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 21st 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, Secretarys 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