Bestseller! With updated language and references to the 2011 Code of Ethical Conduct, this book, like the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct, seeks to inform, not prescribe, answers to tough questions that teachers face as they work with children, families, and colleagues.

To help us all become well acquainted with the Code and use it in our professional lives, Stephanie Feeney and Nancy Freeman present a useful framework as well as helpful examples and questions to clarify key points about ethical conduct and to stimulate reflection and discussion on the critical issues that confront us all.

View a discussion on ethics with co-author Stephanie Feeney here.

A code of ethics for early childhood educators that offers guidelines for responsible behavior and sets forth a common basis for resolving ethical dilemmas encountered in early education. This revised version was approved by the NAEYC Governing Board in April 2005 and endorsed by the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI). It was reaffirmed and updated in 2011. Also available in Spanish (#531S).

As seen on public television, this four-program set has been created to assist educators and parents in guiding children to become motivated, thoughtful and active learners.  Including a companion guide with each program, the series examines such habits of mind as personal curiosity, problem solving, “as-if” thinking, and acceptance of different points of view.  While each program explores a different topic—literacy, play, ethics, and the environment—all encourage a lifelong interest in learning itself.

The Learning Child Series is produced by Jonathan Diamond Associates, Inc. in association with the Child Development Institute at Sarah Lawrence College.

This program observes that ethical issues are inseparable from the life of the classroom and the school. Educators incorporate into classroom practice such concepts as racial tolerance, nonviolent conflict resolution, and respect for diversity through role-play, targeted readings and—especially—discussion. Values Go to School profiles ways to help children actively develop their own sense of ethics, guiding them to become the engaged, caring and confident people they are meant to be.

This documentary is one of four in The Learning Child Series, produced by Jonathan Diamond Associates, Inc. in association with the Child Development Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. Each program includes a companion guide.

The HRM Journal: Human Resources Management in Early Childhood Programs is a computer-based training series—with approximately 30 hours of study and practice. This self-paced, interactive learning resource is designed to assist new early childhood program administrators learn systems for human resources (HR) management. The series is designed for new administrators—those who are “on the job” for one year or less, as well as those who aspire to be program administrators.

The HRM Journal program contains:

• A Guide for Individual Use booklet.
• Nine e-learning modules that include several topic sections each that present information in text, audio, and video format. These modules are presented in the form of pages of a journal written by “new director Pat Johnson,” which she is maintaining as she enhances her HR management skills with assistance from her mentor, “seasoned director Chris Phelps.” “Pat Johnson” also receives advice—via video clips—from experts in the field, including Paula Jorde Bloom, Barbara Bowman, Jim Greenman, Holly Elissa Bruno, Gayle Cunningham, Maurice Sykes, Jorge Saenz De Viteri, and others.
• A self-assessment pre- and posttest to assess the user’s knowledge and skills in HR management.
• The HRM Journal Simulation: an interactive learning program that provides a realistic scenario of an early childhood administrator’s work environment, for the user to practice his or her capabilities in HR management in a risk-free environment.
• A printable Certificate of Completion.

• Enhance skills in staff recruitment and interview techniques
• Use a hiring process that ensures high-quality staff selection
• Develop human resources policies and procedures consistent with employment law
• Manage staff effectively, consistent with NAEYC’s Code of Ethical Conduct
• Provide support to staff using an effective performance monitoring and evaluation system
• Conduct disciplinary actions when necessary

Hardware requirements: Configured to run only on a Windows-based PC (98SE or later) from the DVD player; MAC is not supported.

This DVD-ROM disc is meant to be played on a computer with a DVD drive.

Companion resource to Ethics and the Early Childhood Educator: Using the 2005 NAEYC Code. Here's a book full of engaging, effective ways to introduce the 2005 NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct and explore thorny ethical issues that face early childhood educators. The authors share a wealth of tools and techniques developed through their extensive experience teaching about ethics and the 2005 NAEYC Code.

To view the table of contents and sample pages, click on Preview Content.

This 18"x24" poster is based on NAEYC’s Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment (revised April 2005).  Display this poster to publicize your program’s acknowledgement of the staff’s willingness to embrace the distinctive values and moral obligations of the field of early childhood care and education.

In Spanish! A code of ethics for early childhood educators that offers guidelines for responsible behavior and sets forth a common basis for resolving ethical dilemmas encountered in early education. This revised version was approved by the NAEYC Governing Board in April 2005 and endorsed by the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI). Available in English (#531).