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EDPS 410 Final Exam Section X6, Summer 2006 Aug 17,2006 Instructor: Alison Lewis All answers should be written in the Examination Booklet. Please label each section clearly. Good luck! © Part I: Ethical Theory (9 marks — 3 marks each) 1. A School Board passes a policy that by September 2006 all district schools must install metal detectors at the front entrance to ensure students do not bring knives/weapons onto school property. a. What assumption is this policy based on? b. Defend this policy using 1 key argument each for consequentialism and nonconsequentialism. 2. At a junior high school dance parent supervisors found stashes of alcohol hidden in four toilet tanks in the girls’ washroom. How the alcohol got there was never discovered, despite the fact that teachers asked a number of students who attended the dance. On Monday morning the principal cancelled all dances for the rest of the year. a. Considering the purposes of punishment from consequentialist and nonconsequentialist points of view, what is the purpose the principal’s punishment is intended to serve? b. Provide one nonconsequentialist argument against the principal’s decision. c. Provide one consequentialist argument against the principal’s decision. 3. ADrama 10 student at St. Virgin Mary School wants to perform a monologue from an excerpt of the musical Chicago. The monologue contains sexually explicit information, and casts the student in the role of a promiscuous southern belle. As the drama teacher, will you permit her to perform the monologue in front of a group of parents at drama night? a. What does the “marketplace of ideas” suggest about censorship? b. If you censor the student and forbid her to perform this monologue, have you contravened the marketplace of ideas? ¢. What is one nonconsequentialist argument in favor of censorship? Part I1: Short Answer (40 marks) Respond to ALL of the following questions. You may use point form, but be sure your answer clearly addresses the question. Give examples to support your answer where appropriate. 1. List 6 criteria that establish teaching as a profession. (3 marks) 2. What is vicarious liability? How does it impact teachers? (2 marks) EDPS 410 Alison Lewis X6, Summer 2006 Page | of 4
11. Canadian citizens who are 6 years of age or older and younger than 19 years of age are entitled to an education . Parent consent must be obtained before student photographs can be published in a community newspaper. Student cumulative records must be secured in the school and information shared only with educators and parents. Catholic teachers may not cohabitate with others outside of wedlock. A teacher may not accept pay for tutoring if the teacher is responsible for administering instruction to that student. One student reports that another student has marijuana at the school. The accused student is protected from a search. This act replaced the Young Offenders Act. Teachers must attend school staff meetings. . Teachers are obligated to show and explain exams to parents at the parents’ request. A teacher applies reasonable force to stop a student from fighting with another student. Part V: True/False (5 marks — 1 mark each) For each statement write TRUE or FALSE-—do not just put “T” or “F”. IF the statement is FALSE, indicate why it is false. L. 2. 3. |9, A teacher who has a complaint about a colleague must register a complaint to the ATA in writing. A teacher who has a sexual relationship with a consensual 18 year-old student can be disciplined by the ATA. A principal can discipline students for behavior that occurred outside of school time/property if the behavior has a negative impact on the learning environment. A teacher can lose her/his teaching certificate for failing to teach the curriculum. A school is legally responsible for a student who dies in a car accident driving home from school. End of exam..have an enjoyable end to your summer! EDPS 410 Alison Lewis X6, Summer 2006 Page 4 of 4
3. What is the difference, if any, between a collective agreement and a teaching contract? (2 marks) 4. Dorothy Stanley spoke about the four main Association Program areas. Ifa teacher is being threatened with suspension, with which program area would they consult? If a teacher is interested in learning more from the Association about collective bargaining, which program area would they contact? (2 marks) 5. Discuss section 43 of the Criminal Code and its application to teaching with regard to the use of force? (2 marks) 6. Education falls under provincial jurisdiction with few exceptions. List two areas of education that fall under federal jurisdiction. (2 marks) 7. Minority language education rights are legally entrenched in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. What are two issues with the way it is stated in the Charter which makes it difficult to decipher whether parents/children will be granted minority language education rights? (2 marks) 8. What does it mean that teachers are in loco parentis? How does this affect issues of negligence? (2 marks) 9. According to the Copyright Act, what kind of television programs are teachers allowed to tape and show for up to one year without paying royalty? (1 mark) 10. What are the two main issues a court would consider in cases where a student is suspected of a criminal act? (2 marks) 11. Can a teacher be dismissed from her/his teaching position because of something done in her/his private life? Explain, and refer to at least 2 relevant case(s) discussed in class. (3 marks) 12. The School Act establishes a code of conduct for students. Name the 6 points for established by this Act (3 marks) 13. What steps will you take to obtain a permanent professional teaching certificate? (3 marks) 14. What is the role of the School Council? (2 marks) 15. What contractual obligations are teachers under to initiate/participate in extracurricular activities at school? (1 mark) 16. If a private school does not accept funding from Alberta Education, is the school required by law to hire certified teachers? (1 mark) 17. If a group of parents wants to start a charter school based on a particular denomination, what steps must the group take? (2 marks) 18. According to Rawls, when is inequality permissible? (1 mark) 19. Can teachers opt out of ATA (Alberta Teachers Association)? Why/why not? (2 marks) 20. What causes closed-mindedness? What is one argument that someone might use against being open-minded? How could you counter that argument? (think of Hare’s article) (2 marks) Part III: Scenarios (25 marks) 1. A parent decides to lodge a complaint about a teacher. In order, starting from the FIRST person the parent should complain to, list the six (6) levels. (3 marks) EDPS 410 Alison Lewis X6, Summer 2006 Page 2 of 4
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10. 1. At lunch hour Johnny sells drugs to another student. You find out after the fact from a group of students. Everyone is shocked; there was no indication of trouble, and nobody saw Johnny with drugs. As a teacher are you legally required to report Johnny to the police? Explain. (2 marks) On lunch hour supervision you walk by the boys’ washroom and smell marijuana. When you walk in Johnny ducks into the stall. You wait until the toilet flushes and he comes out. You want to search Johnny and his locker to find out if he has any more drugs, although you do not intend to call the police. Are you allowed to do this? If a search is permissible, how would you conduct it? (3 marks) On a trip to Italy one of your grade 12 honors students gets hit by a car while she and a group were out shopping. You were nearby the shopping area when the event happens. Outline the conditions used to decide teacher negligence to explain whether you could be held negligent. (5 marks) During class the teacher kicks Jane out of class for being recalcitrant. The teacher says, “And you’re not coming back until I get a written apology from you.” Can the teacher do this? Refer to relevant legislation. (2 marks) At parent-teacher interviews, Mrs. Bonnett accuses you of marking too hard and she demands to see the grades of others. She threatens to go to the Board if you don’t show her your marks book. What should you do? Refer to relevant legislation. (2 marks) Lately you notice Jane is reclusive, quite opposite of her typically bubbly personality. Her grades are slipping, and she continuously makes comments, “I’'m stupid, just like my dad says.” She cries after failing a test and comments that her dad is really going to give her a licking this time. You don’t see any physical evidence that Jane’s dad is beating her. What is your legal responsibility? Why? (2 marks) After a job interview in June, the principal tells Sid, “You’d be perfect for this school. You’re hired.” In September, Sid shows up at the school and discovers someone else is teaching the job he interviewed for. What can Sid do and why? (2 marks) On Monday morning, Mrs. Bonnett shows up at school and demands to observe Sid’s class. What should Sid do? Refer to relevant legislation. (2 marks) Jane is not Sid’s favorite student. They have locked horns on many occasions. The final straw was Monday morning during swim class. Sid had disciplined Jane for being late for the fifth time. As the students file out of the locker rooms, Jane sneers at Sid and says, “I saw you looking at my breasts, you pervert. Just wait until my dad gets hold of you.” What should Sid do? (2 marks) Part IV: Legislation (11 marks — 1 mark each) For each of the following, name the pertinent law, act, charter or code. IF it describes something that falls under School Board policy, put SB. Example: Same-sex marriage—Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Teachers acting as administrators must provide opportunities for staff members to express their opinions regarding school operation. EDPS 410 Alison Lewis X6, Summer 2006 Page 3 of 4