s an Early Childhood Educator and Educator, it's helpful to identify and express your own
Professional Philosophy Statement. This statement is a summary of your professional beliefs and
values about early childhood education.
In the 1st phase of the project, you will brainstorm the many aspects of your beliefs about teaching
and learning that you might include in a Professional Philosophy Statement. In the 2nd phase of the
project, you will write a rough draft of your Professional Philosophy Statement -- using your
brainstorming session as a springboard. The 3rd phase of the project is to take the feedback from
your instructor and make the necessary changes from that feedback to produce the best
Professional Philosophy Statement.
There will be individual assignments due in weeks 2, 3 and 5. The module they are due as
noted in the timeline below, and you may submit drafts to the
Writing Lab
ahead of the stated
due date for feedback prior to turning them in through the dropbox.
Timeline
(Module - Assignments)
01 - Introduction
02 - Brainstorm Professional Philosophy Statement
03 - First Draft of Professional Philosophy Statement
05 - Final Draft of Professional Philosophy Statement
Requirements
Your Professional Philosophy Statement should be a maximum of 2 pages in length and
contain a cover page, an introduction, content with 3 separate paragraphs, a conclusion
paragraph and a reference page. Remember to use in-text citations when you are using
information from your resources.
Rasmussen's Library and Learning Services team has developed a variety of Guides to help
support students' academic endeavors. For this project, the
Writing Guide
and
APA Guide
may both be helpful. You will find links to these Guides on the
Resources
tab.
Evaluation
Each assignment leading up to the final assignment is evaluated and graded independently.
Use the Project Grading Rubrics for specific grading criteria for each step of the project prior
to its due date.
