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Teacher and Student Rights

Teacher and Student Rights. By Cate Caldwell and Sarah Farr. Situation 7: Copying Published Material. Scenario: You read an intriguing 3 page article from a website online. The article happens to pertain to the material you are teaching in class right now.

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Teacher and Student Rights

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  1. Teacher and Student Rights By Cate Caldwell and Sarah Farr

  2. Situation 7: Copying Published Material • Scenario: You read an intriguing 3 page article from a website online. The article happens to pertain to the material you are teaching in class right now.

  3. Situation 7: Copying Published Material • Outcome: You think it would be a great article to show to your class, so you print and distribute it out.

  4. Situation 7: Copying Published Material • Cases and Information: Its legal under the fair use law.

  5. Situation 8: Labor Right • Scenario: You are coaching the football team and the school does not give you another check. When you ask authorities why you aren't getting paid, they respond by saying, “We no longer pay teachers to coach extra-curriculum activities.”

  6. Situation 8: Labor Rights • Outcome: You decide to go on strike until you receive payment for your extra work.

  7. Situation 8: Labor Rights • Cases/ Information: Depending on what state you are in determines whether legal action could be taken against you.

  8. Situation 9: Sex-segregated classes • Scenario: A Language Arts teacher notices that the female students were holding back in group discussions.

  9. Situation 9: Sex-segregated classes • Outcome: The teacher decides to separate the classes into female and male groups.

  10. Situation 9: Sex-segregated classes • Cases/ information: Using skill levels to group students is legal, but using gender to group students is not.

  11. Situation 10: Student Records • Scenario: Mrs. Right was doing paperwork for a boy who is struggling in school, and she decides to look in his folder to examine his past records. The student walks in, and asks to see his folder.

  12. Situation 10: Student Records • Outcome: Mrs. Right on the other hand says no and it contains sensitive information. The parent calls asking to see the folder. Mrs. Right has to say yes according to law.

  13. Situation 10: Student Records • Cases/ information: Buckley Amendment allows parent or guardians to access their child's education records by federal law.

  14. Situation 11:Distrubution of Scholarships • Scenario: You notice at graduation that more boys are receiving scholarships and funds for college.

  15. Situation 11:Distrubution of Scholarships • Outcome: You bring this up to the principal questioning if it is legal. He says that it is not the most equal system, but it is realistic.

  16. Situation 11:Distrubution of Scholarships • Cases/ Information: By law it is not acceptable to use sex as a criteria by which to grant awards, scholarships, or financial aid.

  17. Situation 12: Suspension and Discipline • Scenario: A young child is seen with a plastic knife spreading peanut butter on crackers for lunch.

  18. Situation 12: Suspension and Discipline • Outcome: You report the student to the principal to be suspended for possession of a weapon.

  19. Situation 12: Suspension and Discipline • Cases/ Information: By law this is illegal to suspend; however you must give the child a chance to defend himself before you suspend him.

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