Examining Codes of Ethics

As I reflect and in retrospect to the three ideals from NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct that are meaningful for me are:
Ethical Responsibilities to Children in which environments for children are safe, healthy, nurturing and responds to the needs of each individual child.
Secondly, the ethical responsibilities to families in this role it is important for early care professionals to remain respectful, keep open lines of communication, and to remember that the family is the primary importance in children's development and the child is the common interest of both the family and the early childhood practitioner.
Finally,  the last ideal that is meaningful to me is ethical responsibilities to colleagues.  When working in management there are ways to making the work environment ideal, being caring, cooperative, showing dignity and integrity, professionalism in workplace relationships in the same way that children and families are viewed is also applicable to how we interact with adults in the workplace.

Three code of ethics of the Division for Early Childhood that are meaningful to me are similar to NAEYC's are  the enhancement of children's and families' quality of lives, also as a practitioner my responsiveness in regards to family centered practices.  Secondly, I support and find this very important ethical and evidence based practices to establish the foundation of what we do with children and families in our care.  Early care is centered around research based practices which allows educators to maintain clarity on the evolving changes in our field.  Lastly which is why professional development and preparation is largely important.  Teachers and other support staff must stay on top of the innovative ways that early care is changing.  This is why early care professionals attend training's and professional development workshops that will enhance their knowledge that help them to implement classroom practice.

These three ideals are significant to my my professional life because each and every day this is what I work toward.  The responsibilities to the children and families are what our mission statement emphasizes and the importance of quality care and best practices is what is I value in my program. This information was so timely since my site is going through NAEYC re-accreditation.  This supports the work that is being done and why we work so hard at doing what it is that we do.