsibility, cooperation, loyalty, fidelity, and respect-for the law, for human life, for others, and for self.

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Artifact- Discussion Board M02

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Key Element 6c Engaging in continuous, collaborative learning to inform practice; using technology effectively with young children, with peers, and as a professional resource.  As a teacher it is important to be on constant collaboration with other professionals in the field in efforts to work at our highest level of performance as possible.  One of the ways in doing that is by simply exchanging experiences, ideas, and knowledge. Another way to gain continual knowledge is by attending training, seminaries, and in-services offered in the community.  Children benefit when their teacher has higher levels of education. As a teacher it is very important to have obtained specific knowledge in early childhood education to be able to positivity effect the young lives we come in contact with on a daily bases. We are the ones that set the tone for the high-quality learning environment, the warm engagements of the children and family, and the support the overall development of the child.

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Artifact- Journal Reflection 

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Key Element 6d Integrating knowledgeable, reflective and critical perspectives on early education, I chose to use the artifact journal reflections. As a teacher it is important to often reflect on what is be taught, learned, and developed in the classroom both by the children and the teachers. Professional development gives teachers the opportunity to learn and apply new knowledge and skills that will improve our performance on the job. It is important as teacher to make time and provide opportunities to reflect on our teaching. To be accurate in your abilities to reflect it is important to do so during or imminently after the activity or event takes place. Teacher's reflection is distanced by time, that reflection may revise the past to fit a present belief. Teachers spend so much time preparing for and delivering lessons, that it is easy to see why they often do not spend their valuable time to record their reflections on lessons in journals unless required. Reflection for educators is an ongoing process with the hopes that the evidence will provide more specific guidelines for teachers. Teachers and education are evolving through reflections.

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Artifact- Advocacy Letter

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Key Element 6e. Engaging in informed advocacy for young children and the early childhood profession. For this standard I wrote to Congressman Andre Carson, the 7th distract for Indiana. I chose this artifact because it displays my personal belief of how children learn best which is through hands on interactive, manful play.  This artifact express the importance of play in early learning center and elementary school settings for children ages three to six years old.  As a teacher it is our job to help inform families and feel confident in the knowledge we have gained. Advocacy for the profession can be practiced in many ways. One of those ways is to keep ourselves informed and to share that information with others. For many professionals advocacy happens in their local classroom. Teachers need to feel that they are the experts of their craft and use that knowledge to advocate for the children in their care. Play is important to the lives of our children. Hands-on learning for young children have proven to promote like skills that will carry children though all stages of development.  Our students need to know that adults in their school believe in them. They need encouragement, and want their opinions and needs validated. Children have shown us that all of their developmental milestones are obtainable when the teacher has allowed them time to just be children. As a teacher, I can influence change and validate the feelings and needs of the children. I will advocate understands, supports, and defends any decisions that affect the performance of a children. We are always looking out for the best interest of their children. 

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