Teacher Behavior: Expectations and Consequences

Resources:

• “Marijuana Issue Part I” video
• “Marijuana Issue Part II” video
• “Safety and Welfare” video
• “Misconduct is a Process” video

Complete Part I and Part II.

Part I

Consider a familiar school setting. This might be a school where you work or a school that your children attend. What are the implicit and explicit expectations of teacher behavior in that school setting? What are the consequences of violating those expectations?

Locate and examine the Department of Education statutes for teacher behavior for your state. 

Locate and examine the district policies for teacher behavior for the school setting you selected.

Complete the tables below. 

Identify three state statutes and three district policies regarding teacher behavior and the consequences for violating each of them.

Part II

Part of ethics is not only following policy, but also recognizing and following expectations that are not explicitly stated. For each of the domains listed below, identify a possible implicit expectation for teacher behavior and the possible consequence of violating that expectation.