Becoming Childcare Professional

Professionalism in Early Childhood Education (ECE) for teachers is a branch of knowledge to acquire a process to become an expert in a specific field. In accordance to Caulfield, R. (1997), “Professional teachers in early care and education share a common base of knowledge of children’s development during the first few years of life” (p. 262). Basically, a competent carries out huge responsibilities in order to comprehend and stay committed to their roles. Moreover, working with children and families encounters active participation as their ability to communicate will gain more experience for the children’s families to rely on them. An expert is not whom with obtained a degree with excellence but a human being who is able to perform well with

      Professionalism is making knowledge based on research-based early childhood practices. It is taking each opportunity you can better the learning of each child and both the personal and professional growth for the benefit of the children and families. To hold a professional relationship with the family and children the teacher should protect the confidentiality of the family and children, conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times, advocate needs of each family, and lastly attend meetings, training courses, and conferences.

I am a qualified Childcare Practitioner with 12 years’ experience, who would love the opportunity to embark on a career as a Primary Teacher. I am currently employed in a local authority pre-five nursery class within a Primary School. I aspire to become a teacher as I feel it will offer me new challenges and a chance to further develop my love of teaching. I am a dedicated worker and continually strive to provide high standards. I also promote confidence, respect and compassion to ensure all members of the nursery and school are respected.

Have you ever not wanted to get up to take your child to daycare? One would wanna open a daycare because they love children especially babies. One love’s taking care of them, loves seeing them laugh, fall over, playing, and explore. The career of opening a daycare is a enormous job ,due to the requirements, and the study of children at different stages. This research will describe the career of a daycare center, what is required to become a successful daycare teacher and the impact this career has on society

Childcare is not just changing diapers and playing with toys. I know this because I have been working in childcare for over six years. A person wanting to enter the childcare field always has to pass the obvious requirements, a background check, and mental illness check. Before they start there is more they need to know before they are ready to care for a child.

Continuing my professional growth in Early Childhood is very important to me. The way I could do that would be to learn more things about that area. Talk to different people that have knowledge in this type of expertise. Learn all of the qualifications that it takes to

practitioner need to be very strong and confident about her role ,and she should know about all child care knowadge experience.

The term Childcare Practise applies to all those who work in schools, nurseries and other early years settings, child minders and children homes. All professionals working with children will need to be fully trainees and CRB (criminal records bureau) checked. Those in childcare practise are required to ensure that they demonstrate the correct safeguarding procedures and follow the policy of the organisation

* As a childcare provider this would mean treating all children and their families or carers with respect and dignity irrespective of their colour, creed or special needs that the child or adult might have etc. and ensuring that opportunities to learn and develop are obtainable to all based on their particular level of development.

Professional knowledge, skills and values are shared appropriately in order to enrich the experience of children more widely.

I came across your job listing for the position of a Toddler Assistant at your center in hopes to become part of your teaching faculty. I believe that I carry the necessary qualifications, the professional wisdom and a great amount of work experiences to fulfill this position.

You should be aware of the terms assistant, teacher, director, and administrator. You should be familiar with the terms child care and child care provider, facility, and program. You should know what credentials are, and that certification and licensing requirements can be an integral part of working in the field. You will learn more about how these education and licensing requirements vary according to state regulations, and how to access information for specific states. You should be ready to compile and organize information on different careers in early childhood development, which include components of educational credentials, roles and responsibilities, regulations, and other aspects you will learn in the

* My home is equipped with a smoke alarm on each floor and these are checked on a monthly basis.

I believe that as an early childhood educator my goal will be to promote the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development of each child. I also believe that play should be the base of learning since children learn best by doing. I believe that a balance between teacher-directed and child-initiated activities is essential balance can be developed by using the developmentally appropriate practice approach, which means that activities should be “appropriate for each child and relevant to the child’s ability, needs and interests, also including the child’s family and being respectful to the child’s culture.

UMUC offers numerous courses in Psychology so as to provide students with the knowledge that they will need in order to be successful in their future careers. The curriculum offered ensures that students acquire a knowledge base of theory, research, and practice in psychological sciences. Although some of the courses offered are required in order to obtain an undergraduate degree in Psychology, many are available to choose from that meet the interests and needs of each student as well. Upon graduation I plan to search for a job as a Childcare Director. Fortunately, the classes in psychology that I have completed have given me the knowledge and critical thinking skills that I need to be successful as well as given me a deeper understanding of how children develop and learn. The psychology courses that I have taken are: