How Teachers Can Avoid Being Sued: Law and American Education.

Autor/in	Greene, Jim
Titel	How Teachers Can Avoid Being Sued: Law and American Education.
Quelle	(1998) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monografie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Stellungnahme; Positionspapier; Civil Liberties; Classroom Techniques; Corporal Punishment; Court Litigation; Discipline; Educational Legislation; Elementary Secondary Education; Laws; Legal Problems; Legal Responsibility; Libel and Slander; Malpractice; Negligence; Principals; Private Schools; Public Schools; School Law; Teacher Responsibility; Teachers; Torts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassenführung; Körperliche Züchtigung; Rechtsstreit; Disziplin; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Law; Recht; Strafmündigkeit; Diffamierung; Principal; Schulleiter; Private school; Privatschule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Law concerning schools; Schulrecht; Lehrverpflichtung; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	This paper explores what teachers can do to avoid potential lawsuits. Section 1 describes different types of laws for public and private schools. Section 2 discusses tort liability. Section 3 presents legal principles that apply to educators (in loco parents, intentional torts, strict liability, negligence, foreseeability, assigned duties, contributory negligence, assumption of risk, and federal torts). Section 4 discusses negligent conduct and supervision. Section 5 presents guidelines in supervision. Section 6 discusses responsibility for learning (accountability, curriculum, and new teaching methods and techniques). Section 7 presents guidelines in methodology. Section 8 discuses obscenity in the classroom. Sections 9 and 10 discuss libel, slander, and privacy and related guidelines. Sections 11 and 12 discuss teachers' civil liberties and related guidelines. Section 13 discusses before and after school. Sections 14 and 15 note that principals can also be sued, and offer guidelines for principals. Section 16 describes teachers as counselors. Section 17 explains child abuse reporting. Section 18 discusses classroom management. Section 19 examines prayer in school. Section 20 emphasizes field trips. Section 21 presents guidelines for corporal punishment. Section 22 discusses guidelines regarding discipline. Section 23 explains what teachers should do if they think they might get sued. (Contains 13 references.) (SM)
Begutachtung	unbekannt
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01