Legal Seminar A teacher’s greatest expectation is to keep all students safe and provide protection; this is following the standard of care. A teacher needs to exercise watchfulness, attention, caution and prudence in any circumstance when dealing with students. With this in mind, the Professional Educator Board has established policies and requirements for the preparation of all education professionals. All teachers must be aware of all the laws since teachers are in a high-risk job, in which breaking the law could be done unintentionally. This is why it is super important for all teachers to have a foundation of skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to help students with diverse needs, abilities cultural experiences, and learning styles. It is also highly important that everyone knows their rights, for example, their right to due process. Due process is the constitutional guarantee of due process of law, found in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. This law prohibits all level of government from arbitrarily or unfairly depriving individuals of their fundamental constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property. Due process guarantees teachers, students, and parents the right to a fair hearing in the case of inappropriate behavior or disciplinary action between two parties. Teachers being in a job in which at any moment they could be held liable for anything and face lawsuits makes it highly important for them to be aware of all the
School security is one of the world’s biggest issues. In California not many schools have security for their schools and that raises many questions for parents and teachers. All parents want their children to be safe and they don’t want anything bad to happen to them. They don’t know what might happen to them when they go to school. Some schools don’t have security systems because they don’t have government support to afford security for their school. Parents think twice before sending their kids to school with no security because of the crime that’s been happening lately. Department of Education should know that when kids are at school it’s their responsibility to protect kids from any crime. The main problem is the crime that is happening
ensuring that there is an effective way of reporting any hazards to the appropriate person so that any required action can be taken. Every school is
In today's school system, there have been uproars about the student's privacy and safety at the schoolhouse. Some parents feel that their child's safety is more important because of the rules that the school has set forth to maintain a safe environment. Others feel that their child's privacy should be taken seriously because they should be treated more like an adult. In recent news, there has been concerns about the student's safety that cause some to get injured or killed; while, student's privacy has cause the police to get involved. The school system should be concerned as well as, aware about the student’s privacy and safety at their prospective school.
Schools need to ensure that policies are in and that they are up to date and if they need amending
There should be first aid kits in every classroom for safety and preparation of teacher’s confidence toward safety. Supervision is important however, it helps with children and teacher’s safety. Teacher’s should check any equipment at least three times a week to make sure everything is a safe environment for children. If emergency is at extreme levels there should be an emergency preparation plan in every daycare or public school
Report any hazards – all persons on the school premises should be aware of any hazards which may cause harm. A yearly risk assessment is carried out which will outline which areas and activities of the school are more hazardous, detailed hazards and who may be at risk. Pupils and all staff need to report hazards they come across straight away to the correct person. Everyone should know who the person is who Health
This case brings up to the administrators who are known as a legal representation that strive to create positive changes in educational policy and processes, that they have rights and power protected by law, but also have a duty to comply with the laws established by the district.
In learning setting teachers can discuss news reports, situations, facts which can inform pupil about safety and provide opportunities to debate about possible outcomes of similar situations and different strategies that individual supports. Discussions/debates are perfect to find out various possible ways to protect themselves.
Mental Illness - The prisoner’s moral culpability for his offending is reduced by reason of his mental illness and the objective
This model is centred around principles of rights, rules, respect responsibilities, and relationships. Rogers emphasises the need for teachers to establish a set of student led classroom rights, rules and responsibilities during the establishment period of the year (Killian, Ogden, Shipston, & Facas, 2017). These rights, responsibilities and rules entail the behaviours that are expected in the classroom and protect the student’s rights to; feel safe, be treated with respect and to learn. The rules are to be developed reasonably and provide freedom in the sense students are free to move around the boundaries. As the rules are decided and agreed upon by the students, this develops a sense of understanding and accountability for their own behaviour and learning (Edwards, & Watts, 2008). In order to ensure students are respectful to the rights of students, the teacher must also treat students with respect. The teacher must consider the dignity of the students and their rights in the classroom ensuring they avoid any behaviours they
It is important to establish appropriate behaviour and respect for others in order to fully realise the potential of all within and to ensure each student is safe from both physical and psychological harm. Appropriate behaviour must apply to both student and teacher. I, as a teacher, must follow a Code of Practice in order foster individual growth and learning. The principles of Good Practice are to treat people with care, respect and dignity. To recognise that I, as a teacher, am a trusted representative of my work place. I must ensure communication with students is open and clear and assess the risks to my students of the activities by carrying out a thorough risk assessment before each session.
While this may be true, our classrooms are our own domain and we must do what we can to protect all
TEACHER owes a DUTY to ACT as a REASONABLE TEACHER would act on a field trip. A teacher has a special relationship with his students. According to tort law a special relationship comes with extra duties. The standard to which teachers are held is that degree of care which a person of ordinary prudence, charged with TEACHER’S duties, would exercise under the same circumstances.
Additionally, school teachers are facing a gargantuan amount of pressure to teach their students the information the students need to
The Human Resources department should be thoroughly appraised with the laws and legal issues of the Emirate of Dubai. Here are some of the legal issues which need to be borne in mind: