Code of Ethics for Educators

I-2.5—To respect the dignity and preferences of each family and to make an effort to learn about its structure, culture, language, customs, and beliefs.

~This means so much to me because it is important to teach students in a way that teaches acceptance and understanding for others.  In order to be able to impact the lives of children, the families of those children must feel safe with the choices that you are making in the classroom.  Parents of culturally diverse students should be included in the school lives of children.  


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.

~ Oftentimes, educators are the person that the child has the most interaction with on a daily basis; it is important for me as an educator to foster the growth of the child in a way that does not take away from the child's heritage and background.  The classroom should be a place where children feel safe to talk, discover, play, learn and interact with others.

I-1.2—To base program practices upon current knowledge and research in the field of early childhood education, child development, and related disciplines, as well as on particular knowledge of each child.

~In order to provide the students who I am entrusted to teach with the best possible education, I must stay current with topics and trends in education.  It is my duty to know each child so that I may be able to teach them in a way that they are able to learn rather than with a cookie-cutter approach.