WHITNEY BLUBAUGH 1/19/24 PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS AND YOUR RIGHTS EDU-130 Legality: The attachment or observance of law Leqgality Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster Ethics- A set of morale principles Ethics Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster Scenario 1: This issue would be subject to the legality of your school district in which you are hired at. | would not consider this an ethics issue simply because teachers are entitled to their private lives and are entitled to live their lives in the way they see fit. First, | would check to see if the teacher has signed a contract with our school district. If so, then | would check to see if we have a morality clause. According to the DESE Code of ethics: All employees are entitled to work outside of the department if it should not interfere with their current job. All outside work must be reported to the employee’s supervisor and Human Resources. Now, with that being said since working at the gentlemen’s club is considered inappropriate, immoral and improper. It would be in the school’s best interest to let the teacher go. Code of Ethics | Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (mo.gov) Scenario 2: This is a liability issue as too if the school or the chaperone is liable for this, is a tricky question. First, | would figure out what happened. Was this an accident, if so, could it be prevented or was it intentionally done by the chaperone. Secondly, it would come down to whether this was an act of negligence.
