Post by Shyvonne MacGregor on Mar 1, 2010 16:37:55 GMT -6
RULES OF CONDUCT FOR TEACHERS
1. Teaching Notes
A teacher shall prepare relevant and adequate teaching notes for his/her work in advance. It shall be the responsibility of the head of the institution to see to it that this is done.
2. Exercises
i. A teacher shall set adequate amount of written and practical exercises and give homework in all subjects that he/she teaches.
ii. A teacher shall mark and evaluate all written/practical exercises promptly and carefully.
iii. A teacher shall not make derogatory remarks in the exercise books of the child.
3. Working Hours
i. A teacher shall report for duty regularly and punctually as determined by the Head Mistress/Master.
ii. Time for reporting for duty and closing shall be determined by the Head Mistress/Master.
iii. A teacher may be required to work beyond the required time in certain circumstances to be determined by the Head Mistress/Master.
iv. A record of attendance shall be kept in every educational institution and it shall be the responsibility of the head of the institution to see to it that this is done.
4. Performance of Duty
i. A teacher shall not fail to carry out his/her work in accordance with his/her profession, trade or occupation or in a manner determined by the employer.
ii. A teacher whose work performance is proven through staff appraisal to be below the set standard shall be warned and given all the necessary encouragement by indicating to him/her the improvement he/she is required to make within a reasonable time frame.
iii. After two warnings of proven poor performance without improvement the teacher shall be sanctioned.
iv. Any teacher who is found to have forged or falsified any document or impersonated any other person with the intent of misleading the Head Mistress/Master and general public shall be sanctioned.
v. Any negligence on the part of a teacher, which causes unacceptable loss, damage or injury, shall be a breach of contract of service.
5. Private Activities during Business Hours
i. No teacher shall engage in private and personal conversation during class period when he/she is expected to teach or to supervise children at work or play.
ii. No teacher shall trade or transact any private financial business on the school premises during school hours.
iii. No teacher shall perform unofficial duties or activities during school hours without permission from the head of his/her institution.
6. Psychological Violence
i. No act of a teacher shall have a negative psychological effect on a school child. Therefore, no teacher in the course of duty shall intimidate, insult, tease, harass, threaten, snub or discriminate against any child.
ii. Teachers shall not use the physical challenges of children to intimidate or ridicule them.
iii. Teachers shall not use any acts or means to pester or coerce children into activities of which they do not have a clear understanding.
iv. No teacher shall deliberately isolate or ignore any child.
v. A teacher will intervene to stop a pupil/student from perpetrating psychological abuse upon another pupil/student/teacher.
7. Sexual Violence
i. No teacher shall directly or indirectly do anything that may constitute sexual harassment of a pupil/student.
ii. Any teacher who has carnal knowledge of any female or male pupil/student of any age, with or without his or her consent, shall be guilty of professional misconduct.
iii. No teacher shall compel any female or male pupil/student in his or her school or in any educational institution to marry him or her with or without the consent of the child’s parents.
iv. No teacher shall have any carnal knowledge of any pupil/student in his/her own school or in any educational institution with or without his/her consent.
v. No teacher shall serve as a go-between or knowingly suffer any female or male pupil/student in his/her school or any other educational institution to resort to or be in or upon a premise for the purposes of carnal knowledge by any person or by himself/herself.
vi. No teacher shall cause or encourage the seduction, carnal knowledge or prostitution of or the commission of an indecent assault upon a pupil/student.
vii. No teacher shall detain any pupil/student for immoral purposes.
viii. No teacher shall by false pretences or false representation procure any pupil/student to have any carnal knowledge with him/her.
ix. No teacher shall publicly or in secret wilfully commit any acts of indecency towards any pupil/student.
x. It shall be the responsibility of any teacher who directly or indirectly gets to know of the occurrence of any of these acts to report it to his/her immediate superior.
xi. A teacher shall intervene to stop a pupil/student from perpetrating sexual abuse or violence upon another pupil/student.
xii. No teacher shall directly or indirectly, instigate, aid, or in any manner facilitate, encourage or promote whether by his acts or presence or otherwise any of the above named acts.
8. Non-Discrimination
No teacher shall discriminate against a pupil/student on the grounds of sex, race, age, religion, disability, health status, custom, ethnic origin, background, socio-economic status or misunderstanding with a parent or guardian.
9. Favoritism
No teacher shall do anything that shall suggest or create the impression that a pupil/student is more favoured than any other pupil/student.
10. Inordinate Affection
No teacher shall under any circumstance show any form of inordinate affection to any pupil/student. Inordinate affection implies the expression of love or likeness with ulterior motive.
11. Role Model
i. Teachers shall serve as role models to learners showing high degree of decency in speech, mannerism, discipline, dressing and general performance of their roles.
ii. Teachers shall in particular dress to portray the dignity of the profession.
12. Ideological Influence
Teachers shall not use their positions to spread their political, religious or other ideologies among pupils/students.
13. Absence from Duty
i. No teacher may leave the school during school hours without the permission of the Head Mistress/Master.
ii. A teacher leaving the school for duty elsewhere shall inform the Head Mistress/Master of his/her whereabouts to facilitate his recall in an emergency.
14. Property of Employer
i. A teacher shall not cause a deliberate damage to the property of his/her Employer.
ii. A teacher shall not use the property of the Employer without permission from the appropriate authority of his/her immediate head.
iii. No teacher shall use the name or property of the Employer for personal benefit or advantage.
15. Protection of the Interest of the Employer
i. A teacher shall not divulge privileged or classified information or document to any person or body that is not entitled to have access to such information or document.
ii. A teacher shall not engage in any act that brings the Employer into disrepute.
PENALTIES
Any of the above penalties may be imposed on an Employee for any of the minor misconduct, as the disciplinary authority may consider appropriate and desirable in any particular case.
1. Teaching Notes
A teacher shall prepare relevant and adequate teaching notes for his/her work in advance. It shall be the responsibility of the head of the institution to see to it that this is done.
2. Exercises
i. A teacher shall set adequate amount of written and practical exercises and give homework in all subjects that he/she teaches.
ii. A teacher shall mark and evaluate all written/practical exercises promptly and carefully.
iii. A teacher shall not make derogatory remarks in the exercise books of the child.
3. Working Hours
i. A teacher shall report for duty regularly and punctually as determined by the Head Mistress/Master.
ii. Time for reporting for duty and closing shall be determined by the Head Mistress/Master.
iii. A teacher may be required to work beyond the required time in certain circumstances to be determined by the Head Mistress/Master.
iv. A record of attendance shall be kept in every educational institution and it shall be the responsibility of the head of the institution to see to it that this is done.
4. Performance of Duty
i. A teacher shall not fail to carry out his/her work in accordance with his/her profession, trade or occupation or in a manner determined by the employer.
ii. A teacher whose work performance is proven through staff appraisal to be below the set standard shall be warned and given all the necessary encouragement by indicating to him/her the improvement he/she is required to make within a reasonable time frame.
iii. After two warnings of proven poor performance without improvement the teacher shall be sanctioned.
iv. Any teacher who is found to have forged or falsified any document or impersonated any other person with the intent of misleading the Head Mistress/Master and general public shall be sanctioned.
v. Any negligence on the part of a teacher, which causes unacceptable loss, damage or injury, shall be a breach of contract of service.
5. Private Activities during Business Hours
i. No teacher shall engage in private and personal conversation during class period when he/she is expected to teach or to supervise children at work or play.
ii. No teacher shall trade or transact any private financial business on the school premises during school hours.
iii. No teacher shall perform unofficial duties or activities during school hours without permission from the head of his/her institution.
6. Psychological Violence
i. No act of a teacher shall have a negative psychological effect on a school child. Therefore, no teacher in the course of duty shall intimidate, insult, tease, harass, threaten, snub or discriminate against any child.
ii. Teachers shall not use the physical challenges of children to intimidate or ridicule them.
iii. Teachers shall not use any acts or means to pester or coerce children into activities of which they do not have a clear understanding.
iv. No teacher shall deliberately isolate or ignore any child.
v. A teacher will intervene to stop a pupil/student from perpetrating psychological abuse upon another pupil/student/teacher.
7. Sexual Violence
i. No teacher shall directly or indirectly do anything that may constitute sexual harassment of a pupil/student.
ii. Any teacher who has carnal knowledge of any female or male pupil/student of any age, with or without his or her consent, shall be guilty of professional misconduct.
iii. No teacher shall compel any female or male pupil/student in his or her school or in any educational institution to marry him or her with or without the consent of the child’s parents.
iv. No teacher shall have any carnal knowledge of any pupil/student in his/her own school or in any educational institution with or without his/her consent.
v. No teacher shall serve as a go-between or knowingly suffer any female or male pupil/student in his/her school or any other educational institution to resort to or be in or upon a premise for the purposes of carnal knowledge by any person or by himself/herself.
vi. No teacher shall cause or encourage the seduction, carnal knowledge or prostitution of or the commission of an indecent assault upon a pupil/student.
vii. No teacher shall detain any pupil/student for immoral purposes.
viii. No teacher shall by false pretences or false representation procure any pupil/student to have any carnal knowledge with him/her.
ix. No teacher shall publicly or in secret wilfully commit any acts of indecency towards any pupil/student.
x. It shall be the responsibility of any teacher who directly or indirectly gets to know of the occurrence of any of these acts to report it to his/her immediate superior.
xi. A teacher shall intervene to stop a pupil/student from perpetrating sexual abuse or violence upon another pupil/student.
xii. No teacher shall directly or indirectly, instigate, aid, or in any manner facilitate, encourage or promote whether by his acts or presence or otherwise any of the above named acts.
8. Non-Discrimination
No teacher shall discriminate against a pupil/student on the grounds of sex, race, age, religion, disability, health status, custom, ethnic origin, background, socio-economic status or misunderstanding with a parent or guardian.
9. Favoritism
No teacher shall do anything that shall suggest or create the impression that a pupil/student is more favoured than any other pupil/student.
10. Inordinate Affection
No teacher shall under any circumstance show any form of inordinate affection to any pupil/student. Inordinate affection implies the expression of love or likeness with ulterior motive.
11. Role Model
i. Teachers shall serve as role models to learners showing high degree of decency in speech, mannerism, discipline, dressing and general performance of their roles.
ii. Teachers shall in particular dress to portray the dignity of the profession.
12. Ideological Influence
Teachers shall not use their positions to spread their political, religious or other ideologies among pupils/students.
13. Absence from Duty
i. No teacher may leave the school during school hours without the permission of the Head Mistress/Master.
ii. A teacher leaving the school for duty elsewhere shall inform the Head Mistress/Master of his/her whereabouts to facilitate his recall in an emergency.
14. Property of Employer
i. A teacher shall not cause a deliberate damage to the property of his/her Employer.
ii. A teacher shall not use the property of the Employer without permission from the appropriate authority of his/her immediate head.
iii. No teacher shall use the name or property of the Employer for personal benefit or advantage.
15. Protection of the Interest of the Employer
i. A teacher shall not divulge privileged or classified information or document to any person or body that is not entitled to have access to such information or document.
ii. A teacher shall not engage in any act that brings the Employer into disrepute.
PENALTIES
Any of the above penalties may be imposed on an Employee for any of the minor misconduct, as the disciplinary authority may consider appropriate and desirable in any particular case.
