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"Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny."- Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Indian political and spiritual leader

As a staff member working in child-care and after-school care settings you may be faced with ethical situations. Being a reflective staff member who lives your core values is a critical trait, because you work with our country's most precious citizens: Young children. Protecting the privacy of children and their families should always be foremost in your mind. Your program should have written procedures for addressing complex situations, as ethical dilemmas can occur in your classroom, on the playground, and out in the community.

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the largest professional organization in the field of early care and education has developedThe Code of Ethical Conductto guide professional behavior. The National After School Association (NAA) has developed a Code of Ethics to guide professional behavior for those working with school-age children and youth.

为了更好地了解我们的伦理和专业行为守则的意思，我们转向斯蒂芬妮福伊，国家幼儿行为教育教育协会作者之一.Feeney，在伦理Today in Early Care and Education(2010), describes terms that are often used in discussions of personal and professional ethics (p. 73):

作为道德工作人员的重要性

负责任和道德实践

作为工作人员，参加专业发展机会有助于确保您在与家庭和儿童的工作中了解负责任和道德做法。工作人员会议可以包括审查案例研究或角色游戏情况的机会，以解决道德困境。您应该始终觉得与您的培训师或教练有关您不确定如何进行的任何情况，请致意。寻求这一指导将有助于促进建立信任和沟通的计划中的氛围。其他工作人员还可以从您的榜样中学到难度情况下该做什么。

Being part of a program that fosters these types of exchanges and communication between direct- care staff, trainers, and managers, provides a supportive environment as you become familiar with ethical decision-making. If the program leaders (managers and coaches) build relationships and maintain a positive, nurturing environment, then when difficult situations arise, you will ask yourself, "What is the most positive way I can address this situation and maintain relationships with all who are involved?"

在您与家庭的工作中，您将遇到不同的育儿实践和文化信仰。可能会出现培训师或教练的指导，以了解如何与自己拥有不同信念和儿童饲养习惯的家庭合作工作的情况。

Professional Ethics Lived Day by Day

职业道德没有审查，然后放在抽屉里;他们每天都在与儿童的讨论中，在与各种文化中的家庭与同事合作，参加社区伙伴关系。作为一名直接关注的工作人员，秉承高质量的专业标准对儿童，青年和家庭至关重要。你有义务act responsibly and ethicallyat all times. You are accountable for your actions and maintaining high professional standards should be your priority at all times. You should look to your Service's code of conduct to guide you in decision-making and remember that you should always refer to your coach or trainer for guidance on difficult decisions or when you are unsure about something. The following two examples of Codes of ethical conduct can be valuable resources for you. The first one is the NAEYCProfessional Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment(https://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Supplement%20PS2011.pdf），第二个是National After School Association Code of Ethics(https://naaweb.org/images/naa-code-of-ethics-for-aferschool-profestmants.pdf.）。您的核心价值观和哲学将指导专业行为。

直接护理工作人员,是很重要的get to know the standards that apply to your program. You should take the time to find out about competencies, standards, or position statements that serve as guides for expectations when working with children, youth, and their families. Knowing this information should be of particular importance to you and your work. Your program may already be in the process of accreditation or re-accreditation through a professional organization and you can learn a lot by being involved in this process.

Maintaining Confidentiality: Children and Families

Maintaining confidentiality is a crucial part of professionalism. State and federal laws (e.g., the Privacy Act of 1974) ensure and protect individuals' right to privacy. As a direct-care staff member, you should respect and protect the privacy of全部children and families. When you work so closely together on behalf of children and families, you may become friends with one another. You may also encounter friends and relatives of children enrolled in the center when you are out in the community. When you socialize and attend events outside of the center, you may be asked confidential information about a child by someone who is not a staff member directly working with a child. You may only share confidential information about a child only with the child's family members and those professionals for whom the family members have signed a release of information form, such as a school district special educator, a social worker, etc. Always check with your trainer or program director if you are unsure about how to handle any situation that involves information sharing.

在上面的一个例子中，它将违反NIA的机密性，告诉LANI关于她解决毫有挑战性行为的计划。作为一名直接关注的工作人员，NIA知道她必须维护机密性规则，而不是与没有直接参与该儿童的人分享有关儿童的个人信息。尼亚知道她必须在不确定某事时询问这些专业行为，并在不确定某事时询问她的教练或教练问题。

您也应该非常小心如何处理社交网络。关于您的计划中儿童和家庭的照片或信息永远不会在社交媒体上共享。您应该始终考虑新技术如何影响儿童和家庭并随时保持保密性。您还应该考虑您对自己分享的信息如何影响您，并小心您在社交媒体上发布的内容。

您的计划中的教练和计划管理人员有特别义务秉承儿童的隐私，只与那些直接参与儿童，青年或其家庭成员的工作人员分享机密信息。教练和计划经理观察并了解所有孩子和青年的知识，因此对于他们只与直接教孩子的工作人员谈论个人的行为或家庭情况尤为重要。

It is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with your program or service's requirements for confidentiality as they pertain to children and families. Check with your trainer or director about where and how you can access written policies about confidentiality. They may be included in staff and family handbooks, or made available on your program's website. Depending upon your service's requirements, as a new staff member you may have to sign a confidentiality agreement, indicating that you have read and understand the program's policies.

有关保密的坚持法律可能涉及新和经验丰富的工作人员的服务培训。您的计划经理非常可能希望在全年工作人员会议期间重新审视机密性规则。在专门致力于专业实践的员工会议和服务期间审查这些政策，有助于审查这些政策。

授权记者

Another aspect of professionalism is reviewing your program's child abuse and neglect policies. As a new staff member you must complete training on child abuse and neglect identification and reporting procedures. Your program manager will make sure that these procedures are reviewed with all staff members as part of the hiring process. Some programs may require staff to sign a form each year stating that they have reviewed the child abuse and neglect warning signs and procedures for reporting.

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负责任地和道德方式应作为直接护理人员的练习核心。在与儿童，家庭，同事和监事的日常互动中，参与以下内容：

• 保留有关儿童及其家庭的信息。这是指审查儿童和家庭记录，在学校或社区中与其他工作人员进行对话，或与社区中认识的其他人参与与其他人进行对话。
• 当您了解有关儿童，家庭或同事会员的机密信息时，请使用该信息来帮助他们而不是判断它们。
• 如果个人在计划中向您询问有关儿童或家庭的机密信息，请将其转换为您的计划培训师或导演。
• 对待每个孩子，青年和家庭成员，并承认和尊重性别，文化背景，家庭收入，能力或家庭成分方面的个人差异。了解您的护理中的儿童和家庭，并将您的日常工作中的兴趣或做法纳入直接护理人员。计划无偏差体验和材料。
• Recognize and celebrate the contributions of fellow staff members in your program.
• 以负责任，可靠和可靠的方式行事。按时工作，准备，并用儿童，家庭，同事和监事明确沟通。
• 支持实践，是道德，负责任，发育恰当的恰当，并在他们不是的时候说出来。熟悉您的服务的法规，标准和对专业行为的期望。请记住，始终向您的教练或培训师寻求困难情况的指导。
• 在每天与同事合作时，发展和培养合作精神。向一个经验丰富的同事关于她的练习或向一个可能更新的工作人员提供想法，他们可能需要帮助。

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