Standards of Ethical Conduct

Our commitment to students

Every RPA staff member is expected to:

• Shield students from conditions that could damage their learning, mental health, or physical safety.
• Avoid unnecessarily limiting a student's independence in pursuing their education.
• Ensure students have access to varied perspectives.
• Never conceal or misrepresent relevant academic content.
• Protect students from unnecessary embarrassment or disparagement.
• Respect students' legal rights.
• Prohibit harassment or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or family background.
• Never exploit a relationship with a student for personal benefit.
• Keep personally identifiable student information confidential, except where disclosure serves a professional purpose or the law requires it.

Our commitment to each other

RPA employees are expected to:

• Act with honesty in every professional interaction.
• Never discriminate against a colleague based on a protected characteristic.
• Respect colleagues' political and civil rights.
• Avoid harassment that creates a hostile or offensive environment.
• Refrain from making false or malicious statements about a colleague.
• Complete required training on these ethical standards.

Reporting a concern

Allegations of staff misconduct should be directed to Jerry Williamson at jwilliamson@risepreparatory.org. Concerns about administrators should go to Shantell Perry at sperry@risepreparatory.org.

Any employee who suspects child abuse, abandonment, or neglect is required to report it to the Florida Abuse Hotline at 1-800-96-ABUSE or online at dcf.state.fl.us/abuse/report.