NATIONAL FORUM OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION JOURNAL
VOLUME 25, NUMBER 1, 2007--2008
ELCC STANDARD 5
ETHICAL CODES FOR SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS
John Dively
Eastern Illinois University
Robert Marshall
Western Illinois University
Standard 5.0: A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success
of all students by acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner.
5.1 Acts with Integrity
a.Candidates demonstrate a respect for the rights of others with
regard to confidentiality and dignity and engages in honest
interactions.
5.2 Acts Fairly
a.Candidates demonstrate the ability to combine impartiality,
sensitivity to student diversity, and ethical considerations in
their interactions with others.
5.3 Acts Ethically
a.Candidates make and explain decisions based upon ethical
and legal principles.
Assignments for Assessing Content Knowledge
Content Assignment #1: Students will review selected Ethical Codes
for School Administrators. They will be expected to write a reflection
paper in which they analyze these codes including common themes
and patterns of conduct. In addition, they will create an original
personal Code of Ethics that will consist of no less than three rules.
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Content Assignment #2: Students will be expected to “brief” selected
court cases and summarize selected statutes and administrative rules.
In addition, they will assess how these sources promote and support
ethical behavior and/or discourage unethical behavior. Assigned
sources will address one or more of the following: Integrity, Fairness,
Ethics, Confidentiality, Dignity, Diversity, Honesty, Directness and
Impartiality.
Assignments for Assessing Application Knowledge
Application Assignment #1: Utilizing the lessons learned in content
assignments 1 and 2, students will be expected to develop a staff
inservice training related to Integrity, Fairness and Ethics.
Application Assignment #2: Utilizing the lessons learned in content
assignments 1 and 2, students will be given an in class “ethics” test
that will include real-life scenarios related to Integrity, Fairness and
Ethics.
Application Assignment #3: Utilizing the lessons learned in content
assignments 1 and 2, students will create an “ethics” test that will
include real-life scenarios related to Integrity, Fairness and Ethics.
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Criteria Exceeds Meets Does Not Meet
Assessment of Content Assignment #1—Ethics Codes
5.1a The personal code of conduct The personal code of conduct
appropriately addresses does not appropriately address
confidentiality, dignity and confidentiality, dignity and
honesty. honesty.
5.2a The personal code of conduct The personal code of conduct
appropriately addresses does not appropriately
impartiality, sensitivity to addresses impartiality,
student diversity, and ethical sensitivity to student diversity,
considerations in their and ethical considerations in
interactions with others. their interactions with others.
5.3a The personal code of conduct The personal code of conduct
appropriately addresses the does appropriately addresses
need to make and explain the need to make and explain
decisions based upon ethical decisions based upon ethical
and legal principles. and legal principles.
Assessment of Content Assignment #2—Briefs of Cases, Statues, Administrative
Rules
5.1a The case, statute and rule The case, statute and rule
briefs appropriately identify briefs do not appropriately
issues related to identify issues related to
confidentiality, dignity and confidentiality, dignity and
honesty. honesty.
5.2a The case, statute and rule The case, statute and rule
briefs appropriately identify briefs do not appropriately
issues related to impartiality, identify issues related to
sensitivity to student impartiality, sensitivity to
diversity, and ethical student diversity, and ethical
considerations in their considerations in their
interactions with others. interactions with others.
5.3a The case, statute and rule The case, statute and rule
briefs appropriately identify briefs do not appropriately
the need to make and explain identify the need to make and
decisions based upon ethical explain decisions based upon
and legal principles. ethical and legal principles.
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Criteria Exceeds Meets Does Not Meet
Assessment of Knowledge Application Assignment #1 Inservice Development
5.1a The inservice plan The inservice plan does not
appropriately addresses issues appropriately address issues
related to confidentiality, related to confidentiality,
dignity and honesty. dignity and honesty.
5.2a The inservice plan The inservice plan does not
appropriately addresses issues appropriately address
related to impartiality, impartiality, sensitivity to
sensitivity to student student diversity, and ethical
diversity, and ethical considerations in interactions
considerations in interactions with others.
with others.
5.3a The inservice plan does not The inservice plan does not
appropriately address the appropriately address the need
need to make and explain to make and explain decisions
decisions based upon ethical based upon ethical and legal
and legal principles. principles.
Assessment of Knowledge Assignment #2—Taking a Mini-Ethics Test
5.1a The student appropriately The student does not
applies knowledge related to appropriately apply
the promotion and support of knowledge related to the
confidentiality, dignity and promotion and support of
honest interactions to real life confidentiality, dignity and
scenarios. honest interactions to
real life scenarios.
5.2a The student appropriately The student does not
applies knowledge related to appropriately apply
impartiality, sensitivity to knowledge related to
student diversity, and ethical impartiality, sensitivity to
considerations in their student diversity, and ethical
interactions with others to considerations in their
real life scenarios. interactions with others to real
life scenarios.
5.3a The student appropriately The student does not
makes and explain decisions appropriately make and
based upon ethical and legal explain decisions based upon
principles. ethical and legal principles.
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Criteria Exceeds Meets Does Not Meet
Assessment of Knowledge Assignment #3—Creating a Mini-Ethics Test
5.1a The test questions The test questions do not
appropriately apply appropriately apply
knowledge related to the knowledge related to the
promotion and support of promotion and support of
confidentiality, dignity and confidentiality, dignity and
honest interactions to real life honest interactions to
scenarios. real life scenarios.
5.2a The test questions The test questions do not
appropriately apply appropriately apply
knowledge related to knowledge related to
impartiality, sensitivity to impartiality, sensitivity to
student diversity, and ethical student diversity, and ethical
considerations in their considerations in their
interactions with others to interactions with others to real
real life scenarios. life scenarios.
5.3a The test questions The test questions do not
appropriately require test- appropriately require test-
takers to make and explain takers to make and explain
decisions based upon ethical decisions based upon ethical
and legal principles. and legal principles.
