...Running head: ETHICS LEGALITY CLASSROOM Ethics and Legality in Classroom Management Jordan Hollern GCU EDU 536 03/04/2012 Ethics and Legality in Classroom Management A teacher must deal with disruptive classroom behavior throughout their career. To do so, they must not only develop their skills in handling these situations but also develop ethical standards for their classroom. These standards set forth by the teacher will help them deal with their students, those students’ parents, the school administrators and their community. There are numerous articles written that could help a teacher when researching any legal or ethical issues that may arise during their teaching career. This paper summarizes four peer-reviewed articles that address the legal and ethical implications for classroom management related to the rights and responsibilities of students, parents and teachers. The first article under review is Public School Law-Teachers and Student’s Rights in which the legal rights of both the teacher and the students are defined. The article also includes the legal liabilities of the teacher in the classroom. The Negligent Tort Law states that a teacher may be held accountable by a court of law if he or she could have foreseen and prevented the injury by exercising proper care (McCarthy & Cambron-McCabe, 1992). The duty of the teacher in the classroom is to protect the students (McCarthy, et.al, 1992). The teacher must take all precautions...
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...CURRENT PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY 1 Current Personal Classroom Management Plan Grand Canyon University EDU 536 November 6, 2013 CURRENT PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY Current Personal Classroom Management Plan As professional educators we have a responsibility to practice good classroom management. It is important to have a plan to be organized. We must organize our material, time, classroom, and students so we can ensure the student practices effective learning in the classroom (GCU EDU-536 Lecture, 2013). Canter (2006) said “Teachers who master effective classroom management skills can raise the achievement of their students by a dramatic 20 percentile points”. As a teacher, if we use great classroom management skills we can better guide our students. Classroom management is key to student success. The structure of classroom 2 management influences a students goal and achievement (Self-Brown and Mathews, 2003). It promotes a learning environment with minimal distractions and minimal student misbehavior. Managing our classroom appropriately we can teach our material effectively and promote student engagement, achievement, and effective learning. All of these ideas should be exercised from day 1 of class; especially classroom management and student engagement. They are the two most important ideas (GCU EDU 536 Lecture, 2013). Classroom management can be observed in how a teacher acts, how a student behaves, what the classroom looks and feels like, how a teacher assists a student...
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...The first article that I read was titled Public school Law: Teachers’ and student’s rights by Martha McCarthy. The author highlights the legal rights of the teacher and student alike. A court can determine that An educator is liable if he or she could have “foreseen and prevented the injury by exercising proper care†as documented in the Negligent Tort Law (McCarthy & Cambron-McCabe, 1992). Furthermore, the same law states that the duty to protect is a crucial component of the teacher’s role in the classroom. This highly sensitive responsibility includes taking all of the necessary precautions to ensure the safety of students that are being supervised. As a result, if an accident or injury occurs which could have been prevented or predicted by any member of the staff and proper supervision was overlooked then the law declares that negligence has occurred. However, if a poor choice or non-compliance with classroom rules by the student contributed to the incident, it can be classified as contributory negligence in which the teacher can no longer be held liable. Often the factors of development and age appropriate ability are evaluated closely in attempt to establish contributory negligence. In addition, various other components are addressed when a claim of negligence is investigated. These other contributing factors can be the certification and professional training of the supervising instructor, the surroundings in which the incident took place, and the nature...
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...Virginia Department of Education Institutional Education Programs Employee Handbook. This document provides information to employees concerning benefits, rights and responsibilities, establishes guidelines and procedures, ensures fairness and consistency and provides a climate, which fosters optimal staff performance and high morale. School: Pressley Ridge at White Oak Mascot: Black Bears Colors: Green and Black Enrollment: 61 Mission: Student and Staff Actively Engaged in Learning Vision: Through learner-focused education, transform the lives of students in institutions to foster responsible, productive citizens, thus creating safer communities. Staff: 15 staff members, 13 full-time staff and 2 part-time transitional specialists Work Schedules and Pay Work-Year The employees at White Oak are employed for 240 days contingent upon the school calendar, which is developed yearly by education staff in conjunction with the host agency. The calendar is approved by the State Superintendent of Schools and the State Board of Education and cannot be altered without their approval. Workday The normal workday for a Pressley Ridge White Oak Department of Education employee must be seven and one-half clock hours but may not exceed eight clock hours. In addition, part of the professional responsibilities of instructional and supervisory staff includes the attendance and full participation in activities, which must necessarily take place before or after the workday. ...
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...Personal Responsibility and College Success Recognizing and accepting personal responsibility is a major step in an adult college student’s life. It is one of the factors that separate, an adult from a child; unfortunately, not everyone makes that step. Personal responsibility is a cornerstone in achieving college success. It removes excuses and forces an adult college student to practice self discipline, self determination, and resource management, which are requirements for college success in any area of life. Personal responsibility is defined as taking ownership of an adult college student’s actions; accepting the consequences that come from their actions and understanding how it can impact others. By accepting personal responsibility, the student can achieve the goals in education by making the necessary sacrifices in his or her personal life, develop self discipline in study habits and time management, and effectively balance other responsibilities, such as work, social functions, and an obligation as a parent. As with life, without personal responsibility and the self discipline that comes along with it, success in college would be extremely difficult to achieve. Developing the self discipline for effective study habits, such as applying the necessary concentration on materials in going to be a challenge for an adult college student who have not had to study for a course in over ten years. A student will be required to handle effectively the many other duties...
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...information that can be used. | Information is well researched, well presented, and well organized. | User Friendly | Links broken, pop-up ads everywhere, information not available or site down or not up and running yet. | Limited amount of actual information intermingled with link for ads or other search engines. | Site was well organized and easy to follow. Information was provided with limited or no ads. | Rubric 2 Evaluate NBPTS:ENS/ECTYAS Standard | Never or Unsatisfactory 1 pts | Minimum Requirements met or Rarely 2 pts | Proficient or Sometimes 3 pts | Excellent or Always 4 pts | Knowledge of Students | Does not understand students’ skills, interests, dreams, or personal history. Learning experience is not personal at all. | Has cursory understanding of...
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...Good schools have strong leaders with a vision of success for all students, a sense of responsibility, skill in using data to analyze students’ learning needs—and skill in bringing those around them together to meet those needs. Research also suggests that in urban schools with high rates of children living in poverty, strong leaders are not just a key factor; they are the key driver in turning schools around and helping all students succeed (The Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC) , 2011). Since the enactment and revision of the No Child Left Behind legislation, schools and communities have focused much attention on the dynamics of educating students who have historically been disenfranchised by the public-school system. Much research...
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...experience in school, one must have a sense of personal responsibility in order to achieve success. Many colleges and universities imply this learning model in hopes of teaching the student as a whole and not just on an academic level. College success is determined not only by the information we learn on an intellectual level but on a socioeconomic and ethical level as well. When we delve into the world of personal responsibility in conjunction with education we have to touch on many subjects before we can fully understand the importance of this matter. There are several models that have been implemented throughout the years in order to show the relation of personal responsibility and adult learning. In 1991 Brockett and Heimstra proposed a learning model also known as PRO (Personal Responsibility Orientation) within this model self-direction in learning is viewed as instructional method processes (self-directed learning) and personal characteristics (learner self-direction). However there hasn’t been too much evidence to support this model. In 1977 there was a scale instrumented and developed by L.M. Gugliemino it was called the Self Directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLR). In the PRO model, personal responsibility means that an individual assumes responsibility for their own actions and thoughts. In this model personal values as well as the characteristic of self-actualization also contribute to having and showing personal responsibility as an adult. The learner’s social environment...
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...Philosophy of Education (Example #1) My personal goal for my future classroom is to challenge students and watch them grow to their full potential. I want to take students at different levels and see them develop together for the betterment of each individual. Therefore, group work is the key to having a successful class and is something I value, especially with older students. The impact of group work, when students help fellow students, changes each person and transforms the atmosphere of the class as a whole. In my classroom, I want students to have freedom that allows for expression and creativity. Students should be able to experiment with likes and dislikes and to realize their strengths and weaknesses. After this base is developed, the curriculum can be molded to tie in each student’s learning style. I want to teach students in a way that has some straightforward instruction, but that also gives students room to grow and expand on their own. At the beginning of the year, it is understandable for the teacher to lead class discussions, but towards the end of the year, students will pose their own questions and try to answer them independently. I feel it is beneficial for students to sometimes work for the answer rather than being told because it stretches their knowledge and teaches them how to find information in a variety of ways. I also feel a key to success is for the class to work on projects to help others. As an educator, it is important...
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...Personal Responsibility by Stephen Bruce Foundations for General Education and Professional Success (Gen200) 04/15/2013 Dr. Annette Roter Although personal responsibility is a perception of ideas or standards established by society, personal success depends upon personal responsibility because it promotes accountability and also reflects on the accountability in our professional lives. Upholding personal responsibility is the key to success in any type of environment. It is the commitment to ourselves telling us to get out of bed to get ready for work or to go to class. On the other hand, personal responsibility is the acceptance of failure to accomplish the task that we are obligated to. As a college level student, we know that part of our responsibility is to read assigned materials, complete task on time and take part in classroom discussions at the very least. Failure to complete these tasks ultimately could result in dismissal from a chosen program and a delay educational goals. One strategy for overcoming the pressures of student life is time/self-management. At the college level the student is held accountable for his or her education. This means no excuses. It does not matter that the dog “ate your homework”. Had you made time to feed the dog he may not have chosen to eat the homework instead. Time management does not mean to give all your energy and focus to only working on school assignments. It simply means to designate time for completing these...
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...INDIVIDUAL Assignment Coversheet This form is to be completed by students submitting hard copies of essays or assignments for a Faculty of Social Sciences subject. Assignments are to be submitted to the relevant academic. ------------------------------------------------- PLAGIARISM ------------------------------------------------- Deliberate plagiarism may lead to failure in the subject. Plagiarism is cheating by using the written ideas or submitted work of someone else. The University of Wollongong has a strong policy against plagiarism. See Acknowledgement Practice/Plagiarism Prevention Policy at http://www.uow.edu.au/about/policy/UOW058648.html ------------------------------------------------- Please note: Students MUST retain a copy of the Assignment Receipt for any work submitted. Student Name: Leanne Brooks Student Number: 9659072 Subject Code & Name: EDGS916 Assignment Title: Assessment Task 3 Tutorial/Practical Group: Wednesday 8pm (Day and Time) Tutor’s Name: Ray Handley Assignment Due Date: 26th October, 2015 DECLARATION We certify that this is entirely our own work, except where we have given fully documented references to the work of others, and that the material contained in this assignment has not previously been submitted for assessment in any formal course of study. We understand the definition and consequences of plagiarism. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The marker of this assessment item may, for the purpose of assessing this assignment, reproduce...
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...Classroom management Introduction Learning is a process of knowing or absorbing certain concepts. It is defined as the act of experience of one that leans; knowing of skills by instruction of study; modification of behavior by experience. (Webster’s Dictionary) The classroom is a place where formal learning occurs. It is a place that can offer a wholesome venue for learning activities which can be realized only in an atmosphere conducive to both teaching and learning process. A typical classroom is an area in which serve as a second home of both teachers and student. The teacher is a development of learning in the classroom and as a partner of home in the education of the students. In this point, this study is aimed to assist the teacher in attaining efficiency and effective in classroom management in school. This is intended to help teacher to become knowledgeable and skilled in using a variety of lesson in the present classroom management atmosphere as well as to get better acquainted with the students and their socioeconomic condition. All learning begins with things around us. They may be object, person or phenomena that we experience or what we become aware of though any of our five senses. Classroom management is defined as the method and strategies of educator to maintain a classroom management that is conducive to student success and leaning. Although there are many pedagogical strategies involved in managing a classroom, a common denominator is making sure...
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... | | |Professional Success | | | | | . All rights reserved. Course Description This general education course is designed to introduce the intentional learner to communication, collaboration, information utilization, critical thinking, problem solving, and professional competence and values. The course uses an interdisciplinary approach for the learner to develop personal academic strategies in order to reach desired goals and achieve academic success. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read...
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...Personal Responsibility Personal responsibility to me means taking credit, whether it be good or bad, for your own actions. Learning personal responsibility is what takes many time to understand. Personal responsibility and college success go hand in hand. College Success For many taking the leap into college is a scary and unknown path. For some of us we may be the first to attend college in our family. Personal responsibility means taking care of all tasks assigned to me in a timely manner and if not, being prepared to deal with the consequences that come with being delinquent. College success is ultimately up to you the student. Instructors can only do so much and they have a lot of students that they must also help. There are many resources available to us at University of Phoenix. They have weekly workshops that assist in writing and PowerPoint presentations and tutoring is also available. There is a close tie between personal responsibility and college success. You have to have the drive to want to succeed to accomplish tasks in class as well as in life. There is no one there to constantly watch over you while you are assigned tasks. Since we only have class once a week it can be both a gift and a curse being away from the classroom setting for such a long time. Yes, it gives us the freedom to go about our normal hectic lives with family and work but some need that extra time in the classroom to be in the environment. It sets the tone and puts some in a thinking state...
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...Student learning: an individual or group responsibility? Even though there has been a rise in enrollment of online education courses, there has been a decline in education completion. In May 2007, the article “Read-Only Participants: A Case for Student Communication in Online Classes” was written as a result of a 8 week research study to examine how interactions among individuals in the online classroom contributed to the completion of courses and retention of information. To acquire data for the study, 22 students enrolled in a computer integrated education course from the University of Pretoria were selected to participate being almost 30 and not quite 50 years old. Primary and secondary research were included in the findings while participants completed content research individually and later assembled into smaller groups. Researchers L. Nagel, A.S. Blignaut, and J.C. Cronje’ explored completion of an online course among the factors of classroom participation, collaborative community interaction, and student individual communication. The article suggests that everyone that crosses the virtual classroom threshold holds a responsibility to student success. Facilitators aid in student learning by engaging students with pondering questions, feedback, reading assignments and are available to students for classroom related issues. The responsibility of the student involves valued participation to discussions that add worth to the learning community, working together to achieve...
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