Embedding an Ethical Work Culture

Professional Development Credit – This Micro-Credential may be eligible for continuing professional development credit in your state. Contact your state affiliate association to learn more.

Overview – The Embedding an Ethical Work Culture Micro-Credential requires that the practitioner demonstrates proficiency of all the essential outcomes and the research-based subskills defined in the details. These include the ability to: establish norms and expectations for ethical behavior; establish routines and processes for the ethical and responsible use of data, materials, research, and assessment; ensure ethical treatment for all stakeholders; and provide a plan with goals, strategies, implementation timelines, evaluation, and a monitoring process to establish best practices to institutionalize an ethical work culture for students, staff, and organizational improvement. An ethical culture guides students to act ethically, which promotes their wellness during their school years. It also prepares students to be ethical citizens after graduation by teaching values chat are essential in a democratic, civil, and global society, including conflict resolution and disciplinary processes.

Essential Outcomes – Embedding an Ethical Work Culture includes the following four identified essential outcomes:

1. Establish norms and expectations for ethical behavior.
2. Establish routines and processes for the ethical and responsible use of data, materials, research, and assessment.
3. Ensure ethical treatment for all stakeholders.
4. Provide a plan with goals, strategies, implementation timelines, evaluation, and a monitoring process to establish best practices to institutionalize an ethical work culture for students, staff, and organizational improvement.

Requirements

Part 1. Overview Questions

Develop a responsive narrative that answers the following questions (1,000-word minimum):

1. Discuss the process you facilitated to established for norms and expectations for ethical behavior in your school community?
2. What routines and processes for ethical and responsible use of data, materials, research, and assessment have you used or plan to use? What have you discovered from that data?
3. How do you ensure that you treat all stakeholders ethically? Give a few examples.
4. How have you assisted your staff and others to examine and establish best practices to examine their personal, ethical behaviors and then institutionalize an ethical work culture for students, staff, and organizational improvement?

Part 2. Skill Demonstration Product with Self-Analysis

Develop an artifact portfolio that captures the essential outcomes for the Embedding an Ethical Work Culture Micro-Credential and complete the evidence self-analysis.

For each EO detail you will be required to reference an uploaded artifact(s) and guide the assessor to the specific evidence (page number, video time stamp, etc.) within the uploaded artifact(s). An explanation of how the evidence demonstrates proficiency of the outcome detail is also required. The practitioner must clearly and compellingly demonstrate proficiency of every detail under each essential outcome.

Part 3. Reflection & Application

Submit, in writing, a summary of your experience of Embedding an Ethical Work Culture (500-word minimum). Provide specific examples of how you applied all components of the essential outcomes. This could include topics covered and a description of the norms and expectations you established for ethical behavior or discussion of the routine and processes for the ethical and responsible use of data, materials, and research. This could also include testimonials from teachers on your ethical treatment of all stakeholders. Include a reflection about the impact of this skill on your professional practice and how you will continue to apply it in the future.