Which of the following is not an advocacy organization working to improve conditions for early child ...

Which of the following is not an advocacy organization working to improve conditions for early child care professionals?
 
  A) Child Care Action Campaign
  B) Action for Children's Television
  C) National Endowment for Child Care
  D) Children's Defense Fund

Question 2

Advocacy involves all the following behaviors except
 
  A) complaining about the low wages for early child care teachers.
  B) writing letters to legislators considering bills concerning child care and/or education.
  C) lobbying legislators for passage of bills benefiting early child care and education.
  D) joining an advocacy group.

Question 3

According to Katz, teachers go through the following stages of development
 
  A) survival stage, consolidating stage, maturity stage.
  B) novice stage, journeyman stage, professional stage.
  C) survival stage, consolidating stage, professional stage.
  D) novice stage, beginning professional stage, master teacher stage.

Question 4

Behaviors that mark the student teacher as a professional are
 
  A) punctuality.
  B) being prepared.
  C) dressing appropriately.
  D) All of these choices are correct.
  E) being prepared and dressing appropriately.

Question 5

Being a professional implies
 
  A) giving a full measure of devotion to the job.
  B) accepting assigned responsibilities with grace.
  C) working in a positive way to change duties seen as a detriment to assigned teaching tasks.
  D) All of these choices are correct.
  E) giving a full measure of devotion to the job and working in a positive way to change duties seen as a detriment to assigned teaching tasks.

Question 6

Which of the following is not one of the reasons for the lack of recognition and status in the field of child care and education?
 
  A) public perceptions that child care requires no specific knowledge or education
  B) a lack of public concern for the welfare of young children
  C) lack of self-esteem and assertiveness on the part of early childhood teachers
  D) the low rate of turnover among preschool and child care teachers

Question 7

Which of the following responsibilities is not an indication of professionalism?
 
  A) Making decisions about curricular choices.
  B) Failing to notify the school when you have to be absent.
  C) Selecting appropriate interventions in handling classroom guidance.
  D) Having a foundation in child development or a related field.