Cec code of ethics

Week 6 Discussion 1 Professional and ethical Reflection

Review the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Special Education Professional Ethics Principles and National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) Code of Ethics. Then visit Voicethread: Ethics and Responsibilities (Links to an external site.) . If you are unable to see the video in VoiceThread, or require closed caption, please view it in YouTube: Student Privacy 101: FERPA for Parents and Students (Links to an external site.) .

Initial Post: After watching the video, you will create an initial response that responds to the two posted discussion board prompts below directly on VoiceThread. You are able to access this by hovering your mouse in the center of the green ‘play’ bar until, where you will click on the “+” sign. For each question you will state, specifically using support from the readings and Instructor Guidance from Week Six, your answers to the following:

· How does FERPA relate directly to the CEC and NASET standard of ethics for special educators?

· What characteristics and behaviors will make you stand out as an ethical teacher?

*Please be sure to create an original post on the discussion board with your name in the subject line and the words “See VoiceThread” in the comments section.*

Guided Response: Review the posts of your classmates made in VoiceThread, reply in the discussion board under their initial post. Choose two peers to endorse, question, or refute each viewpoint, citing the CEC or NASET Code of Ethics.

Though two replies are the basic expectation, for deeper engagement and application of the material, you are encouraged to provide responses to any comments or questions others have made (including your Instructor) before the last day of the discussion period. This will extend the conversation while providing opportunities to demonstrate your content expertise, critical thinking, and real work experiences with this topic.

Instructor Guidance

Week Six

Introduction

The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), comprised of international education professionals, is a like-minded community who share the common goal of improving educational practices for students with disabilities. The video Celebrate Exceptional (Links to an external site.) explains how this organization celebrates exceptionality, diversity, and individuality.

The Council for Exceptional Children is a premier education organization, internationally renowned for its expertise and leadership, working collaboratively with strategic partners to ensure that children and youth with exceptionalities are valued and full participating members of society. As a diverse and vibrant professional community, CEC is a trusted voice in shaping education practice and policy. (CEC, vision, 2015).

The CEC standardized a guide of ethical principles and practices for special educators to meet the needs of students with disabilities, respect the rights of the families they support, create a learning environment founded on respect and acceptance and commit to lifelong learning and professional growth. In addition to professional and ethical safeguards outlined by the CEC, the federal law, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), was designed to ensure that the privacy of student records (FERPA, n.d.). For students with a disability covered under IDEA, there are additional provisions provided to children and their families that include education records, personal identifying information and dispute resolution outcome (IDEA and FERPA, 2014). The Law of Student Records or...FERPA Guy Explains It All to You! (Links to an external site.) provides an authentic example of how teachers may unintentionally violate a student’s right to privacy.

In Practice

Along with Henry, you have six other students identified as having specialized academic and behavioral needs. Some of these students may be falling behind in their academics. Others may not appear engaged in the classwork or homework activities. Yet others may appear to have a negative attitude. You work hard to focus on creating a proactive positive classroom environment, where every student feels safe and embraced for their unique characteristics. During your lunch break, you go to the teacher’s lounge where you overhear some teachers talking about some of the other students with disabilities in your class. One of the teachers is warning the next grade’s successor of future students, their behavior problems, IEP goals, and issues with the families during team meetings. Being a new teacher, you tend to avoid conflict; but, in this instance, you know that the student’s privacy rights are being violated, and that if a visiting parent overheard this conversation the school could be held liable for violating FERPA laws.