Principles Of Professional Conduct And The Code Of Ethics In Education

Ethics in Education

In today’s world ethics are extremely important, especially in the field of education. The Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines ethics as the “rules of behavior based on ideas about what is morally good and bad” (Merriam-Webster, n.d.). Teachers interact and influence students on a daily bases, because of this teachers must live by and adhere to the Code of Ethics and Principles of Professional Conduct. During the ethics workshop we learned what the Code of Ethics and the Principles of Professional Conduct in Education are. We learned the different roles of the Education Standard Commission, Professional Practices Services, and the Education Practices Commission. We also learned about how teachers are held to a higher moral

The teacher’s obligation to the student refers to the commitment to being fair, honest, open, and objective to both the student and the learning materials used in the classroom. The teacher must always avoid harassing, embarrassing, or discriminating against any students. An educator’s obligation to the public is to make sure that any personal views or beliefs that do not align with the school districts are kept out of the classroom. For example, a teacher may believe in creationism; however, the school district he/she works for teaches evaluation. The teacher must put his/her personal belief aside and teach evolution to the class as the curriculum dictates. Another obligation to the public is that as an educator, one must never use one’s profession position for personal gain or favors. An educator must also never accept gifts or favors that could influence the teacher’s professional judgement. This means a teacher should never accept a gift or favor in exchange for a better grade for a student. The final element, the obligation to the profession refers to the educator’s responsibility to report all, including alleged, violations of state or local school board rules to the school administrator. Any arrest or even traffic violations should be reported, or one could face losing

My CT is always fair and unbiased in her treatment of her students. Even the ones who seem to always have disciplinary issues are treated with the same respect as her best behaved students. All her students seem to respect her which is a clear sign that they feel valued and important to her. However, I have had a few personal experiences growing up where I feel the teacher may not have abided by the Code of Ethics. Once such experience was when my fifth grade teacher told me I would never amount to anything in life. This devastated me as I felt she knew what she as talking about since she was a teacher after all. I lost a lot of confidence going into middle school because of what she said to me. I believe she violated the very first ethic code that the educator values the worth and dignity of every person. Using everything I have learned from the ethics workshop and my past experiences I will follow and live by the Code of Ethics in my professional life, and take care in my personal life as well. I now know what is morally and professional expected of my behavior and I will be sure to achieve those expectations. I will also use common sense through-out everything I do and all interactions with others. Honestly I won’t need to change much because I already strive to live ethically, but it is nice to have one’s expectations laid out and clearly