Read “Model Code of Ethics for Educators,” located on the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification website (2015).
URL:
https://www.nasdtec.net/page/MCEE_Doc
(TO HELP ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS)
College of Education Ethics Post
Short Answer Rather than solely focusing on selecting the correct answer, provide a rationale and evidence that support your selected answers.
In 50 – 75 words, respond to the following statements. Be sure to use appropriate sentence mechanics.
1. How would you define the term “professional ethics”?
2. Provide an example of how a professional educator would promote the profession within the school community.
3. Why would it be important for a building principal to report unprofessional conduct by a staff member to the central office/district leadership?
4. School administrators must pay attention to their own professional ethics and the ethics of the employees they supervise. Describe how an administrator can best model the highest level of ethics for their staff?
5. What steps should be completed, regarding a background check for a potential employee, prior to hiring that person? As it relates to background checks, is there a difference between hiring a certified versus a non-certified employee?
Scenarios
Respond to each of the following scenarios in a well-crafted paragraph of 150-175 words using appropriate sentence mechanics.
1. A principal is planning a professional learning session on data privacy for the faculty. What components must be included? Why? How is this issue connected to professional ethics?
2. A parent approaches the school principal and reveals that a teacher at the school and another parent are having an affair. What should the principal do next?
3. Educators have a responsibility to maintain sound mental, physical, and emotional health and to take appropriate measures when personal or health-related issues may interfere with work-related duties. Describe three examples of what those measures might include.
4. An assistant principal has persistent concerns about the relationship among a new teacher and a small group of students who spend a lot of time with the teacher outside of class. The assistant principal is preparing for a conversation with the principal about this issue. What questions should the assistant principal anticipate from the principal? What guidance would you offer the assistant principal in getting ready for the conversation? How is this conversation related to professional ethics?
5. You are addressing the group of first-year teachers at your school on their first day of employment. Some of these teachers graduated from a traditional teacher preparation program, while others did not. What would you tell them about ethics, as it applies to their job as a teacher, so that all levels of experience and professional backgrounds are considered?
6. A governing board member is related to a student in your school. The board member asks you, as the principal of the school, to change that student’s grade since the student was only 5 points from an “A”. Why would this be an ethical, as well as legal, violation?
7. How are school/district policies related to professional ethics? Provide at least two examples.
8. A teacher in your school is frequently absent from professional development experiences offered at your school, without your approval. Why would this be a violation of professional ethics? What would you do to address this issue?
9. As an administrator in a small, rural school located in a small town, you are considering hiring your uncle’s roofing company to perform some repairs at your school. What procedures would you follow to ensure that no ethical or procurement violations occur?
10. What precautions should be taken to ensure that all of the employees at your school follow policies governing the use of social media in communicating with students and parents? How do these policies reflect professional ethics?
11. One of your assistant principals does not get along with one of your teachers. You did not know this until after the teacher came to you, the principal, to complain about the assistant principal after he conducted a classroom observation and wrote a report critical of the teacher. How would you address the teacher’s concern?
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