Staff Development Week

It's almost that time of the year again. Time to get back to work, get ready for kids, and celebrate another school year!

Here is our schedule for teacher development week. More details will be coming.

All staff members will be able to wear jeans all week. The only exceptions to this is on Tuesday for Convocation and Thursday night for “Meet the Teacher”. You may wear khakis, capris, denim skirts, etc. for convocation along with your staff shirt. You will receive your staff shirt on Monday morning. For the “Meet the Teacher” event Thursday night, we will all dress professionally.

Speaking about professional dress, here is a link to our professional dress guidelines for our district. The point of the guidelines is for us to dress professionally. Personally, I have witnessed parents and students respond differently and in a positive way to teachers simply because they were dressed professionally. 

With that in mind, I want to point out what the guidelines state about shoes, sandals, and flip-flops. The guidelines refers to "projecting a business image" and describes "appropriate shoes". Also it states that "flip-flops are not acceptable". I understand in the past flip-flops have been allowed at various times throughout the school year. However, we need to project a professional atmosphere. As professionals, we want to be respected by students, parents, and community members, so we must dress in a way that commands respect.

 

So, I propose we have “Flip-Flop” Fridays at Scott Elementary. All staff members will dress professionally all week and on Fridays, you can wear flip-flops with your jeans. Please let me know if you questions about this.

Looking forward to seeing you all!