Professional and Ethical StandardsIt is foundational that each teaching staff member will affirm and be a followerof Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.l.2.All staff will strive to exercise the fruits of the Spirit, including love, joy,peace, patience, kindness, goodness and self-control.All staff will also uphold the high standards of respect, courtesy,honesty, and fairness.All teachers will study the philosophy of Christian Education, in order tobe strong proponents of and be able to defend the stand with well-reasoned debate.All staff are expected to uphold and support the school rules and theschool?s discipline policy in keeping with GHSD Student BehaviourPlan Policy.All teachers will uphold the sanctity of marriage, defined as that betweena man and a woman, and abstain from homosexual relations and sexualrelations outside the bonds of marriage.All teachers are expected to regularly participate in the corporateworship, fellowship and ministry of their church.All staff will avoid coarse and questionable language, ridicule, sarcasm,gossip and slander.All staff expected to be leaders and models to our students in their conduct andexample. Therefore we would expect our staff to abstain from the followingpotentially addictive substances and practices: alcohol, tobacco, non?medicaldrugs, gambling, and pornography.