Professional Ethics

Working within any organisation, professional ethics and how they are enforced is an important issue. The private sector presents a challenge itself, as there is no governing body to oversee the way in which the business in conducted, the responsibility of setting standards and maintaining an ethically run business falls the the principal and those in charge of the running of the establishment. I spent some time thinking about ethics and expectations of staff in the workplace, its funny how many ethical principals you use without realizing, but there effects are important, I've made note of a few.

• As a privately run college, teachers are not regulated to hold a qualification in order to be employed. It is therefore the responsibility of the workplace to ensure that all staff have the relevant qualification or experience of their craft to deliver skilled and knowledgeable education at the required level.

• We are contacted for our teaching hours but to ensure a level of preparation and professionalism all staff are required to be present in the building 15min before class starts.

• Physical contact is something that is unavoidable in a dance class, it is the responsibility of the company to make all parties aware that physical contact is used and in what form that will take. I always ask permission of my children/students before I make a physical correct and will use the back of my hand as point of contact if possible.

• Claire Radford makes a valid point regarding safe guarding of students, students are asked to call upon their emotions to help portray stories thought choreography. We ask them to draw emotion from past experiences to help them create the desired effect. This needs to be approached with care and attention need to be given to students reactions and mental state during the class, recalling past memories can bring memories to the surface.

•  As teachers it are job to monitor the mental and physical health of our students. if any student shows growing concern a teacher needs to inform a member of management.