THE CODES:

**CODE OF ETHICS **

I-3A.1—To establish and maintain relationships of

respect, trust, confidentiality, collaboration, and

cooperation with co-workers.

I’ve always felt that having a comfortable, social and excited work space will make the hours and hard work applied in the classrooms a better place for the staff as well as the students. I’m certainly not saying that everyone in the work place has to be best friends but there should be a mutual respect towards each and every person and their positions.

P-3C.9—We shall maintain confidentiality in dealing

with issues related to an employee’s job performance

and shall respect an employee’s right to privacy

regarding personal issues.

This statement stuck out to me because this summer I and my co- workers just went through a difficult time with our job. Our local Head Start program is now under new management and each and every person had to reapply for their job, what a thumb turning summer but thankfully most of us returned with our same positions. Their were a lot of rumors and false stories during this transition, but showing respect to our directors and other coworkers by keeping the situation private as things were being worked out and respecting the people that were not as fortunate to receive their jobs again.    

#5  We shall use individually appropriate assessment strategies including multiple sources of information such as observations, interviews with significant caregivers, formal and informal assessments to determine children’s learning styles, strengths, and challenges.

Nothing frustrates me more than when teachers teach all of their children on the same level. Every student is different and every child has his or her own learning way and if the teacher does not assess the individual child correctly the child could be missing out on some great learning.