What Type of School Do You Have?

Day 26 of #28daysofwriting.  Tonight I finished my Parent / Student / Teacher meetings.  They went well and I am relieved that they are over.  Tonight I am going to keep it light and humorous and hopefully get you thinking about what type of workplace you have.  Please don’t take this too seriously and I hope it helps you through the end of the week.

What type of workplace do your have?  That is the question tonight.  You spend a huge amount of time at work and you can either love or hate the experience.  To help you think about this I have provided a few examples.

Magical Fairy Sparkle Land:

Depending on your personality type this is heaven or hell.  Everything is smiles and lollipops.  Everyone loves their job so much and everything seems so perfect it almost can't be true.  Tigger type personalities will thrive here.

The “Kim” Work Place:

This school looks good on the surface,  but everyone knows there are problems.  Usually people avoid this place unless they have been living under a rock.  A key indicator of this workplace is STRONG top down leadership. But hey, what happens in this place at least makes sense to one person...right?

The Greek Centre for Philosphy:

This school is a hive of thinking and best practice.  Teachers discuss practice, talk about theory and contemplate and reflect.  This is the school where you develop and grow as a teacher but it will become all consuming and you will probably have no life.

The ‘Winners’:

This school is where everyone wants to be.  No one is quite sure what or how they do it but they are always seen as a team.  Cohesive, intimidating and generally awesome.  A job here always seems awesome but watch out if you don’t know much about what really happens.

The Office:

The normal School work place.  A real mixed bag of teachers.  Everyone brings something amazing as well as a few cringe-worthy traits.  Always expect the unexpected, but also always expect someone to have your back.

That is it.  That's my post tonight.  I hope you got a smile out of it.  What type of school are you at?  What works what doesn’t?  I guess the point of this post is that Culture matters.