Beaverton School District Code of Conduct

https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/depts/hr/applicants/Documents/hr_CodeConduct.pd
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I. Employee Conduct and Responsibility:

* See Board Policy GB-AR

All employees shall also be expected to:

1. Use time during working hours and during time on authorized leave for the
intended purpose;
2. Maintain appropriate relationships with students and not use such relationships
for private advantage;
3. Distinguish between personal views and those of the District to avoid
misrepresentation of the District;
4. Influence professional colleagues without coercion;
5. Represent their own professional qualifications in a true and accurate manner;
6. Perform in accordance with the employees current position description,
performance goals and authorized directives from supervisory authority;
7. Perform all duties and responsibilities with reasonable care and at a level which is
generally recognized in the profession as reasonably adequate and efficient under
similar circumstances;
8. With respect to probationary and temporary personnel, perform at a level which,
in the judgment of the Board, demonstrates that consideration of continued
employment, renewal of contract or election to permanent status, as the case may
be, is justified; and
9. Use District vehicles/property for personal use only with expressed permission.

Oregon statutes and rules addressing educator ethics

II. The Ethical Educator

See OAR 584-020-035

The ethical educator is a person who accepts the requirements of membership in

the teaching profession and acts at all times in ethical ways. In so doing the ethical
educator considers the needs of the students the District, and the profession.
1. The ethical educator, in fulfilling obligations to the student, will:
a. Keep the confidence entrusted in the profession as it relates to confidential
information concerning a student and family;

b. Refrain from exploiting professional relationships with any student for personal
gain, or in support of persons or issues;
c. Maintain an appropriate professional student-teacher relationship by:
i. Not demonstrating or expressing professionally inappropriate interest in a
students personal life;
ii. Not accepting or giving or exchanging romantic or overly personal gifts or notes
with a student;
iii. Reporting to the educators supervisor if the educator has reason to believe a
student is or may be becoming romantically attached to the educator; and
iv. Honoring appropriate adult boundaries with students in conduct and
conversations at all times.
2. The ethical educator, in fulfilling obligations to the District, will:
a. Apply for, accept, offer, or assign a position of responsibility only on the basis of
professional qualifications, and will adhere to the conditions of a contract or the
terms of the appointment;
b. Conduct professional business, including grievances, through established lawful
and reasonable procedures;
c. Strive for continued improvement and professional growth;
d. Accept no gratuities or gifts of significance that could influence judgment in the
exercise of professional duties; and
e. Not use the Districts or schools name, property, or resources for non-educational
benefit without approval of the educators supervisor or the appointing authority.
3. The ethical educator, in fulfilling obligations to the profession, will:
a. Maintain the dignity of the profession by respecting and obeying the law,
exemplifying personal integrity and honesty;
b. Extend equal treatment to all members of the profession in the exercise of their
professional rights and responsibilities; and
c. Respond to requests for evaluation of colleagues and keep such information
confidential as appropriate.

Mandatory abuse reporting law

XII. Child Abuse - Prevention
All employees must report or cause a report to be made when there is reasonable
cause to believe that a child has been abused (ORS 339.375 and 419B.010). Failure
to report may be considered a Class A violation resulting in a fine of up to $2000.00

(ORS 153.018 and 419B.010). Records kept of observed indicators of abuse are
considered part of the student records.
Child means an unmarried person who is under 18 years of age (ORS 419B.005(2)).
Abuse means:
1. Any assault of a child and any physical injury to a child which has been caused by
other than accidental means, including any injury which appears to be at variance
with the explanation given of the injury;
2. Any mental injury to a child, which shall include only observable and substantial
impairment of the childs mental or psychological ability to function caused by
cruelty to the child, with due regard to the culture of the child;
3. Rape of a child;
4. Sexual abuse;
5. Sexual exploitation, including but not limited to:
a. Contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor and any other conduct which
allows, employs, authorizes, permits, induces or encourages a child to engage in the
performing for people to observe or the photographing, filming, tape recording or
other exhibition which, in whole or in part, depicts sexual conduct or contact, sexual
abuse involving a child or rape of a child, but not including any conduct which is
part of any investigation conducted pursuant to ORS
419B.020 or which is designed to serve educational or other legitimate purposes;
and
b. Allowing, permitting, encouraging or hiring a child to engage in prostitution.
6. Negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child, including but not limited to the
failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter or medical care that is likely to
endanger the health or welfare of the child;
7. Threatened harm to a child, which means subjecting a child to a substantial risk
of harm to the childs health or welfare;
8. Buying or selling a person under 18 years of age as described in
ORS 163.537;
9. Permitting a person under 18 years of age to enter or remain in or upon premises
where methamphetamines are being manufactured; and
10. Unlawful exposure to a controlled substance that subjects a child to a
substantial risk of harm to the childs health or safety.
Employees should report the information to his/her supervisor, building
principal, or superintendent, and shall immediately report the information
to the Washington County Department of Human Services or local law
enforcement agency.

CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION TRAINING: All district staff are required to undertake
training each year in the prevention and identification of child abuse and the
obligations of school employees under ORS
419B.005. The annual training requirement may be fulfilled by viewing the
Department of Human
Services (DHS) training video available at
https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/depts/hr/newhire/Pages/Classified.aspx

Confidentiality and sharing of student information

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/PS/Documents/parents_GoogleAppsPermission.pdf
#search=FERPA
FERPA protects the privacy of student education records and gives parents the
rights to review student records. Under FERPA, schools may disclose directory
information (See Board Policy JOA) but parents may request the school not disclose
this information. Parents are provided the opportunity annually to opt out of
disclosing their student's directory information on the District's Enrollment Form.
--FERPA http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa

Supervision requirements in public school settings

Beaverton School District Code of Conduct - page 14

Limits to personal expression in work environment

While I was not able to find this specific item in the code of conduct, I did ask a
teacher about it. There is no official rule. All item must be professional and
appropriate whether it is clothing or decorating their classroom.

Scope of practice for paraeducator

IN THE CLASSROOM Building a Team: How we can work together to be successful.
Two concepts came to the top when discussing this process. We need good
communication (between all involved), and we need time to collaborate. The
following are bulleted items that we believe will help us be more successful. How
instructional assistants can help teachers be successful

Be a good communicator
Support the teacher in the classroom, with individual students, and will parents
when requested and appropriate

Understand that if a change is made, the teacher needs to be supported

Respect teacher and students
Learn about the students and their IEPs and assist as needed
Be self-directed
Be willing to accept directions, a teachers role is to supervise the learning of all
students
Ask questions when clarification is needed
Be dependable
Actively give feedback to teacher on how students are progressing
Understand the nature of learning disabilities (District supported training)
Be trained in the curriculum (District supported training)
Be trained to meet the needs of the student population (District supported
training)
Understand and respect the boundaries between the instructional assistant and
the teacher, between the I.A. and the students, and between the I.A. and the
parents
Know and understand the teaching staff and their expectations
I.A. with degrees must understand their boundaries within their current assigned
position.
Respect the rights and responsibilities of their role, as well as that of the teacher

Allowable uses of school equipment and technology

Technology:
https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/about-us/CIP/it_Tech%20Plan%2020112014.pdf#search=school%20equipment%20and%20technology

Electronic Plan & Profile During the next three years, BSD will implement a
personalized web portal for each student that will allow students, in collaboration
with their teachers and parents, to create and maintain their educational goals. In
addition to educational goal setting, the Plan & Profile application will provide
student progress information, integrating assessment and achievement data from
the student information system, the data warehouse, and other data sources.
Together, the planning tool and the student progress and profile tool will be a
valuable application supporting and informing student academic success. Online
Education Online learning is one of the fastest growing trends in educational
technology. The National Center for Education Statistics (2008) estimated that the
number of K-12 public school students enrolling in a technology-based distance
education course grew by 65 percent in the two years from 2002-03 to 2004- 05.
More recently, Picciano and Seaman (2009) estimated that more than one million K
12 students took online courses in school year 200708. Online education allows
student learning to be extended past the confines of the school day and classroom,

expanding educational opportunities to anytime and anywhere. The Beaverton

School District is fortunate to be a partner in the Oregon Virtual Education Center
(ORVED) and in addition, will research, develop and implement other models that
blend online and face to-face instruction.

Limits to personal expression in public school settings

Beaverton School District Code of Conduct - page 14
Scope of practice for paraeducator.
http://www.nrcpara.org/report/appendix2