PERSONAL ETHICS PAPER INSTRUCTIONS
As the benchmark assignment for this course, you are required to write an 8-10-page paper, applying course principles to your personal experience, background, and/or vocation.
You are also to have a minimum of 5 sources. The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the various elements discussed in this course, forming a set of principles that you could use in your particular leadership role. Organize the paper according to the principles that you have learned, using different principles for each heading.
Your paper must be formatted in current APA style and follow the specific guidelines described below. Be sure to review the Personal Ethics Paper Grading Rubric to improve the quality of your paper. The final version of the paper must be submitted via LiveText by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday of Module/Week 8.
From the list below, choose the topic that best fits your experience:
• Principles and ethics for educational leaders (this is the generic topic if none of the ones below fit you)
• Principles and ethics for college administrators
• Principles and ethics for college professors
• Principles and ethics for high school administrators
• Principles and ethics for high school educators
• Principles and ethics for middle school administrators
• Principles and ethics for middle school educators
• Principles and ethics for elementary administrators
• Principles and ethics for elementary educators
Follow these guidelines in your paper:
1. Organize it into topical headings (leadership principles).
a. Each heading must be a leadership principle that you have learned in the course and a guiding principle for the leader (topic) you have chosen.
b. Under each heading, include (as citations) where the principles are found in the various assignments and how they all fit together.
c. Be sure that all the paragraphs under each heading relate directly to the principle being discussed.
2. Under each heading, include examples of the principle from the following:
a. Blackaby and Blackaby text
b. Rebore text
c. Prayer Reflection Report
d. Proverbs readings and presentations
e. Related reading assignments
f. Course presentations
3. Include information from the Model Code of Ethics for Educators and your own state's Code of Ethics. Cite both resources in your paper.
4. Format your paper in current APA style and follow scholarly writing standards.
a. Do not use first-person perspective.
b. Use double-spacing in the paper.
c. Include an abstract.
d. Use internal citations. (Any in-text citations must have corresponding references in the reference list.)
e. Include a properly cited reference list. Some reminders:
i. Cite references from the various materials from the course (and any other references) that support your choice of principles.
ii. Do not use underlining.
iii. The words in the titles of a journal article or a book are not capitalized (except for the first word, proper nouns, and the first word following a colon).
iv. References must have corresponding in-text citations.
5. Incorporate Bloom's Taxonomy.
a. The content must reflect higher-level thinking skills: synthesis, analysis, and evaluation.
b. The content must demonstrate an understanding of the principles and ethics of the Christian educational leader.
6. Do not write less than 8 pages or more than 10 pages. Page limit does not include the title page, abstract, or references. Quality, not volume, is required.
7. Thoroughly edit your paper for correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, clear sentence structure, and precise word choice.