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Professional Codes

Most professions prepare formal statements or codes to describe the core knowledge, values, skills, judgement and conduct that their members are expected to demonstrate. It is essential for all members of a particular profession to share these fundamental understandings about what it means to be a professional and to be accountable to those they serve as well as to one another. Professions also create these statements, along with various processes to ensure compliance by members, because they have a legislated responsibility to be accountable to the general public.

Teacher Codes in Saskatchewan

The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) has a legislated mandate (i.e., The Teachers’ Federation Act, 2006) to ensure that teacher members maintain a high standard of professional conduct and teaching practice. To carry out this important responsibility, Council has approved, in the form of bylaws, the Code of Professional Competence (2008), the Code of Professional Ethics (2000), Code of Collective Interests (2000), and the as well as various policies (e.g., “Teacher Success”, “Professional Growth”, “Teacher Supervision and Evaluation”). Taken as a whole, these bylaws and policies are designed to express the teaching profession’s understandings about what it means to be a teacher in Saskatchewan.

All of these formal statements were developed by teachers in this province. They can be used as a guide or resource for various purposes, including planning for personal professional growth as well as discussions among staff or with parents and others about teaching practice.

These bylaws and policies also guide or inform the work of the three disciplinary committees that have been established to hear formal complaints against teacher members and demonstrate the profession’s accountability to the public:

• Professional Ethics Committee (five elected teacher members and one public representative appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council),
• Collective Interests Committee (five elected teacher members),
• Professional Competency Committee (five elected teacher members).