Boundaries, Communication, and Professionalism in the Classroom

In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professionalism-focused course will teach you about the common ethical standards you can uphold to ensure that you are maintaining boundaries, communicating appropriately, and presenting yourself professionally in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to Improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.

You will reflect on your own educator code of...

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Boundaries, Communication, and Professionalism in the Classroom

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Course code: T14905

Enhance your professional conduct in this short teacher professionalism course, designed to guide you in upholding ethical professional standards, maintaining clear boundaries, and communicating effectively with families, students, and colleagues. You will reflect on your school's or district's educator code of conduct, identifying strengths and areas for improvement in teacher boundaries, teacher professionalism, and teacher communication.

The course includes a downloadable PDF of the content and a self-reflection checklist to help you plan for personal growth.

What you will learn

  • Understand the importance of exhibiting professional behaviors when interacting with colleagues, students, and the families of your students
  • Evaluate what professional and productive colleague relationships look like
  • Review what appropriate teacher-student boundaries look like in a classroom
  • Comprehend what professional communication with families looks like

How you will benefit

  • You will better understand and be able to model the ethical expectations set by your school or district
  • Your classroom culture and relationship with the families of your students will be improved
  • You will become more confident in identifying ethical standards and professionalism in yourself and others

How the course is taught

  • Self-Guided, online course
  • 3 Months access
  • 1 course hours
  1. A Review of Boundaries, Communication, and Professionalism in the Classroom Course Content
    1. The video and article will provide you with an overview of ethical standards to consider for the classroom, including maintaining boundaries, proper communication with families, and professionalism and ethics in the classroom. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
  2. Quiz
    1. You will answer questions related to the ethics and professionalism in your instruction and planning. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
  3. Implementation Reflection
    1. The reflection prompt requires you to plan for the use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing it with a colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
  4. Considerations for Implementation
    1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
  5. Videos and Further Reading
    1. Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of boundaries, appropriate communication, and professionalism.
Self-Study

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites to take this course.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 10 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Microsoft Word Online
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
  • Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Your course begins immediately after you enroll.​

You have 3 months of access to the course. After enrolling, you can learn and complete the course at your own pace, within the allotted access period. You will have the opportunity to interact with other students in the online discussion area.

There is no time limit to complete each lesson, other than completing all lessons within the allotted access period. Discussion areas for each lesson are open for the entire duration of the course.

Because this course is self-guided, no extensions will be granted after the start of your enrollment.

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