I Am A Public School - 855 Words

Over the course of my 20 years in education, I have created systems that ensure I remain compliant with expectations and while honing my craft as a teacher. I am a public school teacher in a local school district. As an elementary school teacher there are many expectations regarding duty of loyalty. With a host of confidential student information that is governed by the Educational Rights and Privacy Act, I am bound to protect student educational records and treat them as secure and protected information. A violation of this Act is tort and can be met with lawsuits against both the school district in which I am employed as well as against me. Public school districts are being met with increasing mandates regarding assessments. Educators are required to administer a plethora of end of year assessments and formative assessment. For every assessment there is a Code of Ethics we must sign and we must hold all testing materials utilizing security procedures. 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