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    This document analyzes the Association of American Educators Code of Ethics. The author chose this code because it puts student needs first and aims to improve student achievement without politics. The code is broken into four principles: conduct toward students, teaching practice and performance, conduct toward colleagues, and conduct toward parents and community. The author agrees with the student-focused first principle but struggles with emphasizing the code over laws. They found the code helpful in deciding whether to contact a distracting student's parents due to suspected abuse at home, which they ultimately did based on principles about student safety and communication.

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    Code of Ethics Analysis

    Jeanette Wardlow

    Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

    Schools of Graduate and Professional Programs

    Portfolio Entry for Wisconsin Teacher Standard 9

    EDUW 695 – Ethics and Issues in Education

    Instructor: Kathleen Stebbins-Hintz

    April 24, 2016


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    I chose to analyze the Association of American Educators Code of Ethics. This is a

    non-union professional educators organization. They are focused on improving student

    achievement, without getting involved in politics. This organization puts the educational

    needs of students above all else. I believe this is evident in their code of ethics where

    their first principle is “Ethical Conduct Toward Students.” This organization’s mission is

    to empower and support educators in order to improve our students and nation as a

    whole. I find this is manifested through the first principle where the code emphasizes

    the importance of educating the student on academics as well as improving their

    character.

    This code of ethics is very interesting to me. There were parts that resonated with

    me. I really appreciated that it was very clearly broken down into four parts: ethical

    conduct towards students, practice and performance, colleagues, and parents and

    community. I agreed with the section dedicated to students. It starts by stating that

    parents are the primary moral educators, but educators need to encourage integrity,

    responsibility, respect, and cooperation. This part of the code also focuses on the

    importance of educating the whole student to assist them in becoming better citizens of

    the community. This code specifically lays out what they determine to be unethical

    towards students such as exposing a student to disparagement, revealing confidential

    information, and presenting facts with bias and personal prejudice.

    I find parts of Principle II to be very interesting. This principle refers to practice

    and performance in education. The code talks about the importance of striving to

    maintain the dignity of the profession as well as personal integrity. The piece in this part

    that I struggle with is where the code emphasizes the need to put their code of ethics

    before the policies of the school as well as laws. This to me presents another ethical
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    issue, whether to follow the rules or to do what I feel is ethical. I also have a bit of an

    issue with a code of ethics emphasizing itself over laws.

    The rest of the code talks about ethical behavior towards colleagues and well as

    parents and the community. This code emphasizes the importance of confidentiality,

    truthfulness, and positive communication. I appreciate what the code outlines in this

    section, but have difficulty seeing this actually happen in a school setting.

    After reviewing this code of ethics, I believe that it can be helpful to me when I have

    important decisions to make. My first year teaching I was faced with a difficult situation.

    I had a student who was extremely distracting during class. This student has ADHD and

    was not on medication. I also had been made aware by other staff members that there

    was suspected abuse at home. My dilemma was to decide if I should contact home to

    inform this student’s parents of his behavior. I will utilize two sections of the AAE Code

    of Ethics for Educators to assist in making this decision.

    The first section that I will look at is Principle I: Ethical Conduct Toward

    Students. This section emphasizes the importance of treating students justly and to

    protect students from things detrimental towards their learning, health, and safety. I

    had already attempted to resolve this issue within the school. I had conferenced with my

    co-teacher as well as the student’s principal and counselor. Very little behavior had

    changed at this point. My concern about calling this student’s parents is that the

    student’s safety would be put in danger.

    The second section of the code that I will reference is Principle IV: Ethical

    Conduct Toward Parents and Community. This section of the code states that as an

    educator, I am expected to communicate all information to parents in order to assist the


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    student. For any student that I had not heard allegations of abuse, I would communicate

    my concerns with the parents without any hesitation. Because of this reason, I decided

    to contact this student’s parents. Based on this code, I do believe that is was the right

    thing to do.

    I believe that the AAE Code of Ethics for Educators is very helpful for when I have

    ethical decisions to make. I appreciate that it is thorough, specific, and covers multiple

    areas of teaching.
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