School Law1. Your notes from Rick Wilson’s presentation,2. Washington State laws on professional conduct and teacher responsibilities:“Code for Professional Conduct”Chapter 180-44 WAC Teachers' responsibilitiesSchool LawHere are four sets of sources for clarifying your rights and responsibilities as teachers1. Your notes from Rick Wilson’s presentation, 2. Washington State laws on professional conduct and teacher responsibilities:- “Code for Professional Conduct”1 - Chapter 180-44 WAC Teachers' responsibilities2 3. On the rights of students in the schools in Washington- ACLU (2006) The Rights of Public School Students in Washington State Retrieved August 29, 2006 from http://www.aclu-wa.org/detail.cfm?id=158- ACLU (2003) Ask Liberty about your right to freedom of expression Retrieved August 29, 2006 from http://www.aclu.org/FilesPDFs/sybilfree.pdf4. On the free speech rights of teachers in the schools in Washington- ACLU (2003) Free Speech Rights of Public School Teachers. Retrieved August 29, 2006. http://www.aclu-wa.org/detail.cfm?id=59Answers to all the following questions that you researched last quarter are included in the above documents. Several of you found the ACLU documents very useful. For the most part you found consistent information about these questions. Several of you had clarifying questions, we’ll follow up on some of those during the professional development series in the winter quarter.1. What are the three major purposes of WAC 181-87-010? 2. List all the major provisions of the Washington Code of Conduct (Acts of Unprofessional Conduct) and explain for each the implications for you as a teacher. 3. How is "student" defined for the purposes of the Code of Conduct? 4. Discuss teachers' rights to free speech in the classroom. 5. Are gay and lesbian teachers' civil rights, relative to their jobs, protected in the State of Washington? Why? 6. What is the current definition of what "speech" is allowable in the schools for students? 1 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=181-87&full=true2 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=180-44&full=true7. Under what conditions can religious texts such as the Bible be read in a public school classroom? 8. Is it legal for you as a teacher to eliminate the pledge to the flag in your classroom? Why or why not? What about whether or not to display the American flag? 9. Compare and contrast due process rights in our society in general and in the public schools. 10.Are locker searches legal? If so, under what circumstances? 11.Under what circumstances can a teacher or administrator search a student’s backpack or purse? 12.Which WAC addresses teachers' responsibilities to maintain order in their classrooms? What are possible consequences for NOT maintaining order and discipline? 13.Which WAC addresses the scope of teachers' school days? What does it say? 14.What does WAC 181-44-010 say about teachers' responsibilities for curriculum? 15.Name and explain one other thing you learned from Rick’s presentation regarding teacher’s rights and responsibilities.16.Name 1-2 questions are you left
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