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The NAEYC's objective is to promote high-quality early childhood education and care is at the center of its scope and regulations. The goal of the organization and the welfare of young children are supported through its fundamental beliefs, ethical code, emphasis on developmentally appropriate practice, professional standards, advocacy initiatives, and dedication to research. - Cierra

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The Role & Purpose of Professional Association in child development support and advance the field in a variety of ways. They give chances to systems administration, training, support, and exploration while maintaining moral norms and advancing the prosperity of youngsters and families. For professionals working in early childhood education and child development, these associations are an essential source of information. - Cierra

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Amber Foxwell
Increased professional and societal focus on evidence and accountability has led to more programs and schools implementing classroom and teacher rating systems. These quality assessments are used to evaluate teachers and programs, but also used for continuous improvement. The global scales, assess the environment, materials, and program policies. The focused instruments, assess the teacher-child relationships in terms of tone, quality, frequency, and appropriateness. The content-focused scales, assess literacy, math, and science. The environmental scales, assess safety and learning opportunities in outside spaces. And health and safety assessment checklists. These assessments are focused on program quality and evidence of success.

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Amber Foxwell
Evidence based practice is about using the best available evidence from multiple sources to come to the best decisions. It's important to know and understand the research behind these practices.

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Amber Foxwell
The common components of professionalism in early childhood education are having specialized knowledge of children's development, including the children and their families, taking observations and assessments, and upholding standards. In order for teachers to integrate these components teachers must be well prepared, dedicated, motivated, and passionate about what they do.

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“It is about setting high standards of professionalism and practices, about meeting challenges as a community of partners, and about maintaining a high degree of personal integrity in handling any situation that arises as we ensure the very best in early care and education.” To me, this means that the purpose of professionalism associations is to set an expectation of providers to address community-specific problems while maintaining professionalism to ensure these problems are addressed properly and in a timely manner. Nev

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The guidelines provide clear, concrete indicators of quality ethical practice within a comprehensive approach that emphasizes the larger context of children’s lives.

Alexandrea Jones-Curtis

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Amber Foxwell
NAEYC is an early childhood professional organization. They push for children and their families. Their mission is to promote high quality care and developmentally appropriate programs.

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Even at this early stage of the organization, the goals included a desire to promote high-quality programs that met certain acceptable standards and a desire to remain flexible and responsive to innovations in the field.

Alexandrea Jones-Curtis

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“Individual and whole- and small-group experiences” this particular point stands out to me because before my highschool years i attended schools that had small classes. My elementary school did not do individual or small group experiences, it focused solely on whole group experiences. I thrived during my middle school years at a school the emphasized on small group and individual time as well as whole group experiences. - Nev

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Amber Foxwell
The role and purpose of professional associations is to have curriculum planning, teacher education, learning standards, inclusion assessment, ethical practice, and program quality rating systems.