Legal Issues Affecting Learners and Teachers

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Chapter 14

• Legal Issues Affecting Learners and Teachers

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Chapter 14Objectives

• Recognize why todays teachers need to be
  familiar with the legal context within which they
  work.
• Describe due process protections that students
  enjoy.
• Describe some laws that have extended many
  constitutional rights of citizens to students.

• Recognize the importance of legal issues
  associated with such issues as teacher
  certification, continuing employment, and tenure.
• Describe some general patterns of court decisions
  regarding teachers constitutional rights.
• Point out examples of teachers basic legal
  obligations.

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Chapter 14The Need to Understand Educations
Legal Environment
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Chapter 14Learners Rights and Resposibilities

• Is Education a Privilege or a Right?
• Due Process
• Basic Rights

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Chapter 14 Teachers Rights and Responsibilities

• Teacher Certification
• Continuing Employment and Tenure
• General Teacher Rights
• Legal Obligations