Title: Explore federal, state, and local government regulations that affect early childhood development programs.
Course: Early Childhood, Education, and Services I (19153-I) > Section: Maintaining Careers and Professionalism

Exploration should include researching standards, policies, regulations, and laws and describing examples of situations that illustrate the effects on early childhood development programs.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What are the federal, state, and local standards, policies, regulations, and laws related to working with children? What are the goals of these legislative and regulatory actions?
- What are the legal and ethical consequences of failing to meet standards for working with children?
- How can the early childhood professional influence standards, policies, regulations, and laws related to early childhood education and services?

Communication

- What ethical beliefs and values form the foundation of laws related to working with children?
- How can one's personal stand on various issues be communicated to legislators and policy makers?

Leadership

- What leadership skills are needed to influence or enforce standards, policies, regulations, and laws?
- Who would be most adversely affected by a failure to follow child-related standards, policies, regulations, and laws?

Management

- What recordkeeping and management procedures are required by these standards, policies, regulations, and laws?
- What resources and training are needed to meet the requirements?
- How can technology be used to assist with recordkeeping and management procedures?