Friday, April 19, 2019

Words of Inspiration and Motivation

 Three ideals contained in the NAEYC and DEC codes of ethics that are meaningful to you, and explain their significance to your professional life.

  • Appreciate childhood as a unique and valuable stage of the human life cycle
  • • Appreciate and support the bond between the child and family
  • Respect the dignity, worth, and uniqueness of each individual (child, family member, and colleague)
These three ideals are meaningful to me because they are vital in my life of work when dealing with both children and their families. These ideals keep me grounded and mindful of what the families that I work with are going through. They play a huge significance in my life because I was once in foster care as a very young child. I was not there long, and my grandmother took over custody of my brother and I. I don't really remember it, but my brother does. I guess that is where the strong passion for serving families and children, particularly in the child welfare system.
  
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  1. Savannah ElsburyApril 21, 2019 at 8:54 PM

    I really appreciate that you shared particularly the third statement about respecting each individual child for who they are. As a teacher I have seen too many teachers roll their eyes and mock children for their unique traits, labeling them as misbehavior and as the 'difficult child'. As a mother, I fear the day when my unique and autistic little boy is thought of this way in a classroom. It is great to see that there a teachers out there who respect each child for who they are and strive to see them in a positive light with dignity!

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