TEL 431: Learning in Workplaces

L1 Activity: Professionalism and Lifelong Learning

Literature: 21st Century Paradigms
Your Name: Samantha Friedman
Date: 3/22/2015
Please complete this process by adding the information requested to this document.
MY TARGET PROFESSION
Please paste your initial discussion board post from L1, describing your target job:
Since I was a little girl I always knew that I wanted to be a mother and as I grew up that feeling has only grown stronger. My target
job would to run a Daycare for children from birth to 5 years old. I have always babysat growing up in my teens but my main jobs were
always in the restaurant industry as a server, bartender or busser. These jobs differ from running or working in a Daycare because I would
teach children and help develop their gross and fine motor skills. If I really think about it, serving is much like taking care of a child. For
example, as a waitress I had to make sure that the guests needs were met, well taken care of and that they leave the establishment happy. I
had to clean up after people when they are finished eating, re-fill their drinks and communicate to management if anything was wrong.
In a Daycare I would have to clean up after the children a lot more and in different areas than just food. I would also have to be able
to communicate to the parents or guardians when something went wrong with their child. With my prior experience in the service industry
I believe that it gave me valuable lessons that I will be able to take with me to my target job like patience and using appropriate language
and emotions. My target career is nested in education and development.
ENTRY LEVEL REQUIREMENTS
Some professions have state or national criteria that individuals have to meet in order to practice as a
professional. This includes things like passing assessments, getting licensed, and proving one is reputable
(e.g., some professionals must have a fingerprint clearance card). Additionally, some professions require
continuing education.

Conduct some research to find out the competencies, certifications, and/or endorsing agencies of your career
trajectory of choice. Be comprehensive in your response. Record your research in the table below.

Minimal
Education
Requiremen
ts
Competenci
es
(e.g., tests,
internships,
etc.)

Source
(Organization, document title, URL)
http://www.snagajob.com/jobdescriptions/daycare-teacher/
http://www.miaeyc.org/documents/
MICoreKnowledgeCoreCompetencies.pdf

Detailed Notes
Daycare teachers almost always
have to have a high school
diploma.

CPR certification, Fingerprint

clearance card, National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards
http://study.com/articles/Become_a_Day_Ca and NAEYC Standard; promoting
re_Owner_Education_and_Career_Roadmap. child development and learning.
html
Training for health and first aid,
fire safety and child abuse
detection and prevention. Also, a
clean criminal background,
current immunization record and
physical stamina
Certification http://www.azed.gov/educatorCertified child care provider and
s,
certification/files/2011/09/requirements-for- the Early Childhood Education
endorsemen early-childhood-endorsement.pdf?20140619 Endorsement. Licensed by the
ts, (needed
state providing a safe
or helpful)
environment and corporate
etc.
documents.
Endorsing
https://orm.naccrraware.net/orm/ormLogin.a Child Care Resource and Referral
Agencies
ction?uid=N05H3MZS7FC1MWZ

Continuing
Education
Requiremen
ts

http://www.snagajob.com/jobdescriptions/daycare-teacher/

In most cases, a combination of

college education in Education
and experience is desirable. At
least a bachelors degree and
extensive experience.

ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS

Some professionals, in order to maintain licensure or certification, are required to participate in ongoing
continuing education. Research the specifics of your profession and record your research in the table below.

Continuing
Education
Requireme
nts

Source
(Organization, document title, URL)
http://study.com/articles/Become_a_Day
_Care_
Owner_Education_and_Career_Roadmap
.html

Detailed Notes
Continuing education is required to
renewal certifications. Owners can take
individual courses in business
administration, accounting or
management, or enroll in a higher
degree program, such as a bachelor's
program in child development or
education.

CREATE YOUR PERSONAL-PROFESSIONAL 21st CENTURY FRAMEWORK

My Future 21st Century Job
Write a 400-700 word description of your future job. Integrate entry level requirements, ongoing professional
development requirements, as well as ideas from the four 21st Century readings/videos. Use APA formatting
rules to create in-text citations for each framework. Include an APA-formatted Reference list.
My Future 21st Century Job
Samantha Friedman
After I graduate next May from Arizona State University my future job would be to run or work at a Daycare for children and
prepare them for Kindergarten. According to the article, Become a Day Care Owner, Day care owners are childcare workers who provide
a place, either in their home or in a commercial facility, for children of working parents to stay during the day. They're responsible for the
safety, health, nutritional needs and educational development of children (2015).
Many people believe that I could run a Daycare without a college education, which is definitely true but again, the article, Become
a Day Care Owner states that, Postsecondary education may improve job prospects (2015). I believe that only having a high school
diploma can only get me so far in what I would like to achieve. Also, having the information that I am learning in college, I would not

change for the world. I have learned so much about child development and psychology that in the end it can only help further my future
job.
Whether I am working at or owning a Daycare it is still essential that I focus on the student outcomes in the classroom. The
Partnership for 21st Century Skills states that the core subjects are, English, reading or language arts, world languages, arts, math,
economics, science, geography, history and government and civics (2009, p. 2). Becoming a Daycare worker I will not only have to keep
up with the licenses, CPR, health and aid certification and fingerprint clearance I will have to adjust to the teaching and learning styles as
the decades continue to change. With times changing and technology continuing to be used more than chalkboards, students do not even
learn cursive in the classroom anymore. ATC21S defined, Ten 21st-century skills into four broad categories. These have been group as,
knowledge, skills, attitudes, values and ethics (2012). The board categories are, Ways of thinking, tools for working, ways of working
and ways of living in the world (Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills (2012). According to the Key competences for lifelong
learning, Individuals should have the skills to communicate both orally and in writing in a variety of communicative situations and to
monitor and adapt their own communication to the requirements of the situation (2007, p. 4). It would be my job to make sure that my
teachers and I are doing so.
Another thing that I find important is that one must have the, Essentials skills for communication in foreign languages consist of
the ability to understand spoken messages, to initiate, sustain and conclude conversations and to read, understand and produce texts

appropriate to the individuals needs (Key Competences for Lifelong Learning, 2007, p. 5). Classrooms today are extremely diverse and I
think that the best teachers are ones that will be able to communicate with everyone.

References
Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills (2012) What are 21st century skills?
Retrieved from http://atc21s.org/

Become a Day Care Owner: Education and Career Roadmap. (2015). Retrieved March 23, 2015, from
http://study.com/articles/Become_a_Day_Care_Owner_Education_and_Career_Roadmap.html

Key Competences for Lifelong Learning. (2007). Retrieved March 23, 2015, from
http://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/britishcouncil.uk2/files/youth-in-action-keycomp-en.pdf

Partnership for 21st Century Skills. (2007). Framework for 21st century learning. Retrieved
from http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/P21_Framework_Definitions.pdf