Understanding Your Duty to Report Your Duty to Report Guiding Principle: Public Interest Section 38 of the Teachers Act states that a certificate holder must The concept of “public interest” – as it relates to regulatory discipline – promptly provide to the has two main elements: Commissioner a written and signed report if he/she has reason to 1. Students must be protected from certificate holders who inflict believe that another certificate physical, emotional or sexual harm on them (intentionally or holder has engaged in conduct that otherwise). involves any of the following: 2. Certificate holders cannot conduct themselves &ndash ...
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS The Professional Teaching Practices Commission has a duty under Sec. 14.20.460 “(2) To conduct investigations and hearings on alleged violations of ethical or professional teaching performance, contractual obligations and professional teaching misconduct;” PTPC Contract Policy was formed to uniformly address investigations of alleged breach of contract. CONTRACT POLICY I. PTPC PROCEDURES ON BREACH OF CONTRACT A. An educator under contract with a school district who fails to give written notice of intent to terminate the contract, or who leaves the position following such notice without having the written assent of the employer, shall be ...
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