The education profession is a career that many people desire to work in from their childhood like everyone else with an interest in any other area. Many enjoy passing on what they know to others by being educators which is a nice thing. Others have that as a talent and something they are passionate about. However, in any career, if there are no guiding principles things can end up being chaotic. Principles of professional conduct for education profession in Florida guides the educators in various ethical principles. There are also disciplinary principles the educator is expected to comply with. The author goes on to state what will happen incase of violation of any of these principles. The outcome includes revocation or suspension of the individual educator’s certificate, or the other penalties as provided by law. The author clearly explains on both the ethical and disciplinary principles using easy to understand statements (Cizek, 2001).
Part 1 of my certification course was very educative. I got a lot of insights after learning how to identify and report child abuse and neglect offered by the Florida department of children and families. It is the responsibility of all employees and agents of the district school board to report child abuse cases that are happening or suspected to be happening. Cases of abandonment and neglect should also be included. Am now aware that it is not advisable to remain silent after observing such kind of things happening. It is also important to educate others who have no idea how to react to such cases about identifying and reporting child abuse and neglect. I also learnt that it is important for the school to post at the school site or internet site the policies and procedures of reporting alleged misconduct to guide the student.
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Reporting child abuse and neglect reflects the principles of professional conduct in the following ways. Ethical principles like the educator valuing the worth and dignity of every person and maintaining the respect and confidence of the student, colleague and parents will ensure that child abuse and neglect cases are minimal (Ricks, et al., 2019). On the basis of disciplinary principles, reporting child abuse and neglect is reflected on the educator’s obligation to the student of making reasonable efforts to protect the student from harmful conditions to learning as well as the student’s mental, physical, health and safety. Reporting child abuse and neglect is also reflected on the disciplinary principles of the educator not harassing or discriminating any student despite their differences in terms of sex among other things. Reporting child abuse and neglect also reflects the disciplinary principle of the educator to the public of not offering gratuity, gift or favor in order to get a certain advantage. The other principle reflecting the reporting of child abuse and neglect is where the profession of education requires the individual to report to appropriate authorities in case of any allegations of any violation (Yampolskaya, et al., 2017).
I agree with the original author of the principles of professional conduct for education profession in Florida and for my course of identifying and reporting child abuse and neglect offered by the Florida department of children and families. The information provided is very useful to many students and others in schools. I conquer with the fact that it is the duty of everyone to identify and report any alleged cases to the necessary authority. It is also very helpful to have principles that will act as guidance to ensure that everyone is safe and things run smoothly. It is the responsibility of employees and students to make sure they adhere to the provided principles or otherwise faces the consequences in case of any violation.
References
Cizek, G. J. (2001). More unintended consequences of high‐stakes testing. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 20(4), 19-27.
Ricks, L., Tuttle, M., Land, C., & Chibbaro, J. (2019). Trends and Influential Factors in Child Abuse Reporting: Implications for Early Career School Counselors. Journal of school counseling, 17(16), n16.
Yampolskaya, S., Armstrong, M. I., Strozier, A., & Swanke, J. (2017). Can the actions of child welfare case managers predict case outcomes?. Child abuse & neglect, 64, 61-70.
