Legal and Ethical Issues for Curriculum and Instruction by Ashley Weatherby https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z Ashley Weatherby, Legal and Ethical Issues 6305 en-us 2019-01-13 20:44:22 UTC 2025-05-14 03:25:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png Exploration Option 2- abryan22 https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z/wish/320094791 Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) ASCD.org
I explored the ASCD website by looking under the topics tab and viewing all topics.
In my exploration of the ASCD topics, I noticed a focus on 21st-century learning and many links to teaching “the whole child”. 


]]> 2019-01-13 20:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z/wish/320094791 Exploration Option 1- abryan22 https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z/wish/320094792 I talked to the former curriculum and instruction director of Reagan County ISD., Teressa Tekell about current legal and ethical issues impacting her old position.  I also spoke to Kalum McKay the elementary principal of Reagan County elementary school to explore legal and ethical issues impacting curriculum.  
The top five things I learned about legal and ethical issues are:
#1 There are many legal issues facing school districts that impact curriculum sometimes in big changes or small changes.
#2 TEKS resource is the districts adopted curriculum and TEKS resource updates changes to the TEKS regularly. 
#3 The change from C-SCOPE to TEKS resource stood out as the most recent change to curriculum impacting the district.
#4 Being a conservative rural district many issues that impact urban school districts do not impact us. 
#5 To stay current on topics that impact curriculum both administrators subscribe and follow my online sites.  
(K. McKay, personal communications, January 15, 2019)
(T. Tekell, personal communications, January 16, 2019)

]]> 2019-01-13 20:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z/wish/320094792 My Professional Perspective abryan22 https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z/wish/320094793 My professional perspective is as a reading intervention teacher working on my masters in curriculum and instruction advanced educator.  My short term goal is to keep teaching reading intervention my long term goal is to be a director of curriculum. My ideal job would be a campus curriculum and RTI coordinator.

]]> 2019-01-13 20:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z/wish/320094793 Exploration Option 2- abryan22 https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z/wish/321947687 Education Week edweek.org
I explored the edweek.org website searching the topics under the courts and law section.  An article topic that caught my attention was “stolen” work being sold on teachers pay teachers.  Another topic that stood out was practical ways to help immigrant families in school.  

]]> 2019-01-17 23:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z/wish/321947687 Exploration of Legal and Ethical Issues abryan22 https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z/wish/321949662 After my exploration of legal and ethical issues in curriculum and instruction, I am most interested in exploring ownership of teacher-created materials. This is interesting to me because teachers use many resources to create lessons and activities to meet the students' needs best.  I found two different perspectives about teachers selling teacher-created materials online. ]]> 2019-01-17 23:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z/wish/321949662 Angelo State University Library Resource abryan22 https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z/wish/321950725 2019-01-17 23:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z/wish/321950725 Reliable Website Resource abryan22 https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z/wish/321950775 2019-01-17 23:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z/wish/321950775 Exploring Legal and Ethical Issues Summary abryan22 https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z/wish/322402065 In my exploration of legal and ethical issues, I came across the ethical question about teachers selling or sharing lesson plans.  The question to share or sell lessons is not new to education, but the popularity of sites like Teachers Pay Teachers and others has made selling lessons more popular.  This is important to educators because when purchasing or selling a lesson educators need to be aware of copyright infringement. The two resources I explored address the ethical issue of selling and sharing and legal issues of ownership and plagiarism.  

The ethical question of educators selling verses sharing lesson plans is two-sided.  On the one hand, educators should be able to sell his or her lesson to supplement his or her income.  However, the other side argues that selling lessons “cheapens” the profession (Schwartz, 2018).  The legal question asked in both articles was who owned the lesson plans?  When an educator creates a lesson,  does the lesson belong to the teacher or the district?  According to the Copyright Act of 1975 states that the lesson is “work-for-hire” and is the property of the district (Greene, 2016). Another legal issue explored was plagiarism and copyright infringement. With the free online sharing sites and the online market for lessons, there is an increase of copied work.  An example is an educator finding an idea online and then changing a few things and passing the work off is his or her own (Schwartz, 2018).  

The impact of the legal and ethical issues for educators comes down to the quality of the curriculum.  With the popularity of online sources, the coherence of the curriculum suffers.   As a curriculum coordinator, I would need to be aware of the legal and ethical issues that come with educator created materials preventing the misuse of such materials.   In my feature position, I may also be responsible for planning or presenting development on ownership of teacher-created materials.  

]]> 2019-01-19 15:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z/wish/322402065 References abryan22 https://padlet.com/abryan22/ghoo4ghqnv5z/wish/322402331 Greene, K. (2016). For sale: Your lesson plans. Educational Leadership,74(2), 28-33. Retrieved from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.easydb.angelo.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=2&sid=58ee529b-4957-46f2-a1a7-240c94e9aceb@sessionmgr120

Schwartz, S. (2018, December 19). On teachers pay teachers, some sellers are profiting from stolen work. Retrieved from https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/12/19/on-teachers-pay-teachers-some-sellers-are.html

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