Standards & Guidelines

Codes of Ethics

• NAEYC Ethical Code of Conduct
• Supplement for Adult Educators
• National Afterschool Association (NAA) Code of Ethics

Education Requirements The provision of early care and education and school age services are provided in a variety of settings in North Carolina for both typically and atypically developing children ages birth to twelve. Staff education requirements vary based on the employment setting. Minimum Requirements by Setting/Quality Rating

• Regulated Child Care Programs
  • NC Division of Child Development & Early Education
  • NC Child Care Snapshot

• Head Start Programs
  • Head Start Staff Education Requirements
  • 2010 Profile of Head Start in North Carolina

• Community College Common Course of Study
  • Competencies for two-year early childhood degree

• NC Pre-Kindergarten Programs
  • NC PreK Teacher Requirements (see section 6)

• Nationally Accredited Child Care Programs
  • NAEYC Staff Educational Requirements for Candidacy

• NC Early Educator Certification (EEC) – A professional voluntary certification issued by the North Carolina Institute for Child Development Professionals.
  • Certification Overview & Forms

Competencies/Standards

• NAEYC Standards for Personnel Prep Programs
• Child Development Associate Credential Competencies
• DEC Standards
• PK-3 Teacher Core Knowledge
• NC Afterschool Professional Competencies

Professional Development Specialists Working on the Behalf of Children

(PD, TA, Consultants, Coaches, Mentors, Trainers, etc.)

• NAEYC Ethical Code of Conduct
• Supplement for Adult Educators

NAEYC Position Statements

• NAEYC Position Statements on Linguistic & Cultural Diversity
• NAEYC Accreditation Candidacy Requirements for Educational Qualifications of Program Administrators and Teaching Staff
• NAEYC Accreditation Standards & Supportive Skills

Approaches to Working with Children

• Center on the Social & Emotional Foundations of Early Learning
• NC Foundations for Early Learning
• NC Infant/Toddler Foundations
• Professional Education Priorities Serving NC’s Young Children (0-5) 2007-2009 (NCICC)

Outdoor Learning

• Smart Start Outdoor Learning Activity Design
• Recommended Standards for After-school Physical Activity (including staffing)

Professional Associations

Afterschool Alliance http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/ Association of Childhood Education International www.acei.org National Afterschool Association (NAA) http://www.naaweb.org National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) www.naeyc.org National Coalition for Campus Child Care Centers http://www.campuschildren.org/about.html NC  AfterSchool Coalition (NCASC) http://www.ncafterschool.org/ NC Association for the Education of Young Children (NCaeyc) www.ncaeyc.org NC Early Childhood Association www.ncearlychildhoodassoc.com NC Head Start Collaboration Office http://www.osr.nc.gov/HeadStart/index.asp NC Head Start Association www.ncheadstart.org Partners in Out-of-School Time (POST) https://www.postcarolinas.org/ Quality Circle http://ecqualitycircle.org/ World Organisation for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) http://www.omep-ong.net/eng_index.html

Professional Development Plans

Careers

Careers Directory: Careers in Early  Childhood

Employment

Start a Program

• Regulated early childhood care and education programs – NC Division of Child Development
• Technical assistance in starting a program – NC Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
• Creating high quality settings
  • NAEYC Developmentally Appropriate Practice
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children – Program Accreditation
  • National Association of Family Child Care
  • Assessing environments – Environmental Rating Scales
  • Assessing outdoor envrionments – POEMS

Career Planning Tools

• Careers in Early Childhood
• Self Assessment for Administrators of Child Care Programs There are 76 items covering 11 different competency areas in this self-assessment. For each item, a self-rating between one and five is given.

Employment Links

• Child Care Resource & Referral Positions
  • NAEYC Career Forum
  • NC Listing of CCR&R Agencies
• Early Educator Positions (working with children and/or directing programs)
  • http://www.indeed.com/q-Child-Care-l-North-Carolina-jobs.html
  • http://child-care.jobs.net/jobs/north-carolina.aspx
  • http://www.jobsearchusa.org/jobs/north-carolina/education/child-care
  • http://jobs.careerbuilder.com
• Employment Security Commission
• Faculty & Administrative Positions in Higher Education
• NC Department of Public Instruction
• NC Division of Child Development
• NC Partnership for Children & Smart Start Partnerships
• NC State Government Job Vacancies