Take time to reflect on the skills, dispositions, and knowledge that make one a professional. Use the resources provided to learn more about how professional organizations have created standards and competencies to guide professional behavior. You may feel quite competent in many of these competencies, or they may be new to you. Think about these competencies as you engage with the infants and toddlers in your care and their families.

• Building and Strengthening Skills and Competencies

  Review the resource to learn more about professional competencies when working with infants and toddlers.
  https://childcareta.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/public/itrg/article_skills_competencies.pdf

• ZERO to THREE Critical Competencies for Infant–Toddler Educators

  Review this competency model which provides concise, clear guidance on essential knowledge and skills for early childhood professionals. A copy of this criteria can be downloaded at:
  https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/1197-zero-to-three-critical-competencies-for-infant-toddler-educators-related-professional-criteria#downloads

• Building and Strengthening Skills and Competencies

  This resource also introduces California Early Childhood Educator (ECE) Competencies. Look at the Competency Area, Child Development and Learning which begins on page 22 and includes professional dispositions for early childhood educators. A copy can be downloaded at:
  https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/documents/ececompetencies2011.pdf 

• Wisconsin Core Competencies for Professionals Working with Young Children & Their Families

  The Professionalism section of this document (see p. 15) contains a number of professional competencies derived from a review of the standards and recommended practices of several national professional organizations.
  http://www.collaboratingpartners.com/wpcontent/uploads/2017/CPlinkedDocs/WI_Core_Competencies_2014_16WITHlinks.pdf