A Note of Thanks and Support

To all my colleagues I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for commenting on my blog, and for my regular follower I truly appreciate your support.  I was so frustrated with the Blog Assignment in the first few weeks, I was about to give up!  Then one day I got on the course site and read through many of your comments and found that it wasn't only me having trouble.  Thanks to all of your comments and discussions, I finally figured this out! Yeah!

I have truly enjoyed discussing the early childhood field with you all.  I have learned a lot from the course work, but through our conversations I have been able to hear from colleagues on their perspective of the field and current issues in education that are affecting us all on different levels.

I look forward to many more discussions as we continue on our course.

Until next time,
Sharon

Blog Assignment: Examining Codes of Ethics

Three ideals in the NAEYC Codes of Ethics that are meaningful to me are:

1. To support policies and laws that promotes the well-being of children and families. To oppose those that impairs their well-being; to cooperate with other individuals and groups in these efforts.
This ideal is important because I am a secretary at MVSU and policies, laws, and cooperation with faculty, staff, and students is important with budgets, orders, and other duties required of me.

2. To establish and maintain relationships of trust and cooperation with co-workers.
This is very important because trust with lead to cooperation, success, and progress on my job.

3. To assist the program in providing the highest quality of service.
I know that my job requires good customer services, as well as, ready for any task put before me, because I am the first person you see when entering my office and I want people to always know that I am there to assist them with whatever their needs are.


Three ideals in the DEC Codes of Ethics that are meaningful to me are :

1. We shall honor and respect the diverse backgrounds of our colleagues including such diverse characteristics as sexual orientation, race, national origin, religious beliefs, or other affiliations.
This is important to me because I provide the same customer services and help to everyone at the university regardless of any affiliations.


2. We shall demonstrate in our behavior and language respect and appreciation for the unique value and human potential of each child.
This is very important in my professional life because I know that I must talk and treat others as I wish to have them do to me.

3. We shall continually be aware of issues challenging the field of early childhood special education and advocate for changes in laws, regulations, and policies leading to improved outcomes and services for young children with disabilities and their families.

I always keep up with the laws, and changes, so that I can send out memos to the
staff of the changes made.