New teacher Induction

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Unit 4 Discussion

• By Marcus Taylor
• EDL 543

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Scenario1 Religion and teacher freedom

• The First Amendment guarantees religious freedom
  to all citizens.

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Scenario1 Religion and teacher freedom

• Title VII of the Civil
• Rights Act of 1964 further prohibits
  any forms of discrimination based on religion.

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Scenario1 Religion and teacher freedom

• Therefore, it is unlawful for a school district
  to deny employment, dismiss, or fail to renew a
  teachers contract based on religious grounds.

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Justifiable legal basis for dismissal

• Teachers are public employees and schools must
  remain neutral in all matters regarding religion.
• Teachers may not refuse to teach certain aspects
  of the state-approved curriculum based on
  religious objections or beliefs.

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Justifiable legal basis for dismissal

• The courts recognize the existence of the
  teachers religious rights, they also recognize
  the compelling state interest in educating all
  children.
• Teachers have no constitutional right to require
  others to submit to their views and to forgo a
  portion of their education they would otherwise
  be entitled to enjoy.
• In conclusion, teachers cannot subject others,
  particularly students, to their religious beliefs
  or ideologies they to, must remain neutral in
  their relationship with students.

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Scenario 1 Assessment

• Yes the principal was justified in dismissing the
  teacher based upon an unidentified court decision
  in the chapter reading.
• The grounds being that teachers have no
  constitutional right to require others to submit
  to their views and to forgo a portion of their
  education they would otherwise be entitled to
  enjoy.
• Even if the teacher is a competent teacher her
  actions infringed on the constitutional rights of
  the students and their right to be educated
  according to the state curriculum.
• Therefore, the school did not violate the rights
  of the teacher according to the constitution
  because teachers have no constitutional right to
  require others to submit to their views and to
  forgo a portion of their education they would
  otherwise be entitled to enjoy.

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Scenario 2 Use of facilities by religious groups
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Scenario 2 Use of facilities by religious groups

• According to the Equal Access Act of 1984, under
  federal statute, it is unlawful for
• any public secondary school that receives federal
  financial assistance that has created a limited
  open forum to deny access to student-initiated
  groups on the basis of religion, political, or
  philosophical content of their speech.

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Scenario 2 Use of facilities by religious groups

• If a school official allows any non curricular
  student club to use school facilities, then
  student religious groups also must be allowed
  equal access.

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Scenario 2 Use of facilities by religious groups

• If a school official allows any non curricular
  student club to use school facilities, then
  student religious groups also must be allowed
  equal access.

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Does the club have legitimate grounds to file
suit?

• The answer is yes, according to the decision
  regarding the court case Board of Education of
  Westside Community Schools v. Mergens.
• Based on the High Courts ruling, schools that
  provide a limited open forum may not permit
  certain groups to use school facilities although
  denying others.
• Once a limited forum is established, it must be
  equally accessible among all student groups, and
  it may not be restricted based on religious,
  political, or philosophical ideologies .

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Is Dixon decision justified?

• No! Once a limited forum is established, it must
  be equally accessible among all student groups,
  and it may not be restricted based on religious,
  political, or philosophical ideologies .

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Does the club have the right to specify who may
be club officers and remain on campus grounds

• No! According to a past 9th circuit court
  decision the groups restrictions inherently
  excluded non-Christians, which may be a violation
  of school district nondiscrimination policies.

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My opinion about ruling if the case went before a
court

• It is my opinion after studying the different
  cases that the courts will rule in favor of the
  school district. Only because the students would
  allow only Christians to be officers. This is
  discrimination and that practice is prohibited
  and enforced by district policies.

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Scenario 3 a DISABLED STUDENT AND RELATED
SERVICES
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EDUCATION-RELATED SERVICE REQUIREMENT

• A related service is viewed as one that must be
  provided to allow the child with disabilities to
  benefit from special education.
• A related service may be a single service or an
  entire range of services or programs needed to
  benefit the child.
• Examples of such services include, but are not
  limited to, transportation, medical services,
  counseling services, psychological services,
  physical therapy, speech pathology, audiology,
  occupational therapy, nursing, and interpreting
  services.

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Is Young's decision defensible?

• No! According to Related Services A related
  service may be a single service or an entire
  range of services or programs needed to benefit
  the child including being provided a nurse.

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IS the parents request reasonable under the law ?

• Yes! The IDEA essentially guarantees children
  with disabilities, ages three to twenty-one, the
  right to a free, appropriate education in public
  schools.

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Is the provision of a nurse related service
necessary for jonathan to receive an appropriate
education?

• Yes! Due to the seriousness of his disabilities a
  professional caregiver or nurse is required.

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Administrative takeaways

• That school districts are required to provide
  services that allow students to benefit from
  special education.
• Appropriations for the services must be added to
  the budget.
• That administrators and LEAS must be careful not
  to violate the rights of those students receiving
  IDEA services.