Ethical Leadership

The Educator altered a doctor's excuse by changing the date the educator could return to work.

• Violation

• Non-Violation

Answer explanation

An educator shall exemplify honesty and integrity in the course of professional practice. Unethical conduct includes falsifying, misrepresenting, or omitting information submitted to local school districts and reasons for absences or leave.

The educator tutors one or more of her students during after school hours. The students are charged $10.00 per session.

• Violation

• Non-Violation

Answer explanation

Remunerative Conduct It is unethical for an educator to tutor students assigned to him/her for remuneration unless approved by the local/governing board.

On a day when students are released early so teachers can participate in professional learning, the educator leaves school to retrieve some punch containing alcohol from home. The educator brings the punch back to school to be consumed.

• Violation

• Non-Violation

Answer explanation

 An educator shall refrain from the possession, use, or consumption of alcohol during the course of professional practice. Unethical conduct includes being on school district property while under the influence of, possessing, using, or consuming alcohol.

The educator answered yes to the personal affirmation question about having a criminal history on the certification application for his first certificate. The educator was arrested for felony theft by shoplifting. The charge was reduced to a misdemeanor and the educator pleaded guilty. The educator was sentenced to seven days incarceration, twelve months probation, 350 hours of community service, and a fine of $310.00.

• Violation

• Non-Violation

Answer explanation

Since the educator disclosed the misdemeanor conviction in a timely manner on his first application, it meets the clearance criteria for no sanction to be imposed.

While the EOG is being administered, a student becomes upset because he does not know how to complete a multiplication problem. In an effort to keep the student calm, the educator tells the student to use repeated addition if he does not know how to multiply. The educator also writes examples of repeated addition on the student's scratch paper.

• Violation

• Non-Violation

Answer explanation

An educator shall not compromise the integrity of a state-mandated assessment or commit any act that breaches test security. DPI manual prohibits a test examiner from giving students answers or clues to test items. It also holds that the test examiner must not interfere with a student's responses.

The educator allows her daughter who attends school in another district to assist a speech therapist with entering special educator student data into a school district system. The student had the speech therapist's system access information.

• Violation

• Non-Violation

Answer explanation

An educator shall not share confidential information concerning student academic and disciplinary records, health and mental information, family status and/or income, and assessment/testing results unless the disclosure is required or permitted by law.

The educator was arrested at his residence on charges of disorderly conduct after engaging in an altercation with a neighbor. The school system's complaint states that the educator did not report his arrest.

• Violation

• Non-Violation

Answer explanation

The offenses with which the educator was charged are not felonies or misdemeanors involving (1) substantial risk of death, (2) serious permanent disfigurement, (3) a coma, (4) a permanent or protracted condition that causes extreme pain, (5) permanent or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ, or (6) that results in prolonged hospitalization.; therefore, an arrest for those crimes do not have to be reported to DPI. However, the educator may still be accountable to the school system for failing to adhere to a local policy regarding reporting.