Teaching Ethics

Why do teachers generally pursue their careers?

• They like summers off

• They enjoy students enthusiasm from their lectures

• The opportunity to impact student growth on many levels

• The salary

To avoid very troubling scenarios, a solid professional, ethical framework is necessary to guide teachers'_________.

• Words, finances, and decisions

• Words, acts, and decisions

• Words, finances, and acts

Few teachers are prepared for the immersion in the complex world of teacher.student relationships.

• True

• False

The teacher/student relationship is

• Always formal

• Never emotional

• Continual emotional and intellectual interchange

• Needs to be completely sterile

Teacher misconduct with students is a subject

• Not discussed are rarely included in teacher prep programs

• With no solutions so rarely included in teacher prep programs

• Always about predators so rarely included in teacher prep programs

We have an entire workforce interacting with children that does not understand

• Boundaries

• Time limits

• Financial implications

In many cases of misconduct there is a myriad of decisions made that go from verbal and written communication all the way to physical contact.

• True

• False

The topic of teacher misconduct could be called a slippery slope.

• True

• False

According to case law and the legal concept of in loco parentis, what is the top priority for all schools and their teachers?

• Education of the children who are the country's future

• Safety and welfare for the children who are in the schools

• Too protect staff from accusations.

• To remain uninvolved in student and staff relations

Fiduciary refers to a power imbalance where a group is trusted to take care of another.

• True

• False