ECE 613 - Ethics and Professional Standards (1 Credit)

Prerequisite: None
The course, through reading, writing, and reflection, individually and with other participants, will prepare directors to consider and create plans to deal with ethical issues in their practice. Foci include: How professional standards and ethics intersect; how directors communicate, orally and in writing; the ethical values inherent in many daily decisions about children, families, and teachers; how maintaining confidentiality is inherent to ethical behavior; and how advocacy is a part of professional and ethical conduct.