Thank you for your wonderful article on appropriate dress for the workplace. I was elated to read your concerns on an issue that I totally agree with. Teaching is a profession, and we should dress professionally.
If we dress like the kids, how do we then send them to the office for inappropriate dress? Furthermore, the students have a dress code, why shouldn't we? Teachers and paraprofessionals, let's set the standard. "Dressing professionally is a requirement of the job."In response to Mike Carr's rant on teacher dress.I don't think I need to tell anyone here that there are many problems with our profession in general and our district in particular. Is teacher dress one of them? Sure. Where does it rank? Near the bottom.It certainly does reflect poorly on the teacher and the school when one of my colleagues is unkempt in appearance. However, I find it hard to believe that such a teacher takes his or her job seriously - and simply creating a dress code will not change the teacher's attitude toward his or her job. In essence, the poor appearance is not an illusion and the substance behind it is what is most in need of change.
Furthermore, we already have a dress code. It is rarely enforced. As for making it more specific those of us who work in schools that have detailed student dress codes should already know what a can of worms could be opened here.
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We are responding to the article in the TFT News Focus, "Is it time we adopted school uniforms - for teachers?".
We agree that teachers need to have a dress code. Children look up to their teachers. They notice everything about us. How we dress says much about our responsibility to the children under our care and direction.
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I believe your article about teachers' dress serves to perpetuate stereotypical ideas about clothing and character.
