NAEYC Codes of Ethics
Within this category I have chosen 3 that are important to me and in my profession. They include:
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.
Being able to provide the best knowledge and teaching to myself and those I educate, I must understand the importance of the changes that may or will occur in this field. Changes come daily based on the needs of our children.
I-1.7 To use assessment information to understand and support children's development and learning, to support instruction, and to identify children who may need additional services.
I am currently teaching preschoolers and as a teacher I am always being asked to assess my children. I understand that the importance of assessing them is to evaluate my teaching technique and to see if the children are understanding what they have been taught. I want to find different ways of assessing, where my children will not know they are being assessed. A lot times children shutdown and forget information when they are being tested.
I-1.10 To ensure that each child's culture, language ethnicity and family structure are recognized and valued in the program.
Every one's background and where they come from is important. No one's culture, language and/or ethnicity is better than another. We learn from each other and to understand each other we should learn about the different cultures that make up our world.
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
http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSETH05.pdf
You brought so much information, which we have been covering this week. It is wonderful. I think the NAEYC code of ethics regarding assessment children is so importance. I believe every child is unique. They come from difference background and culture and have varied experiences and styles of learning. So assessment is important that helps teachers determine where that child’s functioning in order to support a child’s learning.
ReplyDeleteThe code of ethics you have discussed are great. I would like to tell you that I felt the same way you did about assessing the children. I tried my best to find ways I could do assessments through play. For example, one of the items we had to assess was a child jumping 12"....well....we had squares on the floor that were 12" and so we discussed Jack Be Nimble - taped a picture of a candle stick we made to fit the square and we had fun "jumping over the candlestick". We could see the children who could do this and would make notes - we would do this activity about once a month until we saw that every child accomplished this task...The children LOVED it and they did not know we were assessing them. When we had to see what letters they recognized, we would have a "letter hunt" where the children would get magnifying glasses and hunt for letters - when they found one - they would name it. This was an all year assessment, but again, the children loved it and they did not know we were "keeping track". Hope this helps some!
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