The Code of Ethics for the Division for Early Childhood
Professional Collaboration
2. We shall honor and respect the rights, knowledge, and
skills of the multidisciplinary colleagues with whom we work recognizing their unique
contributions to children, families and the field of early childhood special
education.
Professional Development
4. We shall support professionals new to the field by
mentoring them in the practice of evidence and ethically based services.
NAEYC
Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment Revised April 2005
Principles
P-3A.1
We shall recognize the contributions of colleagues to our
program and not participate in practices that diminish their reputations or
impair their effectiveness in working with children and families.
What do those words mean to me as a new professional? They
are the glue that holds my day together and sometimes the reason it falls
apart. I am a new Early Childhood Special Education teacher, I work with
primarily Birth to 6 years and I travel within 5 districts to see children on
my caseload. I do not have my own classroom therefore I am a “guest” in every
classroom where I work, every day is a new situation and every home is
something new. I rely upon the related service providers I work with in the
homes and the other classroom teachers to help me navigate my way through these
visits and sessions as I get to know the system, children and families. I also
have to remember that as a professional the individuals I work with are people
too and they sometimes like to “gossip around the water cooler” at work so I
have to remember my code of ethics to keep confidentiality, privacy and family information
not related to each case private. This
can prove tricky when others do not feel the “information” is all that private
and it makes it tricky to walk that fine line being a new professional.
