Top 10 Dos and Donts:

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Top 10 Dos and Donts

• Suggestions for Avoiding Workplace Faux Pas
• Abigail N. Soriano
• Debbie Amable Chunn
• East Side Union High School District

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10 MySpace or Facebook

• Do be careful what you have on your MySpace or
  Facebook page!
• What do you want your boss or students parents
  to know about you? Only put that on your page!
• Delete incriminating photos and comments!
• Even if your page is private, students will find
  a way to see your page!

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9 Dont Procrastinate

• Return students tests and work as soon as
  possible.
• Turn in grades on timeanticipate possible
  setbacks!
• Respond in a timely manner to e-mails and written
  requests (items in your mailbox, phone messages,
  etc.).
• Time-saving tip Go to your mailbox with a pen
  and sign/fill out what you can and turn it in
  before the leave the mailroom. This prevents a
  tall to-do stack on your desk and keeps you in
  the good graces of your colleagues who are
  counting on your reply.

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8 Be polite to all. . .

• Do your best to be friendly and professional to
  classified staff, other teachers, and the
  administration.
• During professional development, be courteous and
  actively participate!

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7 Keep an open-door policy

• Do keep your door open when having one-on-one
  conversations with students.
• If a student walks in to talk, quietly walk to
  the door to prop it open.
• Avoid staying on campus by yourself late at night
  or on the weekends.

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6 Show up on time

• Do come to class before the students, ready to
  teach.
• By contract, teachers need to be on campus 15
  minutes before the first bell.

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5 Be smart about written communication

• Do be careful about what you put in writing on
  e-mail or memos.
• (What you intend as a joke could be taken out of
  context or misinterpreted and forwarded, or worse
  yet, published.)
• Copy (cc or bcc) your administrators for
  potentially problematic situations you feel they
  should know about.
• Contact parents first before bringing a situation
  to the administration.

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4 Verbal communication

• Be careful what you say to colleagues in front of
  students. The students are watching us all the
  time!
• Avoid chronic malcontents.

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3 Follow school and district rules

• Yes, were adults. However if you dont follow
  what you expect of your students, then you are
  sending them mixed messages. Walk your talk! ?

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2 Acting cool

• We teach high schoolwere not in high school!
• Avoid
• Trying to be students friend.
• Talking cool because most of the time, it just
  sounds uncool and unprofessional.

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1 Dress

• Do dress for success!
• How you dress sets a tone in your classroom.