This series of webinars is a modified version of the module offered during the CASS/ASBOA summer conference.
This program will be of interest to anyone in the education sector.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have taken the Ethic Leadership in Education module at the CASS/ASBOA summer conference, this is a modified version of that module.
Thank you for your interest in the Ethics Session. We have reached our maximum limit and registration is now closed.
Course Purpose
This purpose of this course is to provide participants in leadership positions with an understanding and means of using ethical decision-making processes which will serve them well in defending a personal decision or school board policy, and its application, in the public square.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, participants will:
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Have a working knowledge of the theoretical underpinnings of all ethical action
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Focus on the application of ethical analysis to ethical quandaries faced by and created by school business officials and superintendents
Module Overview
October 7 - Wednesday morning - 9:00 – 11:00 am
October 14 - Wednesday morning 9:00 - 11:00 am
October 21 - Wednesday morning 9:00 – 11:00 am
Resources
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Dancing on the Narrow Ridge: Superintendents’ Ethical Decision -Making – by Keith D. Walker; J. Kent Donlevy https://education.usask.ca/documents/profiles/walker/books/narrow-ridge/index.htm
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Other relevant professional Codes of Ethics
Upon successful completion of this course, ASBOA members may use towards the CSBO designation requirements.
Our Presenter:
Dr. Donlevy is an Associate Professor and former Associate Dean of the Graduate Division of Educational Research in the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary. He is the Chair of the Research Ethics Appeal Board and the Grievance Advisor for the Faculty Association at that University. He teaches ethics and law, is an annual lecturer in the civil litigation course in the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta, as well as a frequently invited lecturer and debater at the Centre for Constitutional Studies in that Faculty. He has recently presented at the Legal Education Society of Alberta. He has a B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed., Ph.D. (Educational Administration), and J.D. (University of Saskatchewan).