Who does the school get their authority from?
Local School Board
Can teachers buy things from students?
Yes, legally teachers are allowed to give students money.
You can give teachers alcohol.
True
Giving a teacher a bottle of wine or a gift card for alcohol is completely acceptable. As a parent, I certainly appreciate a cold beer if I've had a particularly frustrating day of looking after the kids.
What is remunerative conduct?
An educator should maintain integrity with students, colleagues, parents, patrons, or businesses when accepting gifts, gratuities, favors, and additional compensation.
Do I need a License to be a private tutor?
There are no standard qualifications for private tutors in the UK, so anyone who has good knowledge in a specialist subject can become a tutor.
How much can a teacher accept as a gift?
Teachers and other public employees may accept gifts that are worth less than $50, but they have to disclose in writing the fact that that they have done so if, based on the circumstances, a reasonable person would think that the teacher might unduly show favor to the giver or the giver's child because of the gift.
Teachers can accept money from students.
False
What counts as teacher misconduct?
Criminal conduct. Breaches of the school's equal opportunities including racial and sexual discrimination/harassment. Failure to uphold public trust and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour within and outside school. Serious misuse of the school's email, internet and other electronic facilities.
Why is the code of ethics is important?
Lays out the rules for behavior and provides the ground work for preemptive warning.
Can teachers tutor their students for money?
An educator, except as authorized by his/her board of education, should not tutor for compensation a student in the educator's class. An educator should never use position or influence to profit personally from students, their families, or from colleagues.
No code of ethics is the most common cause of unethical behavior.
True
What is an example of an unethical situation at school?
Using unauthorized notes, or study aids, or information from another student or student's paper on an examination. Communicating answers with another person during an exam. Altering graded work after it has been returned, and then submitting the work for regrading without the instructor's knowledge.
When can a teacher dismissed from service?
School districts may dismiss tenured teachers only by a showing of cause, after following such procedural requirements as providing notice to the teacher, specifying the charges against the teacher, and providing the teacher with a meaningful hearing.
If a teacher has to walk out of a class, what should he/she do before leaving?
Ask another teacher to look after them so they are supervised.
An educator shall abide by federal, state, and local laws and statutes.
True
What are the most common violations of the Georgia Code of Ethics for educators?
The most common ethics violations involved non-school-related criminal activity, sexual misconduct with students, failure to disclose previous crimes or license sanctions, physical aggression toward students, and endangering student health or safety.
What standards of behavior should you uphold based on the Code of Ethics for professional Teacher?
Teachers must model strong character traits, including perseverance, honesty, respect, lawfulness, fairness, patience, and unity.
What are the unethical behavior of a teacher?
Unethical issues in the teaching profession are commonly expressed in moral deviations such as taking bribes from students, sexual exploitation, pressuring students to buy books, and others.
Is it true that this class is great.
YES
What is the most serious ethical violation for an educator?
The most serious allegations of professional misconduct involve boundary violations and sexual misconduct or sexual abuse or exploitation with students.