Ethics of observing your colleagues
When using these resource materials you are asked to note the ethics of observing your colleagues.
  • Be respectful of teacher-presenters. By making their work public, teachers are contributing to the professional learning of their colleagues in ways many would find challenging and confronting.
  • Treat colleagues with respect and without discrimination.
  • Be loyal and supportive to colleagues.
  • Work cooperatively and contribute to substantive discourse.
  • Share expertise and knowledge with other members of the profession.
  • Support and assist in raising the status of the teaching profession.


(Adapted from Groundwater-Smith, Cusworth and Dobbins,
1999, pp. 300-301)