Running Head: CODE OF ETHICS & PRINCIPLES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
Code of Ethics & Principles of Professional Conduct
Impact on School Environment
Christopher Gilchrist
Lynn University The code of ethics and principles of professional conduct for the education profession in Florida has been the standard and rules that everyone in the education profession has lived by. The code of ethics and principles of professional conduct has one goal, to protect every student and to ensure that everyone has equal rights to education and is treated equally and with respect. It is the job of the educational professionals to follow these codes of ethics and principles, but it is the educational leader’s job to discipline and govern those
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Education has long been a pipeline to prison for our minority youth, which is sometimes an effect from school disciplines that aren’t appropriate. These disciplines often lead students to dropout of schools, which will ultimately lead them to the justice system. According to the Discipline Disparities Research-to-Practice Collaborative black students are 1.78 times as likely to be suspended out of school as white students. Latino students were 2.23 times more likely than white students (Resmovitis, 2014). This is a violation of our obligation to students, we as educators shouldn’t discriminate against students on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national or ethical origin, political beliefs, or marital status (FLDOE, …show more content…
The Respondent was arrested in 2009 for breaking into her former boyfriends home without permission and engaging in an argument during the argument the Respondent attempted to strike him. The Respondent was arrested and charged with burglary of a dwelling and aggravated battery but the charges were reduced to trespass in an occupied dwelling and simple battery. Later on the Respondent applied for a Florida educator’s certificate and put “No” for the question “Have you ever been convicted, found guilty, or had adjudication withheld, entered a pretrial diversion program, or pled guilty or no contendere to a criminal offense?” The Respondent was in violation of failing to maintain honesty in all professional dealings and the Respondent misrepresented her professional qualifications (FLDOE, 2015). The Respondent was given a letter of reprimand, ordered to one-year probation, college course work and a $500 fine (n.a,
In today’s society mainly anyone growing up in poverty stricken communities, single parent homes, domestic violence or infested and drug infested areas are at risk to being abducted by the school to prison pipeline. The school to prison pipeline is a system designed for at risk teens that do not do well in school. The effect is them being thrown in jail. Economically the black and the Latino community constantly after generation and generation are getting dealt the same hand because each child in the new generation is growing up in a broken home and are falling victim to the same problems that the generation before them have faced. By compiling annual reports on the total number of disciplinary
The Ohio Professional Licensure code of conduct is a list of eight principles laying out how educator should act on school property and within in the community. The reason is that as educator we are to sever as positive role models for the students that we teach and supervisor over. The State of Ohio has set up these principle to make sure that we as educator are providing the highest quality of education possible to ours student so that they can excel in education with the best educators Ohio has to offer. Therefore, these principles were set in place as rules and consequences on how educator should act and want their responsibility are as educations.
To be in the education profession one is signing up to be a trustworthy, knowledgeable, devoted, and understanding individual. They must guarantee equal opportunities for everyone. Their primary concern is their students' learning and potential. One has to “sustain the highest degree of ethical conduct” (1). The first list of obligations in the Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida contains 9 rules that are involved with the educator and their students....
The intent of this argumentative research paper, is to take a close look at school systems disciplinary policies and the effect they have on students. While most school systems in the nation have adopted the zero tolerance policies, there are major concerns that specific students could be targeted, and introduced into the criminal justice system based on these disciplinary policies. This research paper is intended to focus on the reform of zero tolerance policies, and minimizing the school to prison pipeline.
In the most recent years, the relationship between educational institutions and the juvenile justice system, which was once created to protect children, has displayed an ultimatum for minors through “zero tolerance” policies that result in sending individuals from school to prison to pipeline. Studies have shown that these policies are not beneficial to students or the educational environment that should be guaranteed to children. Opponents argue that the policies promote safety, but through this research it can be concluded that the policies actually increase danger. Studies demonstrate the factors that affect the enforcement of these policies which include media, the sociopolitical atmosphere, and the racial disproportionality, yet there are valid solutions for this issue that can be explored.
Today's education is often viewed as failing in its goal of educating students, especially those students characterized as minorities, including African American, Hispanic, and Appalachian students (Quiroz, 1999). Among the minority groups mentioned, African American males are affected most adversely. Research has shown that when Black male students are compared to other students by gender and race they consistently rank lowest in academic achievement (Ogbu, 2003), have the worst attendance record (Voelkle, 1999), are suspended and expelled the most often (Raffaele Mendez, 2003; Staples, 1982), are most likely to drop out of school, and most often fail to graduate from high school or to earn a GED (Pinkney, 2000; Roderick, 2003).
The school-to-prison pipeline is the idea that schools funnel students into the prison system. This theory is narrow-minded and ignores how the government benefits from the surveillance of African Americans. With the imagery of a pipe, this complex issue is reduced to the single-minded idea that schools force people of color, most notably African Americans, and does not discuss the evolution of the larger society. The way society has evolved to discriminate against African Americans at the institutional level is a key factor in the increased incarceration rates. The school-to-prison pipeline is an outdated and prejudiced model that does not fully explain the situation many African Americans face.
Many Americans pretend that the days of racism are far behind; however it is clear that institutional racism still exists in this country. One way of viewing this institutional racism is looking at our nation’s prison system and how the incarceration rates are skewed towards African American men. The reasons for the incarceration rate disparity are argued and different between races, but history points out and starts to show the reason of why the disparity began. Families and children of the incarcerated are adversely affected due to the discrimination as well as the discrimination against African American students and their likelihood of going to prison compared to the white student. African American women are also affected by the discrimination in the incarceration rate. Many white Americans don’t see how racism affects incarceration rates, and that African Americans are more likely to face discrimination from the police as well as being falsely arrested.
In today’s distinctly knowledgeable world, it is essential, as stated by Paine, Deshpande, Margolis & Bettcher (2005), for corporate companies to maintain certain codes of conduct. Paine et al (2005), continues to mention that organizations such as the European Commission have endeavored to endorse codes of conduct as the main drivers for corporate social responsibility. The principle aim of having codes is to assist companies effectively operate in diverse and varying cultural and geographic locations. This is especially important for exploration companies such as those involved in the mining industry. Although the Global Business Standard codex, as highlighted by Pain et al (2005), discusses eight underlying ethical principles, in this paper, our focus will be on only three of these which are listed as follows; reliability, dignity, and fairness principles. By analyzing each of these three principles, this paper will effectively evaluate business conduct in the mining industry.
Metze, P. S. (2017). Plugging the School to Prison Pipeline by Addressing Cultural Racism in Public Education Discipline. HeinOnline, 16, 203-312. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
‘Zero-tolerance’ policies criminalize minor infractions of school rules, while high-stakes testing programs encourage educators to push out low-performing students to improve their schools’ overall test scores. Students of color are especially vulnerable to push-out trends and the discriminatory application of discipline (Gabbard 2013:33).
The Georgia’s Code of Ethics for Educators is the gold standard for all educators employed by the state as far as legal guidelines are concerned. The essence of the code of ethics is to ensure that educators are accountable to the taxpayers (public), protect the health, safety and the overall wellbeing of students and educators as well. This code of ethics for educators consist of eleven standards that must be adhere to by all educators employed by the state of Georgia. Violation of these ethics carry consequences that is not limited to reprimand and revocation of certificates.
Khadaroo, Teicher. A. “School suspensions: Does racial bias feed the school-to-prison pipeline?” The Christian Science Monitor. March 31, 2013. Web.
Developing professional behavior as a student in a doctor of physical therapist degree program, is helping to lay the foundation of becoming a professional in physical therapy after graduating. Working with physical therapists, as a rehabilitation aide, I have first-hand experience of professionalism in the context of being a physical therapist. Knowing when it is okay to have fun and when a more serious manor is necessary is one of the characteristics of professionalism to me. When the therapists are working with patients they have to find a balance of having fun and building rapport with patients but staying professional in the process. Being a student, finding that balance is also very important. Being able to have fun with the professors and your classmates is important since you are going to be spending the majority of your time with them throughout the doctorate degree program. Similar to being a physical therapist, there are going to be times throughout the three years of the doctorate program that a more professional and serious manor is necessary. Professionalism is having respect for your classmates and professors. During undergraduate classes, I think some students take the curriculum a little less serious,
Academic facilities and educational institutions are, obviously, pivotal and essential towards one’s success and academic development and improvement; however, the systematic and institutionalized racism present within these facilities and institutions have made it extremely difficult for African-American youth to acquire the knowledge necessary for success. According to a recent report (2015) of the State of New York Failing Schools, school districts within neighborhoods that possessed the highest Hispanic, African-American, and Black population. However, according to observational research study conducted by Niche of the Best School Districts in New York (2017), most, if not all, of the neighborhoods listed were mostly dominated by Whites or Caucasians. This, of course, is due to better funding for education which ensure the maintenance, supplementation, and implementation of top-tier faculty, resources, and state-of-the-art technology to promote academic excellence and advancements. Additionally, most of the children going being served by these school districts either live in safe, low-crime neighborhoods or dangerous, high-crime neighborhoods, and of course, this continues to influence the mental and physical stability, health, and status of those living within these communities and correlates with the educational institutions and school