PROFESSIONAL EXPECTATIONS

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Crowley Independent School District
PROFESSIONAL EXPECTATIONS.
Ethical Behavior
Presented by Lee Ann Pyeatt Assistant
Superintendent
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Ethics

• Its only common sense!

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If built on values common to Crowley ISD and
common to all staff members then ethics, indeed,
is built on a common sense of right, fair and
good.
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What is Ethics?Actions and Decisions Consistent
with Values

• Principles that define behavior as right, good
  and proper.
• Acting according to what is legal
• Evaluating and deciding among competing options.
• Behaving as a moral person

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Guidelines for Behavior and Professional
Expectations

• Conscience / Promises
• Federal Law
• State Law
• State Educational Code
• Code of Ethics and Standard Practices for Texas
  Educators State Board for Educator
  Certification, Texas Administrative Code Title
  19, Part 7, Chapter 247, Rule 247.2
• Local District Policy and Administrative
  Procedures

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Ethics and Action

• Ethics is about putting principles into action.
• Add a positive action
• Doing the right thing even when other dont know
• It is also about self-restraint.
• Not doing what you have the power to do just
  because you are the teacher
• Not doing what you have the right to do
• Not doing what you want to do
• Not behaving differently when you close the door
  to the classroom

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Professional Code of Ethics and District
Expectations

• Review the Texas Professional Code of Ethics
• Review the contents of the District Employee
  Handbook as it relates to professional and
  employee behavior and expectations

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Core Expectations

• The District is committed to an environment of
  diversity and inclusion for all students,
  teachers, and staff.
• The District embraces the fundamental belief that
  each individual is important, and the
  contribution of every group has value and worth.
• Our standards of ethical conduct, equality and
  acceptance are evidenced in all communications,
  social interactions and decision making policies
  and procedures.

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Excessive Absenteeism

• Any employee who is absent more than five days
  because of a personal or family illness must
  submit a medical certification from a qualified
  health care provider confirming the specific
  dates of the illness, the reason for the illness,
  and in the case of personal illness, the
  employees fitness to return to work.
  Additionally, supervisors may require medical
  certification anytime after five days of
  continuous absence during the school year.
• Excessive absenteeism may be cause for
  disciplinary action up to and including
  termination.

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• An expectation for all Crowley ISD employees,
  staff members, and students is an acceptance and
  appreciation for individual differences. This
  includes, but is not limited to ethnicity,
  socioeconomic status, religion, and learning
  abilities. Tolerance is a beginning but not the
  goal of the district. Any member of the CISD who
  does not demonstrate this behavior is subject to
  disciplinary action.

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Teacher Behaviors that Demonstrate Tolerance are
Below Expectations

• Crowley ISD expects that teacher behaviors and
  conduct will exemplify
• Acceptance
• and
• Appreciation

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Employee DisciplinePolicies DFBB, DCD

• If the need for employee discipline occurs, it
  may include, but not be limited to, the
  following
• Informal counseling
• Oral warning
• Written warning
• Written reprimand
• Growth Plan, or Teacher in Need of Assistance
  Plan
• Termination
• This list is non exhaustive, and the employer has
  the right to deviate from the steps at the sole
  discretion of the employer.

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Elements of Expectations

• Mutual respect
• Fairness
• Dignity for all
• Awareness that we are different and unique
• Being fair does not mean being equal

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Outcome of Application of Expectations

• In creating a culture of respect and positive
  professional behavior we will work together to
  create a climate that is
• Respectful
• Empathetic
• Supportive
• Professional
• Earnest
• Considerate
• Tactful

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Value Your Role as an Educator!

• Grant individuals respect and dignity
• Honor and strive to understand diversity in all
  its forms
• Recognize, through patience and understanding,
  that every person is constantly growing and
  learning

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Accept You Are a Role Model!

• Make decisions in your own life that are positive
  and healthy.
• Challenge yourself to continue in your physical,
  mental and emotional growth.

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Confidentiality!

• Maintain confidentiality, except when the person
  is in physical danger that could result in self
  harm or harm to others.

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Three Reasons Imperatives for CISD Ethics
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Moral Imperative

• The moral imperative we ought to do the right
  thing for no better reason that it is the right
  thing to do.
• CISD sets high ethical standards.

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Legal Imperative

• The legal imperative we ought to do the right
  thing because there are penalties for doing the
  wrong thing.
• High ethical standards reduce the likelihood of
  ethical misconduct.

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Pragmatic Imperative

• The pragmatic imperative we ought to do the
  right thing because it is very often true that
  good ethics equals good business.
• Schools that run on trust, honesty, integrity,
  fairness and respect are more efficient, have an
  easier time attracting and retaining the best
  employees, parents, and students and experience a
  higher level of student success.

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Last Minute Informal Self-Check

• Mom Test Would you tell her?
• TV Test Would you tell a nationwide audience?
• Other Persons Shoes Test What if the roles
  were reversed?
• Promotion Test Could you place it on your
  resume for a career promotion?

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Issues of Professional Concern

• Profanity
• Favoritism/preferential treatment
• Privacy/Confidentiality of Information
• Respect of Family Issues
• Hugging/Kissing/Touching
• Acts and perceptions of retaliation

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Issues of Professional Concern

• Professional/Social relationships and the school
  environment (sex, single, married) on or off
  campus
• Harassment/Sexual or otherwise
• Computer Use Policy computers, email and
  internet

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Issues of Professional Concern

• Financial/Misappropriation of funds
• Private activities that impact ability to fulfill
  professional duties
• Private activities away from school
• Actions and decisions during extra curricular or
  extra duty activities
• The appropriate use of or misuse of prescription
  drugs/or controlled substances

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ETHICS

• How It Unfolded

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Sources

• National Education Association
• Josephson Institute of Ethics
• Character Counts!
• Navaran Associates Organizational Ethics and
  Leadership

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• Training of Trainers
• Spring of 2006

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• Required for District
• Summer 2006

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• Three Hour Session Minimum
• To
• Full Day

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Connections to Ethics

• Sexual Harassment
• Handbook Overview
• Campus Expectations
• Customer Service

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Dallas Park Elementary

• Social Contract
• What we need from one another and the principal
• Types of referrals

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North Crowley High School

• Teamwork

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Bess Race / Hargrave Elementary

• Mine the Gold!
• Ethics Common Sense
• How do you live your life when no one is watching?

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Parkway Elementary

• Social Contract

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HF Stevens Middle School

• Implications for Students

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Your Decision, Your Choice.

• Your career is in your hands. It is your
  decision and your choice. The District will
  proceed with any situation with the best
  interests of the students and the profession of
  the District as its main concern.