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A professional educator who exchanges sarcastic notes on assignment documents with
a student should consider the potential risks such exchanges pose to which of the
following ethical best practices? - CORRECT ANSWER: Maintaining appropriate
teacher-student boundaries
A teacher providing answers to a student who is struggling during a difficult exam is
doing which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER: Failing to maintain honesty in
evaluations
A teacher, Dr. Russell, reaches out to colleagues for advice because she suspects that
one of her students may be engaged in underage sexual misconduct.The situation
described is most clearly an example of - CORRECT ANSWER: ensuring student safety
and welfare
A teacher's decision to adjust scoring criteria for some students and not for others
violates which of the following concepts discussed in the course? - CORRECT
ANSWER: Honesty in evaluation and grading
At a book sale he is supervising for the school, Mr. Chen, a social studies teacher,
decides that he will use some of the proceeds he is collecting to buy much-needed
classroom supplies.Which of the following issues related to the definition and extent of
the school most clearly applies to this situation? - CORRECT ANSWER: Accounting for
school funds in an appropriate manner
Attenborough Middle School students will be taking a state-mandated standardized test.
Ms. Gold, a new teacher at the school, asks the principal how he feels about the testing.
The principal replies very matter-of-factly, "Well, Judy, we'll just adjust the student
answers again so that we get the scores we need. That's how we always do it."In
, accordance with ethical and legal standards, Ms. Gold should do which of the following?
- CORRECT ANSWER: Report a violation of test security and protocols to an
appropriate official as soon as possible
Before a school football game, teacher Mr. Arliss exchanges greetings with a group of
parents in the parking lot. One of the parents offers Mr. Arliss a beer. Mr. Arliss accepts
because he is attending the game as a spectator and is not one of the assigned
chaperones that evening.Is Mr. Arliss correct in his decision to accept the beer? -
CORRECT ANSWER: No, because teachers should always avoid consuming alcohol at
school-related functions.
Careless use of social media by educators when communicating with their students
typically poses the greatest risk to the educators' ability to do which of the following? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Maintain professional distance
During a standardized testing session early in the school year, Ms. Johnson decides to
help a student, Jason, who does not read English well, so that he is more successful on
the test.According to the principles emphasized in the course, is it acceptable for Ms.
Johnson to help Jason in the situation described? - CORRECT ANSWER: No, because
helping Jason will violate standards for honesty in grading and evaluation.
In deciding whether to comply with a student's request to provide advice about how to
deal with a parent's alcoholism, a teacher should recognize that providing such advice
would most risk violating which of the following best practices? - CORRECT ANSWER:
Avoiding providing inappropriate counseling to students
In which of the following scenarios does the teacher appear to be violating an ethical
best practice for professional educators? - CORRECT ANSWER: Ms. Grand offers to
help students with their homework if they help her clean out her supply closet after
school.
In which of the following situations is a teacher NOT obligated to report the incident to a
supervisor or the authorities? - CORRECT ANSWER: A teacher overhears two female
students in the hallway discussing one girl's interest in dating an older male student.