• What type of criminal history will affect someone's ability to become a certified teacher or employed in a school setting?
• Are there crimes or behaviors that warrant automatic loss of license or dismissal? What should they be and why?
• Should a teacher be denied employment or certification for falsifying an application? Why or why not? Explain your reasoning.
• Explain and provide rationale to support your response.
• locate a job description for a teacher.
• What are some of the employment responsibilities listed in the job description?
• Which of these responsibilities do you feel are most important and why?
• Respond to this scenario:

If a contracted teacher finds another job in January and fails to fulfill his or her contract for employment, should that teacher face disciplinary action? Why or why not? If a school district decides that a teacher is not needed in the middle of a school year, does the district have a right to terminate employment despite the existence of a contract? Why or why not? What is the difference between these two scenarios? If any? Please explain your reasoning.