Basis for Children's Growth and Development

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ECEC, the basis for shaping professionals
The world is dynamic and what makes it so is the fact that its occupants are professionals
in different fields that support each other directly or indirectly. Each child has a right to basic
education as stipulated by the children's rights as advocated for by various organizations such as
the United Nations. The child at the school is shaped and modeled to fit the desired profession.
Profession refers to an occupation that enables someone to get paid for performing a certain
work and there is usually training and formal qualification for someone to be called a
professional (Hughes, & Hughes, 2013). ECEC educators are professionals and the profession
should be respected just like other professions as it is the basis for children's growth and
development in terms of education and profession. A choice in a certain profession is influenced
by various factors and this article is about highlighting what makes me ECEC professional.
Values and beliefs
Children should be taught the right morals at their foundation education and this will
enable them to grow to have strong moral values which will enable them to be disciplined in
different aspects of their development. I have strong values and beliefs which only being an
ECEC educator will enable me to pass them to children in different facilities. Values and beliefs
influence how we act and relate with other people and having the right values will enable
anybody to act in the right manner at all times. I am an ECEC educator as I have ethics that are
needed in ensuring I have the right relationship with my learners, the learner's parents, and my
fellow educators. This helps me to act in the right manner to avoid compromising the interests of
my learners due to other forces such as the confrontation between myself and learners' parents
(Irvine, & Price, 2014). This helps me to always perform my duties objectively and this enables
me to educate my learners effectively. I possess basic values such as fairness, truthfulness,
dignity, and responsibility which enables me to be a complete ECEC professional. Fairness helps
me to treat all the learners equally without discrimination regardless of the learner's skin color,
race or religion and this helps me to discharge my duties effectively without bias or favoritism.
Attitude and commitment