Defines the professional behavior of educators
in Georgia and serves as a guide to ethical conduct
What is the Code of Ethics for Educators?
Reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and replaced No Child Left Behind
What is the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)?
Integrated patterns of human behavior that include communication styles, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions
What is culture?
Anyone invested in the welfare and success of a school and its students; those who have personal, professional, civic, or financial interest or concern
What is a stakeholder?
Presenting work or ideas from another source as your own, with or without consent of the original author
What is plagiarism?
Teacher, school administrator, or other education personnel who holds a certificate issued by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission
What is an educator?
ESSA requires all school districts to publish this to inform the public of how their schools are performing
What is a state/local report card?
Any form of education or teaching that incorporates the histories, texts, values, beliefs, and perspectives of people from different cultural backgrounds
What is multicultural education?
Generic term used to describe a range of problems of school-age children and youth
What is at risk?
Refers to the lessons and academic content taught in a school or in a specific course or program
What is curriculum?
The temporary invalidation of any certificate for a period of time specified by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission
What is suspension?
Level of government with the least control over schools and education
What is the federal government?
Diversity initiatives in education began after this Supreme Court case
What is Brown v Board of Education?
When at-risk children are placed in special education more often than they should be
What is over-representation?
Dyslexia is the most common type of this
What is a reading disability?
Physical interaction resulting in a reported or visible bruise or injury to a student
What is physical abuse?
Level of government that has the most control over schools and education
What is local government?
Race, ethnicity, religion, language, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation and gender identity are all types or examples of this
What is diversity?
Students whose families do not have the financial means to meet their basic needs are living in this
What is poverty?
Teachers often pay for supplies and materials out of their own pockets because of a lack of this
What is funding?
The permanent invalidation of any certificate held by an educator
What is revocation?
The items that will be taught for each subject in each grade (set by the state)
What are standards?
Traditional foods, books, movies, guest speakers, pen pals and holiday celebrations are examples of these
What are multicultural activities for the classroom?
Children who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence are considered this
What is homeless?
A type of technology currently being used more often in education, with both positive benefits and negative consequences
What is AI (artificial intelligence)?