ABP1 Task 41. Discuss a teacher’s legal and ethical responsibilities in defusing classroom conflicts.A teacher’s legal and ethical responsibilities to their students and their families are the same as that of a careful father of a large family. The teacher is required to protect and care for students as their parents would. A Supreme Court Judge defined teachers’ legal duty of care to their students, in 1968. Teachers therefore have a responsibility to foster a relationship of trust in the classroom,as they enjoy the rights of a parental figure;have a duty to encourage positive relationship that a parent would promote in a family. Ethics require that a teacher's foremost professional responsibility is to enhance the quality of education provided to his/her students. Therefore, a teacher accepts that the intellectual, moral, physical and social welfare of his/her students is of primary importance.The parental standing of teachers gives them rights and responsibilities of a parent andwhile the students areunder their care, they must defuse classroom conflicts. 2. Standards-based teaching and supportive educational practice • Disability lawStandards-based education calls for high standards for all students. Effective standards-based education acknowledges the importance of attending to the individual needs of students, even as education