Question | Answer |
Professional Ethics | A set of moral standards for acceptable professional behavior. |
Licensure | The process by which a state evaluates the credentials of prospective teachers to ensure that they have achieved sat. levels of teaching competence and are morally fit to work with youth. |
Teaching Contract | A legal employment agreement between a teacher and a local school board. |
Collective Bargaining | Process that occurs when a local chapter of a professional organization negotiates with a school district over the rights of the teachers and the conditions of employments. |
Grievance | A formal complaint against an employer alleging unsatisfactory working conditions. |
Tenure | A legal safeguard that provides job security by preventing teacher dismissal without cause. |
Reduction in force | The elimination of teaching positions because of declining student enrollmnet or school funds. Also known as "riffing." |
Academic freedom | The right of teachers to choose both content and teaching methods based on their professional judgment. |
Copyright laws | Federal laws designed to protect the intellectual property of authors,including printed matter, videos, computer software, and various other types of original work. |
Fair-use guidelines | Policies that specify limitations in use of copyrighted materials for educational purposes. |
In loco parentis | A principle meaning "in place of the parents" that requires teachers to use the same judgment and care as parents in protecting the children under their supervision. |
Negligence | A teacher's or other school employee's failure to exercise sufficient care in protecting students from injury. |
Notoriety | The extent to which a teacher's behavior becomes known and controversial. |
Establishment clause | The clause of the First Amendment that prohibits the establishment of a national religion. |
Free exercise clause | The clause of the First Amendment that prohibits the government from interfering with individuals' rights to hold religious beliefs and freely practice religion. |
Buckley Amendment | A federal act that makes school records open and accessible to students and their parents. |
corporal punishment | The use of physical, punitive disciplinary actions to correct student misbehavior. |
Affirmative action | A collection of policies and procedures designed to overcome past racial, ethnic, gender, and disability discrimination. |