CHAPTER 1: The Importance of Ethical and Legal Decision Making
Introduction
Focus Questions
Key Terms
Case Study: Tough Times Await at Riverboat
Connecting the ELCC Standards to Leadership
Relating Law and Ethics to Educational Leadership
The Need for Ethical Leadership
Law, Ethics, and Decision-Making
Applying Ethical Leadership
Summary
Connecting Standards to Practice: Sharon's First Challenge
Suggested Case Study Rubric
Suggested Performance Assessments
References
CHAPTER 2: Legal Bodies Governing Education
Introduction
Focus Questions
Key Terms
Case Study: Decision of the Board
ELCC Standards Addressed in This Chapter
Leadership Perspectives
Education and the Legal Arena
The Judicial System
Elements of a Court Decision
Legal Citations
Summary
Connecting Standards to Practice: Sharon's First Challenge (continued)
Suggested Case Study Rubric
Suggested Performance Assessments
References
CHAPTER 3: Education, Religion, and Community Values
Introduction
Focus Questions
Key Terms
Case Study: Mr. Hills' Classroom
ELCC Standards Addressed in This Chapter
Leadership Perspectives
Discourse Ethics: Resolving Issues of Conflicting Interests
Public Schools and Religion
Equal Access Act and Religious Expression
Curriculum
Home Schooling
State-Sponsored Religious Activities
Students and Religious Expression
Employees and Religious Expression
Public Money and Private Schools
Summary
Connecting Standards to Practice: A Memorial Weight Room for Riverboat
Suggested Performance Assessments
References
CHAPTER 4: Student Privacy and First Amendment Rights
Introduction
Focus Questions
Key Terms
Case Study: The Empire Considers Striking Back
ELCC Standards Addressed in This Chapter
Leadership Perspectives
Lifeworlds and Systems: Policies, People, and School Culture
Student Rights
Student Records
Students and the First Amendment
Student Dress
Threats
Summary
Connecting Standards to Practice: Senior Shirts
Suggested Performance Assessments
References
CHAPTER 5: Due Process and Safe Schools
Introduction
Focus Questions
Key Terms
Case Study: Megan Brings a Cake
ELCC Standards Addressed in This Chapter
Leadership Perspectives
Student Rights and the Well-Ordered School
Due Process and the Fourteenth Amendment
Corporal Punishment and Excessive Force
Student Suspension or Expulsion for Off Campus Behavior
Weapons and School Safety
Extracurricular Activities
Summary
Connecting Standards to Practice: A Failure to Communicate?
Suggested Performance Assessments
References
CHAPTER 6: Student Search
Introduction
Focus Questions
Key Terms
Case Study: The Twenty Dollar Bill
ELCC Standards Addressed in This Chapter
Leadership Perspectives
Utilitarianism: Student Searches and the Greater Good
Students and the Fourth Amendment
Non-intrusive Searches
Law Enforcement
Intrusive Searches
Urinalysis Testing
Random Classroom Searches
Mass Searches
Summary
Connecting Standards to Practice: To Test or Not to Test?
Suggested Performance Assessments
References
CHAPTER 7: Equal Protection
Introduction
Focus Questions
Key Terms
Case Study: In All Fairness
ELCC Standards Addressed in This Chapter
Leadership Perspectives
Justice as Fairness: Promoting Equality and Fraternity
Equal Protection: A Legal Theory to Promote Basic Fairness
Civil Rights Act
A Brief History of Desegregation
Title IX
Title IX and Sexual Harassement
Liability Under Title IX
Sexual Orientation Harassment
Summary
Connecting Standards to Practice: The Devil in the Blue Dress
Suggested Performance Assessments
References
CHAPTER 8: Children with Disabilities
Introduction
Focus Questions
Key Terms
Case Study: When Good Parents Go Bad
ELCC Standards Addressed in This Chapter
Leadership Perspectives
Children with Disabilities and Cooperative School Cultures
IDEA and Children with Disabilities
Zero Reject/Child Find
Nondiscriminatory Evaluation
Appropriate Education
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Procedural Safeguards
Student Discipline
Parent and Student Participation
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Summary
Connecting Standards to Practice: The Case of the Riverboat High School Cat Burgler
Suggested Performance Assessments
References
CHAPTER 9: Tort Liability
Introduction
Focus Questions
Key Terms
Case Study: The Big Game
ELCC Standards Addressed in This Chapter
Leadership Perspectives
The Purpose of Policy
The Law of Torts
Negligence
Intentional Torts
Managing the Risk of Tort Liability
A Contemporary Tort Debate: Student-on-Student Violence
Summary
Connecting Standards to Practice: Slip-and-Fall at Riverboat
Suggested Performance Assessments
References
CHAPTER 10: Teacher Employment, Supervision, and Collective Bargaining
Introduction
Focus Questions
Key Terms
Case Study: Union Blues
ELCC Standards Addressed in This Chapter
Leadership Perspectives
Utilitarianism and Employment Practices
Legal Issues In Employment
Certification
Contracts
Teacher Supervision
Employment Practices
Collective Bargaining and Negotiations
Summary
Connecting Standards to Practice: Sealed with a Kiss?
Suggested Performance Assessments
References
CHAPTER 11: Teacher Constitutional Law
Introduction
Focus Questions
Key Terms
Case Study: The Searchers
ELCC Standards Addressed in This Chapter
Leadership Perspectives
Discourse Ethics: Promoting a Cooperative School Culture
The Constitutional Rights of Teachers
First Amendment Rights
Defamation
Teachers and Their Private Associations
Fourth Amendment Rights
Summary
Connecting Standards to Practice: Ebony & Ivory
Suggested Performance Assessments
References
CHAPTER 12: Computers and the Internet
Introduction
Focus Questions
Key Terms
Case Study: Do Alligators Remain After the Swamp Has Been Drained?
ELCC Standards Addressed in This Chapter
Leadership Perspectives
Technology and the Greater Good
Computers, the Internet, and the Law
Statutory Protections
Acceptable Use, Copyright, and Public Domain
First Amendment
Fourth Amendment
Summary
Connecting Standards to Practice: Rate-A-Teach
Suggested Performance Assessments
References
CHAPTER 13: Law, Ethics, and Educational Leadership: Making the Connection
Introduction
Focus Questions
Key Terms
Case Study: So Little Time, So Many Detentions
ELCC Standards Addressed in This Chapter
Leadership Perspectives
Responding to Conflict
Summary
Connecting Standards to Practice: Cyber-Rumor
Suggested Performance Assessments
References
APPENDIX A: Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America
GLOSSARY
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