casualchris wrote: holly golightly wrote:I'm sorry but the pictures of the teacher on the Wpg Sun site (taken from her facebook page without her permission no doubt) are not that bad, halloween costumes, pictures of her vacation. Professional ethics and conduct of teachers applies to teachers when they are on duty or at a school/division sponsored function or could be deemed to be in direct contact with a student at a specific function. What they do on their time for entertainment is their business and should not be considered reason to add to the discipline in this case. As long as the entertainment does not directly involve students they work with or portrays/represents the school/division in which they work in a bad image, what they do after hours is their business. If each teacher were to be taken to task for their "skeletons" or their personal life, there would be a lot of teachers out of work. Of course the pedophiles, abusers and hardened criminals are a different case altogether.
http://www.mbteach.org/inside-mts/professionalcode.htmlHere is a link to the Mb Teachers Society site which has the Code of Professional Practice in which is states "A teacher's
professional behaviour must reflect the spirit as well as the letter of the Code" I bolded professional because what these 2 did was during their professional day.
does the same apply for nurses or other professionals?
Pretty sure if a nurse is charged with an abuse crime they are not getting a job caring for others.
Pretty sure if a bus driver is charged with a DUI off duty that will affect his employment potential.
Pretty sure if a banker bounces checks and does empty envelope withdrawls and other schemes that it might affect his work.
So why does the role model teacher get to say, "oh i wasn't on the clock when that happened, when i got smashed and did..........."?
I think this is yet another great example of why you should not put those things out on facebook for all to see.
Dont we teach children that what you put on the internet can be seen by who knows who and that they should act accordingly in case the wrong person were to obtain whatever was on it? Seemed the teacher skipped that lesson too.
As for the mention of a trial, I guess the context you read was not that clear for you to understand. These 2 have been "convicted" by the media and by the "public/peers" for doing something really stupid but have not been allowed to defend their actions, thus they have been denied "due process".
As for your questions about "does this apply to nurses....." and the comment about abuse of others, if a teacher were to be found guilty of child abuse then yes they should be fired although we both know that this is not the case in both professions, there are teachers with criminal records as well as nurses who are still employed in their profession.
As for a bus driver, if they are charged with a DUI while OFF DUTY, no conviction, then no loss of job or time. What the bus driver did, although wrong, was on their own time and did not put into jeopardy any paying passengers. Now if the offence had occurred while on the job, yes, suspension until convicted and then termination.
As for a banker, knowingly bouncing cheques and doing empty envelope withdrawals/deposits is an offense regardless of what your job/career is but to bounce a cheque in error is not grounds for firing.
So can I conclude from what you are saying Chris that each and every teacher who has a personal life should act like a nun????????? No sex, alcohol, enjoyment of life, keep their bodies from earlobes to ankles covered??????? If this is what you are imagining maybe you should live in Saudi Arabia where this kind of thing is the norm. We live in Canada and as such teachers are allowed the same rights and freedoms as everyone else. And if this includes getting absolutely sh+tfaced at a social and going home for a one night stand with someone he/she doesn't know then so be it. Now if that someone happened to be a student, that is a different situation altogether.
As I said earlier, the pictures on this thread taken from her Facebook site are not inappropriate, she is not doing anything wrong nor is she displaying herself in a manner that is derogatory to herself or her students. I don't know if there are other pictures on her Facebook site that may be inappropriate and I am not the type to "creep" her to find out.
I am not a strong proponent of the pageant like pictures or bathing suit competitons but if a woman is in great shape, practices a healthy lifestyle and has the confidence to wear a bikini in public all the more power to her. She can set a great example to the young girls out there that have body image issues.
Yes what is put on Facebook and other social networking sites should be discreet if you are working with the public or are in the public eye
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