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POLICY EXAMPLES:
State Departments of Education Codes of Conduct/Ethics
A collection of codes from many of the individual state’s DOE policies.
National and State Associations
A collection of codes from various national and state associations.
RESEARCH/REPORTS:
Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis
Kenneth V. Lanning, Former Supervisory Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) prepared this report for professionals investigating the sexual exploitation of children.
Educator Sexual Misconduct: A Synthesis of Existing Literature
Prepared for the U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Under Secretary, Policy and Program Studies Service By Charol Shakeshaft, Hofstra University and Interactive, Inc., Huntington, N.Y.
Hostile Hallways: Bullying, Teasing, and Sexual Harassment in School.
In 2003, the American Association of University Women (AAUW) commissioned a study by Harris Interactive to survey a nationally representative group of 2,064 students ranging from twelve to eighteen years old about sexual harassment in their schools. This was a follow-up to a similar AAUW study done in 1993.
School Principals’ Knowledge and Understanding of
Educator Sexual Misconduct Against Students.
Dr. Sylvia Sonja Cairns investigates what public school leadership understands and knows about educator sexual misconduct. This dissertation provides a clearer picture of how administrators perceive and performs their leadership role as moral keeper of their school.
Sexual Misconduct Against K-12 Students: Teachers’ Perceptions of Incidents by School.
Dr. Karla Rhay shares her dissertation which investigated, analyzed, and described teachers’ perceptions of the occurrence of sexual misconduct in public elementary, middle and high school settings. The results of this study provide a resource for anyone wanting to improve programs, policies, and training in order to reduce the frequency of sexual misconduct by school workers using identified practices. Additional studies in this area are recommended in order to fully understand educator sexual misconduct, and the continued development of policies designed to stop this phenomenon is recommended.
GOVERNMENT FORMS:
CALIFORNIA: Form SS 8572: Suspected Child Abuse Report Form
To Be Completed by all California Mandated Child Abuse Reporters Pursuant to Penal Code Section 11166.
