Assignment task:
Issues revolving around sexual misconduct, as defined by the PSPC, are black and white. Teachers who engage in such conduct will be disciplined. The case studies provided below, however, present conduct that is more ambiguous. In each of the following fictional case studies, identify if and when the teacher crosses the appropriate student-teacher boundary. Can you discern any particular vulnerabilities of the teacher that may have contributed to their decision-making? Whose needs were being met by the teacher's course of action? Are the teacher's actions evidence of grooming or slippery slope behaviors - why do you think so? What could the teacher have done differently? Suggest what you think might be the potential employment and certification ramifications of the teacher's conduct? Mr. A is a high school science teacher in his third year of teaching. While supervising a study hall one day, he notices a former student, Susan, who looks sickly and gaunt. When he asks Susan about her well-being, she explains that she has been struggling with an eating disorder, although her parents and the school counselor do not know. Susan begs Mr. A to not tell anyone about her eating disorder and explains that she would get into