NBTA - Code of Professional Conduct

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NBTA - Code of Professional Conduct

• Purpose and Process

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Purpose

• Advance the cause of education in the province.
• Raise the status of the teaching profession.
• Advise, assist, protect and discipline members in
  the discharge of their professional duties.
• Can be used to remove a license.

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Spirit of the Code

• Set of principles to live by
• Statement by teachers to collectively govern
  their own behaviour
• Controlled by teachers with all decisions made by
  peers.

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Teacher-Student

• Teachers shall regard as their first obligation
  the students physical, social, moral and
  educational growth.
• Teachers recognize the special position of trust
  and responsibility which they assume in their
  guidance of young people.

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Teacher-Teacher Profession

• Teachers endeavour to improve their professional
  competency.
• Teachers strive to be supportive of other
  teachers and ensure that any criticism of other
  teachers is judicious and proper.
• Teachers support their Association and Federation
  in promoting the interests of teachers.

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Teacher - Employer

• Teachers respect the authority of the school
  board in the management of schools.
• Teachers shall avoid all conflicts of interest
  that arise from, or that might impair, their
  employment.

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Process

• Branch Committee (5 peers) investigates charges
  against members and decides whether or not to
  proceed.
• B.C. refers matters, when necessary, to the
  Provincial Committee (5 peers/ 1 public).
• Regional appeals committees deal with
  non-referred matters.

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Ethics Charges

• A specific written charge is laid by a member,
  Branch or the Executive.
• Charge is forwarded to Branch Committee chair,
  ccd to the Executive Director.
• Burden of proof based on balance of probability
  rather than beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Sanctions

• Private reprimand
• Public reprimand (various levels)
• Suspension of specific membership privileges.
• Recommendation to the Minister for suspension or
  cancellation of teachers license.

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Clarification of Ethical Infractions

• Teacher Student
• 1.C undermine the confidence of teachers or
  students in other students.
• Cause a fellow teacher or another student to lose
  confidence in a student.

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Clarification of Ethical Infractions

• Teacher Teacher/Profession
• 2.C undermine the confidence of students or
  parents in other teachers.
• Cause a student or parent to lose confidence in a
  fellow teacher.

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Clarification of Ethical Infractions

• Teacher Teacher/Profession
• 2.K accept personal gifts which would not
  directly benefit the school program, from
  companies servicing the needs of schools, or
  student extracurricular activities.
• Taking any promotional goods or services from
  companies, connected to school activities, for
  ones own personal gain.

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Clarification of Ethical Infractions

• Teacher Teacher/Professional
• 2. l use his/her position to profit from the
  sale of goods and services to or for pupils in
  the teachers charge.
• Take advantage of ones professional position as
  a teacher to leverage goods or services from
  anyone (including students).