In the Personal Example column, describe relevant experiences you've had with each principle.

In the Future Growth column, speculate about how you might expand your professional skills and abilities as they relate to each principle.

#	Principle	Personal Example	Future Growth
1.	Maintaining challenging expectations for individuals with exceptionalities to develop the highest possible learning outcomes and quality of life potential in ways that respect their dignity, culture, language, and background
2.	Maintaining a high level of professional competence and integrity and exercising professional judgment to benefit individuals with exceptionalities and their families
3.	Promoting meaningful and inclusive participation of individuals with exceptionalities in their schools and communities
4.	Practicing collegially with others who are providing services to individuals with exceptionalities
5.	Developing relationships with families based on mutual respect and actively involving families and individuals with exceptionalities in educational decision making
6.	Using evidence, instructional data, research, and professional knowledge to inform practice
7.	Protecting and supporting the physical and psychological safety of individuals with exceptionalities
8.	Neither engaging in nor tolerating any practice that harms individuals with exceptionalities
9.	Practicing within the professional ethics, standards, and policies of CEC; upholding laws, regulations, and policies that influence professional practice; and advocating improvements in the laws, regulations, and policies
10.	Advocating for professional conditions and resources that will improve learning outcomes of individuals with exceptionalities
11.	Engaging in the improvement of the profession through active participation in professional organizations
12.	Participating in the growth and dissemination of professional knowledge and skills