Week 6 Discussion 1 Professional and ethical Reflection Review the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Special Education Professional Ethics Principles and National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) Code of Ethics.  Then visit Voicethread: Ethics and Responsibilities (Links to an external site.).  If you are unable to see the video in VoiceThread, or require closed caption, please view it in YouTube: Student Privacy 101: FERPA for Parents and Students (Links to an external site.). Initial Post: After watching the video, you will create an initial response that responds to the two posted discussion board prompts below directly on VoiceThread.  You are able to access this by hovering your mouse in the center of the green ‘play’ bar until, where you will click on the “+” sign.  For each question you will state, specifically using support from the readings and Instructor Guidance from Week Six, your answers to the following: · How does FERPA relate directly to the CEC and NASET standard of ethics for special educators? · What characteristics and behaviors will make you stand out as an ethical teacher? *Please be sure to create an original post on the discussion board with your name in the subject line and the words “See VoiceThread” in the comments section.* Guided Response: Review the posts of your classmates made in VoiceThread, reply in the discussion board under their initial post.  Choose two peers to endorse, question, or refute each viewpoint, citing the CEC or NASET Code of Ethics. Though two replies are the basic expectation, for deeper engagement and application of the material, you are encouraged to provide responses to any comments or questions others have made (including your Instructor) before the last day of the discussion period.  This will extend the conversation while providing opportunities to demonstrate your content expertise, critical thinking, and real work experiences with this topic. Instructor Guidance Week Six Introduction The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), comprised of international education professionals, is a like-minded community who share the common goal of improving educational practices for students with disabilities. The video Celebrate Exceptional  (Links to an external site.)explains how this organization celebrates exceptionality, diversity, and individuality. The Council for Exceptional Children is a premier education organization, internationally renowned for its expertise and leadership, working collaboratively with strategic partners to ensure that children and youth with exceptionalities are valued and full participating members of society. As a diverse and vibrant professional community, CEC is a trusted voice in shaping education practice and policy. (CEC, vision, 2015). The CEC standardized a guide of ethical principles and practices for special educators to meet the needs of students with disabilities, respect the rights of the families they support, create a learning e ...

1. Week 6 Discussion 1 Professional and ethical Reflection
Review the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Special
Education Professional Ethics Principles and National
Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) Code of
Ethics. Then visit Voicethread: Ethics and
Responsibilities (Links to an external site.). If you are unable
to see the video in VoiceThread, or require closed caption,
please view it in YouTube: Student Privacy 101: FERPA for
Parents and Students (Links to an external site.).
Initial Post: After watching the video, you will create an initial
response that responds to the two posted discussion board
prompts below directly on VoiceThread. You are able to access
this by hovering your mouse in the center of the green ‘play’
bar until, where you will click on the “+” sign. For each
question you will state, specifically using support from the
readings and Instructor Guidance from Week Six, your answers
to the following:
· How does FERPA relate directly to the CEC and NASET
standard of ethics for special educators?
· What characteristics and behaviors will make you stand out as
an ethical teacher?
*Please be sure to create an original post on the discussion
board with your name in the subject line and the words “See
VoiceThread” in the comments section.*
Guided Response: Review the posts of your classmates made in
VoiceThread, reply in the discussion board under their initial
post. Choose two peers to endorse, question, or refute each
viewpoint, citing the CEC or NASET Code of Ethics.
Though two replies are the basic expectation, for deeper
engagement and application of the material, you are encouraged
to provide responses to any comments or questions others have
made (including your Instructor) before the last day of the
discussion period. This will extend the conversation while
providing opportunities to demonstrate your content expertise,

2. critical thinking, and real work experiences with this topic.
Instructor Guidance
Week Six
Introduction
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), comprised of
international education professionals, is a like-minded
community who share the common goal of improving
educational practices for students with disabilities. The
video Celebrate Exceptional (Links to an external site.)explains
how this organization celebrates exceptionality, diversity, and
individuality.
The Council for Exceptional Children is a premier education
organization, internationally renowned for its expertise and
leadership, working collaboratively with strategic partners to
ensure that children and youth with exceptionalities are valued
and full participating members of society. As a diverse and
vibrant professional community, CEC is a trusted voice in
shaping education practice and policy. (CEC, vision, 2015).
The CEC standardized a guide of ethical principles and
practices for special educators to meet the needs of students
with disabilities, respect the rights of the families they support,
create a learning environment founded on respect and
acceptance and commit to lifelong learning and professional
growth.
In addition to professional and ethical safeguards outlined by
the CEC, the federal law, Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA), was designed to ensure that the privacy
of student records (FERPA, n.d.). For students with a disability
covered under IDEA, there are additional provisions provided to
children and their families that include education records,
personal identifying information and dispute resolution outcome
(IDEA and FERPA, 2014). The Law of Student Records
or...FERPA Guy Explains It All to You! (Links to an external

3. site.) provides an authentic example of how teachers may
unintentionally violate a student’s right to privacy.
In Practice
Along with Henry, you have six other students identified as
having specialized academic and behavioral needs. Some of
these students may be falling behind in their academics. Others
may not appear engaged in the classwork or homework
activities. Yet others may appear to have a negative attitude.
You work hard to focus on creating a proactive positive
classroom environment, where every student feels safe and
embraced for their unique characteristics. During your lunch
break, you go to the teacher’s lounge where you overhear some
teachers talking about some of the other students with
disabilities in your class. One of the teachers is warning the
next grade’s successor of future students, their behavior
problems, IEP goals, and issues with the families during team
meetings. Being a new teacher, you tend to avoid conflict; but,
in this instance, you know that the student’s privacy rights are
being violated, and that if a visiting parent overheard this
conversation the school could be held liable for violating
FERPA laws.
Week Six Discussion
Children with disabilities are protected by various laws,
agencies, and organizations that are all aligned with the
common goal of respecting the rights and privacy of students
and their families. FERPA, CEC Ethical Principles and
Professional Standards, and the National Association of Special
Education Teachers (NASET) Code of Ethics are recognized as
the national guideline standards. During the Week Six
discussion board, you will explain how FERPA relates directly
to the CEC and NASET standard of ethics for special educators
and what characteristics and behaviors will make you stand out
as an ethical teacher. First, you will review the Code of Ethics
published by the CEC and by the NASET in the weekly required

4. reading. Then you will watch the Voicethread video posted in
the discussion board prompt. After watching the video, you will
create an initial response that answers how FERPA relate
directly to the CEC and NASET standard of ethics for special
educators and what characteristics and behaviors will make you
stand out as an ethical teacher?
For the second discussion board post this week you will watch
the video Creating Your Teacher Interview Portfolio (Links to
an external site.) and then reflect on how this course has helped
you determine your professional interests in the field of special
education. Think about how an online portfolio will give you a
competitive edge in the 21st-century job market. Consider new
ideas and topics you would like to learn more about and why.
For each discussion board post, make sure to use the Grading
Rubric as a self-checklist before submitting the final copy of
your assignment to confirm you have met or exceeded each
required expectation. The highest level of achievement on the
rubric is distinguished, which is only earned through exceeding
posted expectations at the proficiency level. Please remember
you are in a masters-level program. Therefore, your writing,
research, and content are held to graduate-level expectations.
Week Six Final Paper Guidance
As you complete your first year of teaching, you think about the
process of creating a partnership of respect, mutual
understanding, and professional comradery. You decide to end
the school year by creating a user-friendly guide with relevant
resources, special education terms and definitions, real-world
examples, and family-based privacy information specific to
students with disabilities for Mr. Franklin and other general
educators. For the final summative assignment, you will design
a resource manual of up-to-date information in the field of
special education. It can also be a rich source of documentation
of your work in this program as you consider entering the field

5. of special education and in preparation for the Capstone course,
the final class required to complete the Masters of Arts in
Special Education program.
The MASE program provides the opportunity to create an online
portfolio that can be used in your professional practice and also
in the final Capstone course, ESE699. You may select this
assignment and subsequent coursework to include as artifacts.
Therefore, it is strongly encouraged that you save your
coursework on a flash-drive (e.g., a USB removable drive) or
store in a cloud-based option such as Dropbox, GoogleDrive, or
other similar applications.
References
CEC. (2014). Mission & vision (Links to an external site.).
Retrieved from http://www.cec.sped.org/About-Us/Mission-and-
Vision
Classroom Caboodle. (2014, September 4). Creating your
teacher interview portfolio (Links to an external site.) (Links to
an external site.)[Video file]. Retrieved
from https://youtu.be/5GRQlfYACkY
Council for Exceptional Children. (2014, July 20). Celebrate
exceptional (Links to an external site.) [Video file]. Retrieved
from https://youtu.be/0f4o5KNO6-4
legaldigest. (2010, June 4). The law of student records or ...
FERPA guy explains it all to you! (Links to an external site.)
[Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/2HdyItsQK-Q
Surprenant, K., Miller, F., & Pasternak, S. (2014, June). IDEA
and FERPA confidentiality provisions (Links to an external
site.). Retrieved from
https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/ptac/pdf/idea-ferpa.pdf
U.S. Department of Education. (n.d.). Family educational rights
and privacy act (FERPA) (Links to an external site.). Retrieved
from http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html
Required Resources

6. Text
Henley, M., Ramsey, R. S., & Algozzine, R. (2009).
Characteristics of and strategies for teaching students with mild
disabilities. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Pearson
· Chapter 11: Building Family Partnerships
Multimedia
Classroom Caboodle. (2013, September 4). Creating Your
Teacher Interview Portfolio (Links to an external site.) [Video
file]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GRQlfYACkY
· This brief video outlines the importance and usefulness of
creating an online teacher interview portfolio. Included is
information on choosing appropriate artifacts and documents.
Accessibility Statement (Links to an external site.)Privacy
Policy (Links to an external site.)
Phillips, M. (2014, December 4). Ethics and
Responsibilities (Links to an external site.) [Presentation].
Retrieved from
https://voicethread.com/new/myvoice/#thread/6362620/3287516
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· This is the prompt for the web-based application required for
the this week’s discussion board.
Accessibility Statement (Links to an external site.)Privacy
Policy
Websites
National Association of Special Education Teachers: Code of
ethics (Links to an external site.). (2007). Retrieved from
https://www.naset.org/2444.0.html
· Then National Association of Special Educators (NASET) has
published a code of ethics for all special educators to establish
a level of professional excellence.
Accessibility Statement does not exist.
Privacy Policy
Special education professional ethical principles and practice
standards (Links to an external site.). (2014). Retrieved from
http://www.cec.sped.org/Standards/Ethical-Principles-and-

7. Practice-Standards
· Special education teachers use the Council for Exceptional
Children (CEC) as the ‘gold star’ standard for ethical principles
and practices standards. The Special Education Professional
Ethical Principals outline the commitment to children and their
families required by all special educators.
Accessibility Statement does not exist.
Privacy Policy
Recommended Resource
Multimedia
Usedgov. (2013, November 7). Student Privacy 101: FERPA for
Parents and Students (Links to an external site.) [Video file].
Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhlDkS8hvMU
· This is the video used in Voicethread which includes closed
captions for those who require additional supports.
Accessibility Statement (Links to an external site.)Privacy
Policy