How do you feel about having a code of conduct for teachers? The General Teaching Council says that teachers must “maintain reasonable standards in their own behaviour that enable them to uphold public trust and confidence in the profession”.
You can read the Code of Conduct here (PDF).
However, the NASUWT union has started a petition against this, because they feel that it intrudes into teachers’ private lives. Find out more in this article from the Guardian.
What do you think? Is the code of conduct a step too far, or is it something that teachers don’t need to worry about?
Before I can join the debate, please could you tell me who the teacher is?
We should first define and describe who a teacher is and what is expected of him or her in the classroom. Then come to an agreement on what constitue “reasonable standard” of behaviour. Whose standard anyway? Are these teachers not menbers of the bigger society, members of Millwall football club. Whose standard are we going to adopt in this complex society?
When you answer all these questions, I will join the debate
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