Code of Ethics and Case Studies
Code of Ethics and Case Studies
Educators are bound by a professional code of ethics. This professional code of ethics often incorporates legal obligations to which educators are also bound. The Code of Ethics and Principles of Professional Conduct of the Education Profession in Florida
is a collection of standards to which all educators in the state of Florida are bound. Similarly, educators across the nation must follow their respective states’ code of ethics.
In this assignment, you will research and become familiar with codes of ethics that guide your work as an educator. You will access your state’s code of ethics of the education profession and the national Code of Ethics (NEA) https://www.nea.org/
Directions:
Part I:
To begin this assignment, read the codes of ethics for the following
1. National – National Education Association NEA: Code of Ethics of the Education Profession (https://www.nea.org/resource-
2. State (Locate your state’s code of ethics. Examples are provided below.)
Florida – The Code of Ethics and Principles of Professional Conduct of the Education Profession
in Florida http://www.fldoe.org/
Florida – Office of Professional Practices FAQ for Educators – Florida DOE Process for Responding
to Disciplinary Action http://www.fldoe.org/
3. Professional Code of Ethics (Locate the code of ethics for your professional content area. Examples
are provided below.)
CEC (Council for Exceptional Children) Code of Ethics http://www.cec.sped.
Summarize the main legal and ethical components from the national, state, and professional codes of ethics in a brief, but informative narrative that includes a discussion of the following focal questions: :
Who or what is the educator’s primary concern?
How can the educator strive to achieve and sustain the highest degree of ethical conduct?
What are the types of behaviors (e.g., bullying, child abuse, etc.) that the educator should report to administration?
What are the reasons for suspension of a professional?
Part II:
Review and respond to the following case studies within the context of the codes of ethics:
1. Case Study 1 Action Plan – Abuse, Neglect, and Other Signs of Distress: You are a new special education teacher in an elementary school and notice that one of your students consistently comes to school in the morning with dirty clothes, body odor, and suspicious bruises on his arms. According to the ethics codes and district faculty policies, what should be your plan of action for addressing this issue?
Use the Websites below or review your state and district policies as a basis for developing your plan of action, noting references to state and/or district policies as appropriate.
Florida Department of Education, Office of Professional Practices Reporting Misconduct and Abuse http://www.fldoe.org/
The 2012 Florida Statutes
K-20 Education Code, Chapter 1006 , Support For Learning
1006.061 Child abuse, abandonment, and neglect policy.
§ 1006.061, Florida Statutes – Child abuse, abandonment, and neglect policy
The 2012 Florida Statutes Chapter 39, Proceedings Relating to Children
39.201 Mandatory reports of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect; mandatory reports of death; central
abuse hotline (Mandated Reporters of child abuse as defined by Florida Statute 39.201)
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/
0-0099/0039/Sections/0039.201.
(Links to an external site.)
2. Case Study 2 Action Plan – Ethical Use of Technologies: All teachers in your school have a laptop to use in their classrooms and for instructional planning at home. When the computer was delivered, you briefly reviewed the district policies during a departmental meeting; however, during the past six months, several teachers have been questioned about their Internet and e-mail use with these laptops. You realize that you must use school property appropriately. Based on the ethics codes and district faculty policies, what should be your plan of action for using the laptop?
Use the Web sites below or review your state and district policies as a basis for developing your plan of action that fulfills the expected obligation to students, the public, and the education profession to correct the behavior described in the case study.
Broward County, Florida
Policy 5306 – School and Technology Usage
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/
3. Case Study 3 Action Plan – Student Information and Records: As a new special education teacher, you are assigned to teach a remedial reading class in which three students are consistently not showing progress. After reviewing the students’ records (e.g., academic achievement progress in other courses, attendance and disciplinary records, intervention plans and other test scores, and state standardized test scores) you develop highly effective instructional strategies for meeting these students’ learning needs. Since your instructional approach has proven to be so successful, several teachers approached you with sharing the students’ background information, as well as your instructional strategies. You are concerned about infringing on the students’ privacy rights; consequently, you develop a plan of action to address the teachers’ requests, but also address student records concerns.
Use the Web sites below or review your state and district policies as a basis for developing your plan of action that fulfills the expected obligation to students, the public, and the education profession to correct the behavior described in the case study.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act https://www2.ed.gov/
Broward County, Florida
https://www.browardschools.
Reflect on the application of this case study to your school responsibilities. What must you do to avoid this
type of professional and ethical conflict in the future.
Part III:
Identify and describe three additional resources for use by special education teachers who wish to avoid professional and ethical conflicts.
Examples of additional resources on ethics for Florida educators include the following:
Discipline against Educator Licenses http://www.
Education Practices Commission Notices
http://www.fldoe.org/
Office of Professional Practices http://www.fldoe.
(Links to an external site.)Office of Professional Standards http://www.fldoe.
(Links to an external site.)Part IV:
Based on your analysis of the information found on your state’s DOE website for Policy on Ethical Conduct (Example: Florida’s Policy on Ethical Conduct of Instructional Personnel and School Administrators/http://www.
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