DEC CODE OF ETHICS: Responsive Family Centered Practices
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We shall demonstrate our respect and
appreciation for all families’ beliefs, values, customs, languages, and culture
relative to their nurturance and support of their children toward achieving meaningful
and relevant priorities and outcomes families’ desire for themselves and their
children.
It
is important as a teacher that I appreciate and accept what children and their
families have to bring to my classroom. I believe children and their family
feels good when they come into the classroom and see part of their culture
being recognized and added to the classroom. Therefore I make sure to add
multi-cultural materials, toys, books and music to my classroom in support of
the families in my room. For example: adding multi-cultural dolls and dress up
clothes in the dramatic play area, playing different cultural music on the
radio, displaying books about people from all over the world and being willing
to talk to parents and their children in their home language. Taking time to
recognize and display different artifacts about families’ holidays they
celebrate such as: Cinco de Mayo is a way to tell families I want to know more
about your culture as well.
DEC
CODE OF ETHICS: Enhancement of
Children’s and Families’ Quality of Lives
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We shall be responsible for protecting
the confidentiality of the children and families we serve by protecting all
forms of verbal, written, and electronic communication.
As a teacher in the
classroom it is my duties to protect our families and their children important
information with confidentiality as much as possible. Information about
families or the child should not be left out everywhere, so that people can just
come by and pick it up to read it. Families
and children I serve must know I have their best interest in mind. Within my
classroom important data about the children and their
family is kept in a safe place behind a locked cabinet. The important information I keep in the locked
cabinet may consist of: the child educational files, personal information about
the child/families’ history and the child’s assessment and result sheet in
which display that child score.
NAEYC CODE OF
ETHICS:
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To
listen to families, acknowledge and build upon their strengths and
competencies, and learn from families as we support them in their task of
nurturing children.
As
a teacher I like to listen to what my parent have to say without cutting them
off. Having good eye contact with parent when they are talking to me, allows me
to show them I value what they have to say. Collaborating with parents about
their child well-being helps me to make the connection from the child’s home
experience to the classroom, which will help me to meet the child’s need,
strength or interest. Supporting parent decision-making, their knowledge as
being the child’s first teacher is a wonderful way to building a trusting
relationship between me and the parent. I enjoy collaborating with parent in
order to help them understand the important of play and how their child is
learning and enhancing their developmental skills.
