The following situations put teachers at risk and are therefore unacceptable:

• Becoming over-familiar with students through failing to maintain professional distance including the use of cellphones, email and social media
• Entering rooms where students are dressing
• Invading a students personal space
• Touching students in any way that can be construed as sexual harassment
• Using any sexual name to refer to a student or group of students, or tolerating students using such language
• Making sexist remarks
• Commenting on a students physical development, either to other students or colleagues
• Spending time privately with individual students
• Having intimate or sexual relationships with students
• Leading a student to believe a relationship could be more than a professional one
• Using pornographic or erotic material in teaching classes, displaying it in the school, or allowing students to distribute it or download it from the computer
• Condoning or encouraging students to use alcohol or drugs.
• In the event of a complaint, the disciplinary process may result in the dismissal of the respective teacher. Criminal charges are sometimes laid as well.