Code of Ethics
for Minnesota Teachers

Standards of Professional Conduct*

A teacher shall provide professional educational services in a nondiscriminatory manner.
A teacher shall make reasonable effort to protect the student from conditions harmful to health and safety.
In accordance with state and federal laws, a teacher shall disclose confidential information about individuals only when a compelling professional purpose is served or when required by law.
A teacher shall take reasonable disciplinary action in exercising the authority to provide an atmosphere conducive to learning.
A teacher shall not use professional relationships with students, parents, and colleagues to private advantage.
A teacher shall delegate authority for teaching responsibilities only to licensed personnel.
A teacher shall not deliberately suppress or distort subject matter.
A teacher shall not knowingly falsify or misrepresent records or facts relating to that teacher's own qualifications or to other teachers' qualifications.
A teacher shall not knowingly make false or malicious statements about students or colleagues.
A teacher shall accept a contract for a teaching position that requires licensing only if properly or provisionally licensed for that position.

* Excerpted from chapter 9, sec. 3.130, of the Minnesota Code.