Week 8 nearly complete

Dear Walden Colleagues and Dr. Dartt,

As we near completion of this Foundation of Early Childhood class, I wanted to thank each of you for helping to make my first online course a good experience.  The comments I received from each of you have been helpful and made the experience more personal.

I am looking forward to moving on to my next class as it means I am one step closer to my goal of completing this Master's program.  I wish you all well in your continued journey and look forward to crossing paths with you along the way.

Sincerely,

Betsy Carlin (Elizabeth)

Three principles from the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct

P-1.2—We shall care for and educate children in positive emotional and social environments that are cognitively stimulating and that support each child’s culture, language, ethnicity, and family structure.

I-2.4—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.

I-3C.1—To promote safe and healthy working conditions and policies that foster mutual respect, cooperation, collaboration, competence, well-being, confidentiality, and self-esteem in staff members.

After reading through the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct and DEC code of ethics I decided to share these 3 principles from the NAEYC code on my blog.  When I read through the 3 together they sounded like the beginnings of a mission statement I might use if I were opening an early childhood center.  Although it was hard to separate them from the rest of this important document I felt like together they touched on the ideals I hold close.