Tips for Successful Interactions in the Teacher's Lounge
Monday November 24, 2008
With all of the recent blog discussion about on-campus attitudes and how to foster positivity on the job, I felt inspired to compile My Top Tips for Successful Interactions in the Teacher's Lounge.
The overarching theme of these tips is to take every opportunity to foster positivity around campus because you never know when you'll need to cash your chips and ask for a favor from a colleague. The tips represent seven different ways to achieve that goal.
Did I miss anything major? Leave a comment if you've found your own distinct way to make your out-of-the-classroom interactions positive and fruitful.
Comments
I just stay away from the teacher’s lounge altogether. We don’t have a “break” time, but have planning time instead. I may go to the lounge to get a drink and then I go back to the sanity of my own room to plan or ready myself for the next day’s activities. I try to just distance myself from all negativity. There are enough stresses in this profession- engaging in the griping of the negative group just generates more.