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Ist Code of Professional ETHICS

The document outlines the codes of professional ethics for teachers, emphasizing the importance of integrity, impartiality, and ethical behavior in their roles as educators. It highlights the responsibilities teachers have towards students, colleagues, parents, and the community, as well as the need for loyalty, honesty, and respect within the profession. The document aims to foster a positive educational environment that promotes academic excellence and social values while ensuring teachers act as role models for their students.

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Ist Code of Professional ETHICS

The document outlines the codes of professional ethics for teachers, emphasizing the importance of integrity, impartiality, and ethical behavior in their roles as educators. It highlights the responsibilities teachers have towards students, colleagues, parents, and the community, as well as the need for loyalty, honesty, and respect within the profession. The document aims to foster a positive educational environment that promotes academic excellence and social values while ensuring teachers act as role models for their students.

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CODES OF

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
OF TEACHERS, STAFF
AND SUBORDINATES
The main purpose of education is to create
skills, grasp knowledge and spread
awareness about our glorious national
heritage. The values enshrined in our
constitution lay stress on attaining basic
scientific outlook and commitment to the
ideals of patriotism, democracy, secularism,
socialism and peace. Education should strive
for academic excellence and progress of the
arts and science in conformity with our
national needs and priorities. For the
purpose of this code, the term ‘teacher’
Professional Ethics and Accountability for Teachers

Ethics originated as the philosophical study, begun


by Plato and Aristotle, of what constituted a good
life. Under the tutelage of subsequent philosophers,
the thought came about that a truly good life was a
life lived virtuously. This line of though helped to
establish a philosophical study of just and unjust
behavior. This has taken root most especially in the
professional field where the jobs of people have
grant them a certain amount of authority.
Code of Ethics for Teachers
Teachers help students learn the academic
basics, but they also teach valuable life
lessons by setting a positive example. As role
models, teachers must follow a professional
code of ethics. This ensures that students
receive a fair, honest and uncompromising
education. A professional code of ethics
outlines teachers’ main responsibilities to their
students and defines their role in students’
lives. Above all, teachers must demonstrate
integrity, impartiality and ethical behavior in
Professional Ethics
If one is attempting to live a just, and therefore
ethical, life, then it follows that their actions should
be virtuous in their vocation as well as their
personal life. This is the beginning of professional
ethics. Professional ethics were established, and
are constantly being developed, as a guiding set of
principles that help dictate what constitutes good
behavior of person in authority. Professional ethics,
in short, are the means of which we judge
authority’s validity.
Professional Ethical Principles:
The following are the basic “rules” for ethical behavior:
*Not using authority to influence personal life or for
monetary gain.
*Not using authority with malicious intent.
*Acting within the scope of position’s authority only.
*Not influencing or advocating unethical conduct in
others.
*Acting in good faith to fulfill the duty of the position of
authority.
Need of Professional Ethics:
*To aware the teachers to do their duties and
abiding by truth, hard work and honesty when they
tend towards comforts, selfishness, laziness and
money.
*To change the conduct and behavior of teachers
in such a way behind which there must be social
acceptance and approval.
*To act as a role model for students by behaving in
ethical manner to one and all.
*To create, sustain and maintain a reciprocal
relationship between school and society for
ensuring harmonious development of the students
as well as of society.
*To enable every teacher for becoming a real one in
truest sense of the term by moulding his
personality.
*To bring improvement in professional environment
to make it more conducive, favourable and
appropriate for effective working. For this the
teacher have to follow the ethical codes of teaching
profession.
The following are some professional ethics for teachers:

*Loyalty Towards Duty *Honesty


*Punctuality *Good Behavior Towards
*Dutifulness Students
*Respect for the profession *Use of Rights
*Respect for the institution *Motivational Attitude
*Respect and admiration for *Studious / Good Learner
Co-Staff *Dressing Sense
*Strictness and straight *Positive Attitude
forwardness *Innovative
*Truthfulness *Proper Use of Authority
Ethics Involving Students
A teacher has a duty to encourage students
to learn to the best of their abilities, and also
to teach social values such as respect for self
and others, integrity, responsibility,
cooperation, loyalty and honesty. Teachers
must follow school rules and enforce all rules
equally. Teachers must not intentionally
disparage students, and must not reveal
confidential information about students.
Ethics Involving Colleagues

Ethical behavior also applies to colleagues, and


teachers do not intentionally make false
statements about colleagues or the schools where
they work. A teacher must also take care to not
reveal any confidential information about
colleagues, nor disparage or interfere with a
colleague’s choice in educational methods.
Responsibilities to Parents and the Community at Large:

A teacher must strive to maintain an open,


accepting classroom environment where students
from all cultural backgrounds will feel comfortable.
Teachers also have a responsibility to
communicate honestly and openly with the
parents of students regardless of the
circumstances. A teacher also has a responsibility
to be an active participant in extracurricular school
activities as well as in the community at large.
Commitment to the Profession
In the belief that the quality of the services of the
education profession directly influences the
nation and its citizens, the educator shall exert
every effort to raise professional standards, to
promote a climate that encourages the exercise
of professional judgment, to achieve conditions
that attract persons worthy of the trust to careers
in education, and to assist in preventing the
practice of the profession by unqualified persons.
Professional Values and Relationships
be caring, fair and committed to the best interests of the
pupils/students entrusted to their care, and seek to
motivate, inspire and celebrate effort and success

acknowledge and respect the uniqueness, individuality and


specific needs of pupils/ students and promote their holistic
development
seek to develop positive relationships with
pupils/students, colleagues, parents, school
management and others in the school community,
that are characterised by professional integrity and
judgement

work to establish and maintain a culture of mutual


trust and respect in their schools.
be committed to equality and inclusion and to
respecting and accommodating diversity including
those differences arising from gender, civil status,
family status, sexual orientation, religion, age,
disability, race, ethnicity, membership of the
Traveller community and socio-economic status,
and any further grounds as may be referenced in
equality legislation in the future.
Professional Integrity:
*act with honesty and integrity in all aspects of
their work
*respect the privacy of others and the
confidentiality of information gained in the course
of professional practice, unless a legal imperative
requires disclosure or there is a legitimate
concern for the wellbeing of an individual
*represent themselves, their professional status,
qualifications and experience honestly
*use their name/names as set out in the Register
of Teachers, in the course of their professional
duties
*avoid conflict between their professional work
and private interests which could reasonably be
deemed to impact negatively on pupils/students.
THANK
THANK YOU
YOU

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