Title: 
Headings: Code of Ethical Conduct
Code
 
of
 
Ethical
 
Conduct

Supplement
 
for
 
Early
 
Childhood
 
Program
 
Administrators

Adopted
 
July
 
2006,
 
Reaffirmed
 
and
 
Updated
 
May
 
2011


 
Position
 
Statement
 
Supplement
 
of
 
the
 
National
 
Association
 
for
 
the
 
Education
 
of
 
Young
 
Children
 

Purpose
 
of
 
the
 
Supplement

Core
 
values

Conceptual
 
framework

Ideals
 
and
 
principles

Definitions

Administrator

Personnel

1.
 
Ethical
 
responsibilities
 
to
 
children

Ideals

Principles

2.
 
Ethical
 
responsibilities
 
to
 
families

Ideals

Principles

3.
 
Ethical
 
responsibilities
 
to
 
personnel

Ideals

Principles

4.
 
Ethical
 
responsibilities
 
to
sponsoring
 
agencies
 
and
 
governing
 
bodies

Ideals

Principles

5.
 
Ethical
 
responsibilities
 
to
 
community,
 
society,
 
and
 
the
 
field
 
of
 
early
 
childhood
 
education

Ideals

Principles
 

2006
 
NAEYC
 
Code
 
of
 
Ethical
 
Conduct
 
Supplement
 
for
 
Program
 
Administrators


Content: demonstrate
 
empathy
 
for
 
the
 
families
 
and
 
children
 
they
 
serve; and
 
communicate
 
re-
spect
 
for
 
the
 
skills,
 
knowledge,
 
and
 
expertise
 
of
 
teaching
 
staff,
 
other
 
personnel,
 
and
 
families. Administrators
 
ac-
cept
 
primary
 
responsibility
 
for
 
executing
 
the
 
program’s
 
mission
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
developing
 
and
 
carrying
 
out
 
program
 
policies
 
and
 
procedures
 
that
 
support
 
that
 
mission. They
 
also
 
make
 
a
 
commitment
 
to
 
continue
 
their
 
own
 
profes-
sional
 
development
 
and
 
the
 
continuing
 
education
 
of
 
the
 
personnel
 
in
 
the
 
program
 
they
 
lead. Administrators
 
also
 
may
 
be
 
advocates
 
for
 
all
 
children
 
being
 
able
 
to
 
gain
 
access
 
to
 
quality
 
programming. Some
 
of
 
the
 
challenges
 
faced
 
by
 
administrators
 
involve
 
balancing
 
their
 
obliga-
tions
 
to
 
support
 
and
 
nurture
 
children
 
with
 
their
 
respon-
Adopted
 
by
 
the
 
National
 
Association
 
for
 
Family
 
Child
 
Care
sibility
 
to
 
address
 
the
 
needs
 
and
 
safeguard
 
the
 
rights
 
of
 
families
 
and
 
personnel
 
and
 
respond
 
to
 
the
 
requirements
 
of
 
their
 
boards
 
and
 
sponsoring
 
agencies. Purpose
 
of
 
the
 
Supplement
Like
 
those
 
in
 
the
 
field
 
who
 
work
 
directly
 
with
 
young
 
chil-
dren,
 
program
 
administrators
 
are
 
regularly
 
called
 
upon
 
to
 
make
 
decisions
 
of
 
a
 
moral
 
and
 
ethical
 
nature. The
 
NAEYC
 
Code
 
of
 
Ethical
 
Conduct
 
(revised
 
2005,
 
reaffirmed
 
and
 
updated
 
2011)
 
is
 
a
 
foundational
 
document
 
that
 
maps
 
the
 
ethical
 
dimensions
 
of
 
early
 
childhood
 
educators’
 
work
 
in
 
early
 
care
 
and
 
education
 
programs. Program
 
ad-
ministrators
 
share
 
the
 
ethical
 
obligations
 
assumed
 
by
 
all
 
early
 
childhood
 
educators—obligations
 
that
 
are
 
reflected
 
in
 
the
 
core
 
values,
 
ideals,
 
and
 
principles
 
set
 
forth
 
in
 
the
 
Code. Administrators
 
embrace
 
the
 
central
 
commitment
 
of
 
the
 
early
 
care
 
and
 
education
 
field—and
 
the
 
Code—to
 
ensure
 
the
 
well-being
 
and
 
support
 
the
 
healthy
 
develop-
ment
 
of
 
young
 
children.