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 School principals, business managers, college presidents, vice-presidents and deans, and other educational administratorsall face ethical challenges on a regular basis. When those challenges have well-resolved precedents, fit current policy, and are handled by people with good motives, dilemmas can be easily resolved. Unfortunately, issues vary, the right policy often does not exist, and people are fallible . . . so this type of task becomes rather difficult.
Solving ethical issues takes planning. And the best solutions occur only when arrangements, such as a code of ethics, policies, and a conscious awareness of risks, are in place before problemsarise.
Read the rest of this article here. (Source: Journal of Adventist Education, APRIL/MAY 2004)
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“Look how big those are!” shouted a wide-eyed kindergarten student of Poughkeepsie SDA School. “ I didn’t know that grapefruits grow on trees,” he continued, as he and other students walked through a conservatory on their field trip. These students were being exposed to nature’s handiwork and how applicable it can be in their lives. This was one of the goals that the Poughkeepsie School hoped to achieve through its first ever science and beauty initiative.
