Professional Statement

Date

Complete Title of Assignment

Begin your paper here. Double space the entire document. Be sure to indent the first line of each paragraph between five and seven spaces by pressing the Tab key one time on the keyboard. Happy writing! EVERY PAPER SHOULD HAVE AN INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION!!! This is where you would what you will be writing about and give a brief introduction about yourself.

Identifying Oneself

Mastered performance is evidenced by the inclusion of a thorough description of how you identify yourself with the early childhood field and who influenced you. In this section you would write about why you want to go into the field of early childhood and why – the person or reasons that influenced you to make this decision.

Continuous Learning

Mastered performance is evidenced by the inclusion of a thorough description of how engaging in continuous, collaborative learning assisted or will assist ECE. In this section you need to write how continuing to take classes, attend conferences or going to workshops/professional developments has assisted you as a teacher in early childhood OR will assist you in the future if you are not currently working.

Ethical Standards and Professionalism

Mastered performance is evidenced by the inclusion of a thorough description of how knowing about and upholding ethical standards and professional guideline helped or will help in becoming a professional in the EC field. In this section you should write about how the NAEYC Statement of Ethical Conduct has helped you OR will help you become an early childhood professional.

Advocacy for Children and the Profession

Mastered performance is evidenced by the inclusion of a thorough explanation of how you engaged or will engage in informed advocacy for children and the profession. In this section you need to write about how you have advocated for children in the past OR what you may plan to advocate in the future.

Perspectives in Early Childhood Education

Mastered performance is evidenced by the inclusion of a thorough explanation of how you integrated or will integrate critical and reflective perspectives on early education. In section you will need to write about the historical figures and/or programs that you align with and how you have used them in your work or how you will pan to use them in the future.

Your conclusion begins at the end of the paper. Introductions and conclusions do not have headings. Instead, you are to wrap up your thoughts and close your paper. In this paragraph you should write what you learned about yourself in this paper and your plans for the future.

References

This is a hanging indent. To keep the hanging indent format, simply delete this line of text using the backspace key, and replace the information with your reference entry. Use a reference page if you are getting any information form the textbook or the DAP book,

BOOK:

Gordon Biddle, K. (2014) Early childhood education: Becoming a professional. Los Angeles,

CA: SAGE.

Copple, C., & Bredekamp, S. (Eds). (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early

childhood programs: Serving children from birth through age 8 (3rd ed.). Washington,

D. C.: NAEYC.