The Code of Conduct guides interactions between adults and children at ICS. ICS requires that all employees, volunteers and anyone working at ICS demonstrate responsibility in maintaining appropriate boundaries and professionalism at all times. All employees, volunteers and anyone working at ICS are required to read and sign the Code of Conduct each school year.
By signing the Code of Conduct, ICS expects our employees to:
Avoid situations in which you are alone with a child. When it is necessary to speak privately with a child, find a space out of earshot, but within sight of others for your conference.
The privacy of children in situations such as toileting, showering and changing clothes should be respected. When it is necessary to supervise children in these situations, at least two adults should be present and intrude only to the extent that the health and safety of the children are required. Adult volunteers should also preserve their own privacy in these situations.
Avoid touching areas that are normally covered by swimming suits; breasts, buttocks, and groin. When hugging is appropriate, hug from the side over the shoulders, not from the front.
Sexual jokes, comments of a sexual nature, kissing, sensual massages or sexual gestures are not appropriate behavior on campus or on field trips for an adult staff member or volunteer.
When volunteering to supervise overnight activities, adults should not share sleeping quarters with children other than their own.
Revealing personal information about one's sex life by an adult volunteer or staff member is never appropriate.
Do not use corporal punishment in any form
It is the adult's responsibility to set and respect boundaries. When a child attempts to involve an adult in inappropriate behavior, the adult must reject the overture.