You will learn about issues relating to teacher licensing, discipline, firing and how teachers can protect their rights when confronted with these issues. Participants will learn how to protect themselves from being accused of criminal charges involving their students and what to do if charged, who pays for legal representation, legal ramifications of such charges and what happens when a judgment is rendered against them. Course topics also include: CHIPS and delinquency laws, field trip liability, diversity, sexual and racial discrimination and the concept of zero tolerance in schools, expulsion, locker searches, strategies to deal with classroom management, fights and classroom disturbances, dress codes and free speech. There will be special emphasis on EBD students and how to deal with their problems, the impact / implications of ADA and Section 504. Data privacy will be discussed in detail.