tT The Emerging

Teachers
Revisioning the Future of Teachers Education

Legislating Teacher Education

And Beyond (Professional
Regulations that inform the
practices of Teachers In the
Jamaican Classroom, etc)
of
Who are Teachers? What is Teacher Legislative
Education? Documents and Their
purposes

Teacher Education can be

define as a set of polices and
guidelines used to equip
teachers with knowledge,
attitude and skills used to
perform duties within a
classroom.

Teachers are educators that helps

other acquired knowledge. They
are a professional whose job is to
 Education Code Of
teach and guide learning within a
Regulations
classroom.
 JTA Code Of
Ethics
 Childcare
Protection Act
Education Code Of About Legislative The JTA Code of Ethics
Documents
Reguations
Advantages of Education
Code of Regulations in a
Jamaican classroom
 Code of Regulation
serves as a Guide for
teachers to follow in
The Code of Regulations
a classroom
 Inform teachers
The Code of Regulations is a Legislative document
that was present by the ministry of Education to rights deem
Professional teachers, binding all teachers in public themselves, Students
Educational Institutions in Jamaica. It set out and Classroom. The Jamaica’s Teachers Association came
guidelines of rights and responsibilities of practicing into effect in 1977. The code for Ethics is a
teachers and is consist of code of conditions of
 Educate teachers of
document that is aim at giving conduct of it’s
service teachers. laws that should be members and set standards that is expected
Areas Outline by the Code of Regulations: abide by such as for teachers in Jamaica. It is used to assist
Registration of teachers in evaluating their responsibility,
1. The School Board – Composition and role behavior and conduct that is required in the
2. Classification of teachers- Trained Graduate teachers to teach learning environment. The code of ethics
3. Appointment of Teachers- Types of within a Institutions. contains commitments that a professional
appointment Acting, Temporary and Teachers who are teacher had towards students, parents and
Permanent members of Committee.
4. Procedure in Terminating the appointment registration with the
5. Registration of teachers government are
6. Leave Facilities- Vacation, Sick Leave, entitle for study
Special Leave and Maternity Leave
leave, student loan
 Childcare Protection Act Childcare Protection act
Advantages
AreChildren Important? Does Children Also  Children are protected,
Have Rights? “Every child As a Right” As which minimized risk for
Violence against Children.
Adults it is our responsibility to Protects
 Children are protected and
those rights. The Child Care and care for by adults.
Protection Act was enacted in 2004 to
strengthen protection for Children and
promote their right.
The Childcare and Protection Act covers
three groups of children’s right.
1. Protection Rights
The code of ethics contains builder
2. Provision Rights
lines that outline five principles of
Conduct that is used to guide 3. Participation Rights
teachers in their professional
practices used to teach within a
Jamaican classroom.
1. Principle 1- In Relation to
Students
2. Principle 2- In Relation to
Colleagues
3. Principle 3- In Relation to
Association
4. In Relation to Employees
5. General