EDT First Generation

Under the provisions of educational laws, teachers are most likely to face professional challenge when ________.

• taking your students by school bus on a field trip

• enforcing the dress code on a student who is not in your class

• having a student incur an injury in your classroom

• all of the above

Teachers often find it necessary to take action in situations in which all the facts are not known or for which no single course of action can be called right or wrong. These situations are often referred to as ________.

• ethical dilemmas

• moral destruction

• management and discipline

• risk management

An important part of a teacher’s response to an ethical dilemma is ________.

• identifying possible consequences of one’s actions

• identifying guilty parties

• reporting to the principal immediately

• calling parents to ask for support

For a teacher’s certificate to be revoked, the reason must ________.

• be approved and voted on by the school board

• clearly hinder the teacher’s ability to perform satisfactorily

• be witnessed and documented on three separate occasions

• clearly be a violation of the original teaching contract

For initial certification, nearly all states require ________.

• successful completion of a performance test

• proof of good health, including teeth

In regard to the assignment of additional duties or responsibilities, it is most accurate to say that ________.

• a teacher may be assigned certain responsibilities not outlined in the contract as long as they are considered “reasonable”

• only assignments mentioned in the contract can be assigned

• administrators are free to interpret the contract based on educational demands

• all additional assignments must be compensated

A policy that provides teachers with job security is known as ________.

• legality

• mutual assent

• competency

• tenure

To dismiss a teacher, a district must follow a step-by-step process known as ________.

• mutual assent

• specificity

• consideration

• due process

The process through which school boards negotiate contracts with teacher organizations is known as ________.

• collective bargaining

• academic freedom

Some authorities suggest that academic freedom is a less powerful legal defense than it was in the past. When basing a defense on academic freedom, one of the following must be true if the defendant expects to prevail, namely

• it must be demonstrated conclusively that the teacher did not defy legitimate state and local curriculum directives

• it must be shown that the teacher has established a long history of violating curriculum guidelines, not merely in the present case

• the teacher must focus the curriculum on matters of little consequence to the community

• the teacher must demonstrate that existing policy violates his or her personal belief system