Professionalism In Early Childhood Education

Having professionalism immediately sets you apart from everyone else. You have the early child care experience, education, and still thrive to continue your education and learn even after you’ve finished school and have gotten your degree. Having professionalism is important because if parents are need of a child care program, they will looking for programs that serve quality care and education to their children, and the best way to have a quality care center is to continue development and research, staying up to date, and providing the best for the children that attend the center.

Professionalism is also important because it benefits young children. These children will have teachers who provide a curriculum that has been advanced, and is up to current standards. Which is important, because research will always continue with the latest practices and skills. Professionalism is important for teachers, because they become self-assured and ready to handle anything that may come their way. It helps them solve problems they may face, and they know that their work won’t fail and is dependable.

My definition of professionalism has changes before attending this class.

I already knew the basis of what professionalism was, but in this class, it went details, examples, and scenarios, instead of just the broad description. Before this class, I knew that professionalism was providing children the best quality education, and to continue learning. After being in this class, I learned many things relating to professionalisms, such as how to work with others, how to solve problems, how to implement work, how to communicate in a positive and practical way. I also learned traits a teacher with professionalism has, how to become independent, a leader, creative, respect others, and their privacy, having a positive image, and to continue growing as a

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Professionalism and ethics connect with one another because they both believe that having more than the minimum education and care is important and is worth implementing in the classroom environment of your center. They both know that having a quality program has its benefits for everyone within the community, including parents, teachers, and children. They both use NAEYC as a guide, and look up it to help them with any scenario. Professionalism and ethics connect in the fact that it used for every staff in the center, and benefits and influences the lives of the staff, children, and families.

Being a professional influences how a person carries out their roles and responsibilities, through having a hopeful and optimistic mindset and approach throughout the day, being flexible and a team player with work, situations that might occur, and with colleagues. Professionals seek out information, and make it work, they communicate effectively when faced with problems, they take action and try to find a resolution, and take responsibility in their work and actions.

Core competencies relate to professionalism because core competencies support the fact that everyone should be professional in their work, and that professionals experience three levels of professionalism: entry level, experienced level, and advanced level professionalism. It also gives ways to become a professional, such as making relationships families, being educated in child growth and development, and doing appropriate and useful observations and assessments on children.