Code of Conduct for Clifton Teachers

Rights and Responsibilities of Clifton Staff and Teachers

As children enjoy their rights and are expected to carry out their responsibilities, so too must teachers enjoy their rights and carry out their responsibilities. All Clifton teachers have:

• The right to a harmonious workplace and the responsibility to provide such for others

• The right to be respected and the responsibility to show others respect and caring

• The right to base diagnosis, planning, methodology and evaluation on professional knowledge and skills, and have the responsibility to review constantly their own level of competence and effectiveness and to seek necessary improvements as part of a continuing process of professional development

• The right to expect a standard of child behaviour necessary for maintaining an optimal learning environment and the responsibility to use reasonable methods to achieve such standards

• The right to a voice in all decisions of a professional nature which affect them and the responsibility to seek the most effective means of consultation and of collaboration with their professional colleagues

• The right to criticise educational programmes and the responsibility to do so in a professional manner

• The right to a fair and reasonable evaluation of professional performances and the responsibility to give sincere consideration to any suggestions for improvement

• The right to parent support and the responsibility to support the parents 

Expected Standard of Behaviour for Staff and Teachers

• Be professional

• Be a role model

• Be kind and caring

• Be responsible

• Have high expectations of yourself and others

• Be fair, be firm, be friendly