This course is for all Teachers and Administrators in grades K-12 and meets the following professional development criteria: communications with parents and community, reading comprehension, and teaching skills, and administrators creating a culture of teaching and learning.
Participants will complete a written project, performance assessment and an action plan for implementation.
Participants will be assessed using a multiple choice pre and post assessment. Scores on the post assessment must be at least 80%. In addition a lesson plan or project with action plan is required.
Finally an implementation plan will be completed by participants indicating how new learning will be integrated into their assignments.
Basic School Law for Teachers will attempt to assist teachers in the crucial areas of law relevant to working with students, staff, and parents in public and nonpublic schools.
The course will focus on the legal foundations of education, the courts and the non public schools, tenure, certification, ACT 154, students and teacher rights, teacher liability, recodification of the School Code, and the Code of Professional Practices and Conduct for Educators. Participants will use a textbook which contains required reading for the courses.
*Required out of class work will include reading from the textbook and written work that summarizes participant application of the laws/regulations pertaining to educators.
