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Self-Assessment, Professional Norms, and a Personal Code of Ethics
Submit the assignment of Module 4.
Upholding a code of ethics is important at many levels. School leaders look for guidance to professional associations and standards and codes of ethics at the state and district level. Writing your own personal code of ethics provides a set of principles to adhere to when carrying out your roles and responsibilities as a school leader.
In this assignment, you will analyze and reflect on your knowledge, skills, and dispositions as an ethical leader by completing a self-assessment of ethics and professional norms and developing a 2- to 3-page personal code of ethics. You will also share your presentation (Module 1) and legal scenarios (Module 3) with the school audience you identified and scheduled in Module 1.
Part 1: Code of Ethics
Step 1. Research
Conduct research on best practice for ethics and professional dispositions for school leaders to include:
National Educational Leadership Preparation (NELP) Standard 2
National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) Model Code of Ethics for Teachers
The School Superintendents Association (AASA) Code of Ethics
Your state code of ethics and requirements for professional conduct
Your school district code of ethics
Step 2. Acknowledge and Sign
Download a copy of your state’s code of ethics for educational leaders/administrators. At the bottom of the code, acknowledge your acceptance of the ethical standards by writing “I will abide by this code of ethics” and sign and date the copy. You will submit this with your assignment.
Step 3. Self-Assess
Complete the Self-Assessment Ethics and Professional Norms SurveyLinks to an external site. in Google Forms.
Step 4. Analyze
Analyze the results of the ethics self-assessment, including:
overall analysis of assessment results,
areas of strength,
areas for growth, and
new understandings or insights.
In a 1- to 2-page self-assessment analysis-reflection, include the alignment of your results with NELP Standard 2 and your state code of ethics.
Step 5. Share
Meet with your mentor to share, reflect on, and discuss your self-assessment results and analysis-reflection. Maintain documentation the meeting occurred (email communication, mentor signature on self-assessment results or analysis-reflection paper, etc.)
Step 6. Write
Use the following outline to write your personal code of ethics:
Purpose Statement
Explain your reasons for developing your personal code of conduct. Relate the purpose statement to your roles and responsibilities as a school leader.
Personal Traits
Create a list of traits you believe represent you as a person including personal traits (kindness, integrity, etc.) that are characteristics you associate with your behavior.
Relationships
Reflect on the relationships you have with others within your school community.
Write a statement explaining how you want to maintain or improve the relationships.
Ethical Statements
Develop a list of at least five ethical statements to guide actions you will take to meet your own expectations for ethical conduct.
Include traits you want to embody as a school leader.
Guidelines
Create clear guidelines for each ethical statement.
Include guidelines you intend to follow when interacting with others.
Here is an example of one ethical statement with guidelines:
I will keep my promises and honor my commitments. My decisions and actions will be based upon a commitment to integrity and equity. I believe upholding this commitment to integrity and equity will create trust and confidence among my colleagues and result in ethically sound decisions.
Step 7. Draft
Using the outline in Step 6, draft a personal code of ethics in paragraph form.
Share the draft with your mentor and at least one colleague for feedback.
Step 8. Finalize
Incorporate the feedback from Step 7 into a finalized personal code of ethics.
Write a brief statement describing the feedback received and explaining how it informed your final personal code of ethics.
Include an annotated bibliography listing best-practice resources you researched in writing your personal code of ethics. For each resource, include an annotation briefly summarizing the source and how you used it.
Compile the code of ethics, feedback statement, and annotated bibliography into one document.
Part 2: Sharing Your Knowledge of the Law
Step 1. Prepare
In preparation for sharing your audiovisual presentation (Module 1) and your legal scenarios (Module 3) with your selected school audience, create a feedback form for participants to complete after the in-person or virtual sharing session. Depending on the location, provide the form in hard or digital versions.
Include 3-5 open-ended questions about what participants found most or least helpful in your presentation and scenarios, how they plan to use the information, and any other questions you’d like to add.
Step 2. Present
Hold the meeting scheduled in Module 1, either in-person or virtually, with your selected school audience and share your presentation (Module 1) and leadership scenarios (Module 3).
Step 3. Gather and Organize
Gather written feedback from audience members on the presentation and scenarios using the feedback form (Step 1). Organize the feedback for submission in a single document.
Step 4. Compile and Submit
Compile and submit the following:
the acknowledged, signed, dated code of ethics for your state (Part 1, Step 2)
your self-assessment results, analysis-reflection paper, and evidence of meeting with mentor (for example, email correspondence, mentor signature on results or analysis-reflection paper, etc.) (Part 1, Steps 4-5);
your personal code of ethics with mentor and colleague feedback and annotated bibliography (Part 1, Steps 7- 8); and
feedback from participants attending the presentation meeting (Part 2, Step 3).