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Chapter 1. You: Working with Young Children. What is a Career Goal?. A career goal is the end product of a long-range occupational plan. It is a stage that can be reached by accomplishing objectives, or steps, organized to attain it. Why Set a Career Goal?. . 

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  1. Chapter 1 You: Working with Young Children

  2. What is a Career Goal? • A career goal is the end product of a long-range occupational plan. It is a stage that can be reached by accomplishing objectives, or steps, organized to attain it.

  3. Why Set a Career Goal? .  • Competition for jobs exists to a certain degree in any field. 

  4. Compile a list of careers related to the development areas of the early childhood education industry. • Battered women’s shelters • Child care centers • Crisis nurseries • Nursery schools • YMCA • United Way • Prisons with in-house child visitation • Programs sponsored by religious organizations • Parks and recreation programs • Hospitals with sick bay child care services • Head start • Family education agencies • Elementary schools

  5. Objectives • Explain how social and economic changes will increase the need for child care services. • Describe career opportunities in the early childhood field. • Describe the CDA Credential • List responsibilities of the early childhood teacher. • Explain how certain personal characteristics can help early childhood teachers care for and educate young children.

  6. Vocabulary • 1)  early childhood  • 2)  nanny • 3)  au pair • 4)  licensing specialist – the role of this person is to protect and promote the health, safety, and welfare of children attending centers. • 5)  entrepreneur – a person who creates and runs his or her own business.  • 6)  Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential – those that have take n postsecondary courses in child care education and have demonstrated their ability to work with young children.   • 7)   ethics – guiding set of moral principles

  7. Explain how social and economic changes will increase the need for child care services • a.Changes in Families • b.Changes in Employers’ Attitudes • c. Changes in Education Attitudes

  8. Identify specialized target markets • Think about a career that interests you. Determine what suggestions may best prepare you to sample a career. Talk with your family, guidance counselor and teachers about your interests.

  9. Education and Training Needed to Work with Young Children • High school courses • CDA Credential • Bachelor • Graduate degree

  10. List rewards and drawbacks of working in the child care field Drawbacks – • can be draining, emotionally and physically. • Exposed to many minor childhood illnesses. (eventually guild strong resistance) • Often requires long hours

  11. List rewards and drawbacks of working in the child care field Rewards – • Children make you feel needed and special • You can make a real difference in the lives of young children. • Helps you stay young • Working with children is seldom boring. Use many talents and skills. • A love of children

  12. Describe qualities people need to be an early childhood professional • A appreciation of children • Energy • Sense of humor • Patience • Compassion • Flexibility • Creativity • Resourcefulness • Sociability • commitment

  13. Assess your own suitability for a career in the child care field

  14. List responsibilities of the early childhood teacher

  15. Explain how certain personal characteristics can help early childhood teachers care for and educate young children. • a.Fondness for Children • b.Patience • c. Compassion • d. Confidence • e. Sense of Humor • f.  Commitment • g. Personal Desire • h.Physical and Mental Health

  16. The need for child care has become an increasingly more important issue because of • a.family mobility • b.greater numbers of dual-earner families • c.the increased divorce rate • d.all of the above

  17. Describe the CDA Credential

  18. One of the reasons that early childhood education has come to the forefront of public awareness in recent years is • a.the decrease in the overall poverty rate • b.the ineffectiveness of early intervention programs that were intended to decrease poverty • c.advocacy by early childhood professionals • d.a stable divorce rate

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