Quotes from professionals in the Early Childhood field

     To respect, accept, and treat with dignity a child or colleague or parent we like, enjoy, and agree with, is easy. We all can          do that without much trouble.  But it takes a true professional to be  respectful and accepting of a child or a student you        might wish was absent from the classes or meetings more often! To be a professional also means treating with dignity            and acceptance students or parents we might dislike or with whom we disagree. After all, parents – and students — are          just like 31 people! Some are easier to develop relationships with than others (Katz, 2008).

“Willingness to protect children is a characteristic of any decent and compassionate society and of any intelligent nation seeking to preserve itself” (Edelman, 1989)

Louise Derman-Sparks seems to be passionate about teaching young children, she commentated that “It was like the most joyful experience where I felt that everything in me was called on to teach and also it was very rewarding.  It just made me feel whole.  It made me feel whole and it made me feel creative” (Laureate Education, Inc., 2013).

Sandy Escobido was motivated to join the early childhood field by “Seeing how involved my [her] parents were.  It made me [her] want to be involved in education in general” (Laureate Education, Inc., 2013).

Edelman, M. (1989). Defending America’s Children. Educational Leadership, 46(8), 77.

Katz, L. (2008, November).  Challenges and Dilemmas of Educating Teachers of Young Children. Speech presented at the National        Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators Conference, Dallas, Texas.

Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2013). The Passion for Early Childhood [Video webcast]. Retrieved from                                https://class.waldenu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D_3468507_1%26url%3D