Personal and Professional

COURSE: Early Childhood Education I UNIT A

Preparation

Understand factors related to the professional

COMPETENCY: 2.00 B2 4%
growth of early childhood professionals.
2.01 0% Understand skills needed by early childhood
OBJECTIVE: B2
Supp professionals.
Essential Question:​ What skills are required of people who work with young children?
UNPACKED CONTENT
What skills are needed by early childhood professionals?
∙ Basic communication skills (Stephens and Hammonds-Smith, ​Child & Adult Care
Professionals​)
▪ Speaking skills
▪ Writing skills
▪ Reading skills
▪ Listening skills
▪ Body language
∙ Math skills (Stephens and Hammonds-Smith, ​Child & Adult Care Professionals​)
▪ Adding
▪ Subtracting
▪ Multiplying
▪ Dividing
∙ Thinking skills (Stephens and Hammonds-Smith, ​Child & Adult Care Professionals​)
▪ Thinking critically
▪ Making decisions
▪ Solving problems
∙ Life skills (Partnership for 21​st​ Century Skills, US Department of Education, 2006)
▪ Leadership
▪ Ethics
▪ Accountability
▪ Adaptability
▪ Personal productivity
▪ Personal responsibility
▪ People skills
▪ Self-direction
▪ Social responsibility
∙ Interpersonal skills (SCANS Report, Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills,
US Dept. of Labor, 1992)
▪ Participating as a member of a team
▪ Teaching others
▪ Serving clients, customers
▪ Exercising leadership
▪ Working with cultural diversity
 0% Understand skills needed by early childhood
OBJECTIVE: 2.01 B2
SUPP professionals.
UNPACKED CONTENT

∙ Leadership skills (Stephens and Hammonds-Smith, ​Child & Adult Care Professionals​)
▪ Responsibility
▪ Integrity
▪ Vision
▪ Perseverance
▪ Consideration
▪ Team focus
∙ Resource management skills (Stephens and Hammonds-Smith, ​Child & Adult Care
Professionals​)
▪ Managing people
▪ Acquiring and sharing information
▪ Using technology effectively
▪ Using time wisely
▪ Using energy wisely
▪ Managing money
▪ Managing equipment and supplies
∙ Professional communication skills (Stephens and Hammonds-Smith, ​Child & Adult Care
Professionals​)
▪ Communicating goals and philosophy
▪ Public relations
▪ Family communications
▪ Staff communications and teamwork
▪ Recording information