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-In my new role as an itinerant teacher, I was asked by a principal to let her know the names of the teachers who were not coming to see me on a regular basis. The same principal asked me to spend some time with a beginning teacher experiencing pedagogical challenges. Near the end of the year, I received an e-mail from the principal requesting that I send her my notes and opinions regarding my visits with the new teacher. I felt my role and my professional integrity were being compromised by this principal’s requests.

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The Itinerant Teacher

-develops strategies in conjunction with classroom teachers that will enable students to easily access and grasp the curriculum. This includes providing suggestions about classroom visual aids and strategies to enhance communication opportunities for the students. The Itinerant Teacher provides school in-service about the impact of blindness and low vision as well as liaison and consultation with community agencies.

ITINERANT DUTIES:

work collaboratively with the classroom teacher, educational support staff, principal, parents and community partners in developing programs to meet the specific needs of individual students who are receiving Braille instruction

obtain and provide ongoing accurate assessment of student’s individual needs and to report results on a regular basis

recommend needed accommodations and modifications to assist the student with classroom functioning

ensure that safety concerns have been considered with respect to the classroom and school environment for each student on their caseload

provide students with safe travel and safe play training in and around the school environment

provide training for students, staff and parents in the use and care of specialized equipment

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The principal asked to  know the names of the teachers who were not coming to see me on a regular basis.

The same principal asked me to spend some time with a beginning teacher experiencing  pedagogical challenges. Pedagogy involves being able to convey knowledge and skills in ways that students can understand, remember and apply. Pedagogical skills can generally be divided into classroom management skills and content-related skills.

Lastly, towards the end of the year, the principal requested that I send my notes and opinions regarding my visits with the new teacher.

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I felt my role and my professional integrity were being compromised by the principal's requests.
-It is difficult being the itinerant teacher in this scenario, as the professional boundaries have been tested by an autocratic type leader- an autocratic/structural type leader. These leaders can cause issues to staff morale, school culture and ultimately affects the output of employees within an organisation. A boss/leader who is seen as ruthless and driven may demand results.

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Educators can consider the ethical challenges and issues encountered in professional practice through the lens of each of the ethical standards. For instance, an educator might contemplate an ethical dilemma by asking oneself self-reflective questions based on the standards such as:

• How can I communicate Care to all individuals involved in the most compassionate manner?

• In what ways have I expressed Care for the well-being of students through my professional judgments in this situation?

• What can I do to ensure that I Respect and Trust the professional autonomy and judgment of the teacher in this incident?

• How did my actions and decisions Respect the principles of social justice, freedom and democracy in this situation?

• How do I foster Trust with others through consistently embodying fairness, openness and honesty within this complex dilemma.

• In what ways are my relationships with my colleagues based on Trust?

• What do I need to do to communicate Trust and empower the judgments and decisions of others?

• What do I need to do in this situation to ensure the Integrity of my professional practice remains intact and is not compromised?

• How congruent were my words and actions throughout this experience?

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1. Communicate my ideas clearly by  having one or two ideas written down about how I feel this comprises your role as a "mentoring" teacher to help student success.

2. Explain that an itinerant teacher is placed in classrooms to provide students with appropriate learning activities/experiences designed to fulfill their
potential for intellectual, emotional, physical and social growth; enable students to develop
competencies and skills to function successfully in society

3. Describe your conflict and how you feel like you are breaching trust, respect and integrity by providing lists of staff members who do not engage in meeting with the itinerant teacher, or the teacher that is struggling with the pedagogical skills of teaching.

4. Be rational with the principal- talk and understand what the real issues are to help serve the vision/the goal of the team

ask questions, be a problem solver by offering a few suggestions and be intentional on training leaders that being a social architect & unleashing the talents/passions of teachers will harness their ability to empower and innovate  in useful ways, especially where they feel valued, cared for and respected.

Offer to give observations of instructional/learning strategies, activities, materials, environmental accommodations and equipment that reflect understanding of the learning styles and needs of the students assigned, or the curriculum goals and pedagogical theories to enhance student learning.

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-have the itinerant teacher present strategies on to help with student success & developing a positive school culture

- briefly discuss pedagogical skills

-discuss and learn the 7 norms of collaboration

-naming the elephant in the room

-a schedule where the itinerant teacher is in classrooms according to that day/period and will mentor and support effective teaching, learning, and assessment practices with the teacher which will hopefully capture trust, respect from colleagues to have in the classroom to be mentoring/collaborating more

-empower teachers to share their learning via social media platforms, through conversations, D2L, google classroom, Instagram as a way to see what is happening in everyones class.