What will you learn?
Professional ethics is defined as “the standards of behavior, values, and principles that inform and guide professional decision-making” (22 Pa. Code § 49.1). This session will familiarize educators with the Competencies for Professional Ethics (PE) and the Model Code of Ethics for Educators (MCEE). Educators will apply the PE competencies and MCEE to various scenarios in order to develop an understanding of professional ethics’ role in daily decision-making.
Target Audience: All Educators
Act 48 Hours Available: 1 hour
Pricing: Free for BCIU member districts
$10 for non-members
Knowledge Base
Differentiate how codes of conduct and codes of ethics inform professional practice and decision-making
What Obstacles Are in the Way?
Consider how risk, blind spots, and blurred roles create ethical dilemmas
Practical Scenarios
Apply the code of ethics to various scenarios
A Look Inside
- Competing Tensions, Blind Spots & Blurred Roles
- Scenario #1 - Looking for Potential Risks
- Responsibility to the Profession (PE.4 - MCEE Principle 1)
- Responsibility to Professional Competence (PE.5 - MCEE Principle 2)
- Responsibility to Students (PE.6 - MCEE Principle 3)
- Responsibility to the School Community (PE.7 - MCEE Principle 4)
- Responsible and Ethical Use of Technology (PE.8 - MCEE Principle 5)
- Culmination
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