Group seven's presentation covered Chapter 10 from the text, Introduction to Teaching. Chapter 10 was titled: School Law: Ethical and Legal Influences on Teaching. This chapter is important to future teachers because we need to know the legal and ethical aspects of being a teacher. Licensure is one of the first things that future teachers need to obtain. Licensure is a process, which a state evaluates the credentials of protective teachers to ensure that they have achieved satisfactory levels of teaching competence and are morally fit to work with young people. Once we obtain a job, we will have to sign a teaching contract, which is a legal employment agreement between a teacher and a local school board.
An important ethical point was addressed during this presentation about the private lives of teachers. Social networks such as Facebook have become an issue for some school districts. Should teachers be friends with their students on facebook? I do not think so, and there have been teachers fired for interacting with students on the Internet. I think that is a very important thing to be aware of when you become a teacher, keeping your personal life seperate from students. I thought group seven's presentation was very informative, and they did a great job.
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