Alberta Resource Center for Quality Enhancement

This series workshop is developed to help professionals to:

• Understand the relationship between beliefs, values and ethics
• Learn how to identify personal beliefs, values and ethics
• Understand how beliefs, values and ethics are reflected in your actions
• Understand and respect the beliefs, values and ethics of others 

Relates to Accreditation Standards: 1, 2 and 6
(Note: This is a 4-part series of 3-hour workshops which must be taken in sequence)

This is a workshop which looks at the practices by which professionals working with young children are guided. It reviews both the national Ethics developed by the Canadian Child Care Federation, and the Alberta Code that was adopted previously by the Early Childhood Professionals Association of Alberta. Professionalism is the ability to plan knowledgeably and competently to make a sustained difference; to diagnose and analyse experiences; to select the most appropriate interventions, to apply them skilfully, and to describe why they were selected. Creating “Evidence” of Ethics in practice for portfolios (Follow up to Ethics: The Journey).  This workshop explores creative strategies for actively implementing Ethics in action.

Relates to Accreditation Standards: 2 and 6

Why are interactions between caregiver and child so important?  Learn about a tool specifically designed to reflect Caregiver Interactions.

Relates to Accreditation Standards: 1 and 6

Explore Characteristics of the Continuum of a Family Child Care professional.  Determine specific practice related to Family Child Care related according to the FCCC Code of Ethics. Discuss communication guidelines related to Family Child Care (This workshop is a basic introduction to ethical practices.)

Each of the people you work with has a unique spectrum of true colours that influences everything he or she does, including their work habits, what motivates them, what stresses them out, what makes them excel, and what turns them off. Understanding this allows you to work more effectively with your ‘true’ team mates, and to create a work environment that truly plays to their strengths. 

(This workshop is subject to presenter availability and travel expenses.)

Working with Multi-Experienced Teams - understanding the characteristics and personalities of those we work with and how it impacts effectiveness of working together.

Relates to Accreditation Standards: 1, 6 and 7

This workshop explores meaningful ways to integrate diversity in our work with young children.

Relates to Accreditation Standards: 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8