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Module 1001

Disciplining Students for Offsite Misconduct: Policy Options and the Law

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Tuition: $225 complete


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What You'll Learn

How far does a school's discipline policy reach? That is a question school administrators struggle with all the time. Not only must in-school behavior be regulated, but you also have the growing responsibility for supervising and disciplining out-of-school activities and incidents. Understanding what educators can and can't do legally is critical to maintaining a safe environment for everyone. In this module, you'll learn:

  • Legal guidelines for out-of-school disciplinary action
  • Out-of-school discipline: The line schools should never cross
  • When it is and isn't appropriate to discipline students off school grounds
  • How to communicate with parents about off-campus behavior

Highlights

Out-of-School Discipline: What You Can and Can't Do

  • Keys to determine where and when schools can discipline students
  • What authority do you have for disciplining students for offsite incidents?
  • Off-campus situations: Bus stops, sporting events, field trips and more

Legal Guidelines that Govern Off-Campus Discipline

  • Legally, how far can you go when disciplining students
  • Fourth Amendment issues & due process requirements
  • Out-of-School speech: Where to draw the line
  • Suggestions for protecting yourself from backlash and lawsuits

Online incidents: Cyberbullying and other Web-Related Behavior

  • When can schools step in on bullying after school hours?
  • The best ways to respond to off-campus student misconduct
  • What other forms of out-of-school incidents are rampant today?

The Virtual Teachers Lounge™

Check in with your peers and get answers to your questions – any time, 24/7. Taking this course will give you exclusive access to the thoughts, insights and experience of other educators and K-12 experts discussing your topics and giving you solutions and ideas for whatever is on your mind. In the Teachers' lounge, you can:

  • Learn new, working strategies and solutions from other educators – live!
  • Get answers to your toughest questions from top K-12 experts
  • Discuss course topics with your peers and benefit from their experiences
  • Share your success stories and best practices to benefit other teachers and administrators
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Materials & Assessment

Lectures Your lectures, delivered by one of the nation's leading, recognized experts on this topic, are presented in multiple parts to make listening and tracking your progress easier. You can listen to each as often as you like by playing it on your computer, downloading it to your iPod or other MP3 player, even burning it to CD. Listen wherever it is most convenient for you: at home, in your car; at the park; and whenever you like: before or after work, at night or on weekends. Many educators can complete a module in only a week.
Text Resources Virtual text resources are downloadable and expand on the material covered in your lectures. They may include articles, web links to related materials and web sites, definitions of important terms and concepts, and a bibliography. All materials can be viewed on your computer or downloaded and printed.
Assessment If you are taking this course for a Certificate of Completion, you do not need to complete the assessments and need only submit final projects. If you want to receive 3 Professional Development credits or 90 Professional Development hours, you must complete all the assessments and final projects.
Virtual Teachers Lounge To gain Professional Development credits or hours for any of these three modules, you must participate in the Virtual teachers Lounge discussion for that module. If you are not seeking credits or hours, participation in the Lounge is not mandatory, but you are still welcome to connect with and share your thoughts, questions, insights and experience with your peers at any time.
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Disciplining Students for Offsite Misconduct: Policy Options and the Law

Tuition: $225
Contact us for our quantity discount policy at questions@americancenterforeducators.org