Posted: April 25th, 2025

week 1 Journal

Personal Ethics Statement Draft

[WLOs: 3, 5] [CLOs: 2, 4]

A personal ethics statement is a declaration of an individual’s principles, values, and beliefs that guide their behavior and decision-making in various aspects of life. It outlines what is considered morally right or wrong by that person and serves as a foundation for their actions and interactions with others.

Strong moral values are a necessary component for working in education. Your personal values, morality, and ethics reflect who you are as a person. When your job is one of nurturing young learners, you must take responsibility for setting a strong example for them. A personal ethics statement differs from a teaching philosophy statement in that it focuses on your own beliefs and values that you apply to your own life and situations.

This week, for your journal, you will begin to develop a personal ethics statement that will be revised to include as part of your Special Education Overview: A Staff Presentation final Assignment in Week 5.

Journal Instructions

In your journal,

• Explain your personal definition of ethical behavior.
• Summarize one or two of your most strongly held moral beliefs.
• Explain what experiences from your life led you to those beliefs.
• Prepare a 1–2 paragraph Personal Ethics Statement Draft that you will continue defining throughout this course. This ethics statement will be included in your Special Education Overview: A Staff Presentation final project in Week 5.
• Discuss how your drafted ethics statement aligns with your career goals for the future.

Submission Requirements

This exercise is intended to be a profound personal and professional inquiry into how you view and enact your ethical obligations in special education. Please do not use any type of generative artificial intelligence for this journal, as this is meant to be your own individual reflections on the prompts.The journal must be 2 to 3 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages). Sources are not required for your journal assignments. However, if you need to cite information, you must cite in APA format and include a reference page. Refer to the

APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site.

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APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site.

resources created by

The Writing CenterLinks to an external site.

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