Academic Freedom/Controversial Issues Sample Clauses

Academic Freedom/Controversial Issues. A. Teachers shall be protected from undue censorship or restraint which may interfere with their obligation to pursue knowledge and truth in the performance of the teaching functions. Teaching of controversial issues is an accepted procedure in appropriate subject matters and grade levels in district schools. However, this does not give the teacher, or any group, the license to promote a particular point of view. Teachers also have the obligation to use thoughtful judgment in approaching controversial issues. They shall: (1) present varying aspects or sides of the issue; (2) clearly identify a personal position if such an expression is desirable; and (3) use care in selecting the type of materials used in studying the controversial issues. (See district Policy and Standard Practice INB). Academic freedom/controversial issues as defined in this context allows the teacher the right to complement but not the right to replace district-required curriculum and materials and/or district-adopted goals and/or instructional objectives with curriculum materials, goals, and/or objectives of the teacher’s choice. B. The Association shall be notified in a timely fashion of all filings of a Request to Reconsider as set forth in Standard Practice II/IIA-AR. C. Prior to any unilateral administrative decision to modify, ban, or otherwise curtail the use of materials or portions of materials contained in district adoptions for instructional purposes, the Association will be informed in a timely manner and shall be allowed to review the materials in question and to express its point of view to the superintendent and/or the Board. D. Whenever a district committee recommends the adoption, modification, ban, or curtailment of all or portions of district texts or other instructional materials which are of a controversial nature and/or which may raise concerns regarding academic freedom, the Association will be informed in a timely manner of the committee’s decision(s) and will be allowed to express its point of view to the superintendent and/or the Board prior to Board action or unilateral administrative action.
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Academic Freedom/Controversial Issues. Within reasonable district guidelines and board policy, academic freedom shall be guaranteed to teachers, and no special limitations shall be placed upon study, investigation, presenting and interpreting facts and ideas concerning human society, the physical and biological world and other branches of learning. Academic freedom includes a commitment to democratic tradition; a concern for the rights, welfare, growth and development of children; consideration for the concerns and desires of the community; and an insistence on objective scholarship. Accordingly, the Board and the Association agree as follows: A. In handling controversial issues, teachers shall endeavor to develop in students an ability to meet issues without prejudice and without judgment while facts are being collected, assembled, weighed and evaluated and until relationships are developed, before drawing inferences or conclusions. B. The ability of pupils to progress and mature academically is a combined result of the school, the home, the economic and the social environment and the teacher alone cannot be held accountable for all aspects of the academic achievement of the pupil in the classroom. C. Subject to reasonable administrative guidelines, teachers shall have the authority to select the methods of instruction and shall be delegated the authority to select materials used for the instruction of students subject to the District policies on Selection of Instructional Materials. Such administrative guidelines shall be published and distributed to all certificated staff from time to time, as adopted. D. In order to xxxxxx and protect academic freedom in the classroom no mechanical or electronic device shall be installed in any classroom or brought in on a temporary basis where such device would allow any person outside the classroom to listen to or would allow any person to record the proceedings in any class without the written permission of the Board or Superintendent or their/his designee and notification to the classroom teacher. In no case may any recording device be employed for the purpose of employee evaluation without the permission of the employee.
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Academic Freedom/Controversial Issues. Employees subject to this agreement shall be free to think and express ideas within the classroom. Such freedom shall be unrestricted except as it conflicts with the basic responsibility to utilize the current District authorized course of study. 1. Academic freedom shall be guaranteed to teachers, and no special limitations shall be placed upon study, investigation, presenting and interpreting facts and ideas concerning human society, the physical and biological world, and other branches of learning. Academic freedom includes a commitment to democratic tradition and discourse; culturally responsive pedagogy; a concern for the rights, welfare, growth, and development of children; consideration for the concerns and desires of the community; and an insistence on objective scholarship. Teachers are encouraged to xxxxxx discussions and assign material that are free from bias which advocates for the promotion of social identities that align with state and district standards.
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