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You are a well-respected 5th grade teacher. The parents of a 4th grade student (not one of your students) comes to you and ask if you would tutor their son for the academic year. They will pay you $30 per hour and ask for 10 hours of tutoring to be done per week (two hours per day after school). They tell you that their son has been clinically diagnosed with a learning disability, but they refuse to believe the diagnosis. They state that their son "is lazy and needs the kind of accountability that his current teacher is not providing." You could use the money, but are concerned about the ethics of accepting such a position. What legal and ethical considerations need to be analyzed prior to you making a decision?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
I think it's fine. I know it's against the code of ethics to charge a student that is your student, but not someone else that's not even in the same grade level. I'm not 100 percent sure though.
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No
The suggested solution is relevant to the case No
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No
The suggested solution is original No
Comments: I disagree with this solution. I do not think teachers should take money from any student in their school.
Rated On: July 5, 2015 10:30 pm
Rated By: Brittany Duce
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: I would make sure to look at the school's policy.
Rated On: February 24, 2019 8:42 pm
Rated By: upehaS