I can't believe I haven't written about this yet this school year.
But I just made a quick glance over my posts, and I didn't see anything.
Well, my PLC (department for newcomers to the blog) has a dress code. No really, we do.
In the past one of my coworkers used to say that he put his shirts in his closet and each day he would simply wear the next one. Another guy in my hallway got into the habit of wearing a blue shirt every Monday. He had some kind of reasoning...though I'm not really sure what it was. I'm not sure when it started, but it is possible that he has been doing it for the past five years. I'd have to ask him to be sure.
Last year the guys often ended up wearing the same color shirt on the same day, most frequently the blue one. It turned into a kind of joke. Somehow it became official that our hallway honored Blue Mondays. Honestly, I was the one most likely to break the trend. I got reprimanded quite often at the beginning of the week.
Well, this fall we decided to take it a step further and make an actual dress code. Not just for Mondays, but for all week. That's right a daily dress code. We had some debate, and we even made some adjustments a few weeks in.
Here it is:
Mondays = Blue
Tuesdays = Green
Wednesdays = Red OR Purple (throw in a little variety, but not too much--we couldn't have red & green the same day because that would lead to a Christmasy theme that is inappropriate for most of the year)
Thursdays = Kaleidoscope Day (aka, wear whatever you want--people wanted to have an outlet for all the other colors in their wardrobe)
Friday = School Pride
We are fairly successful and are always excited when we have 100% compliance on any given day. I'm doing much better with Blue Mondays by the way. I think it helps knowing there is a particular expectation for each day. And it definitely makes choosing my outfit a quicker process in the morning. Oh, and in case you were curious, it doesn't have to be the color of the shirt, though that is the most frequent choice. It can be the color of accessory, i.e. tie, scarf, etc. On occasion I have even gone with following the dress code by the color of skirt I wear.
Rumor has it, other staff members finally caught wind of our dress code this week, wrote it down, and might even be attempting to follow suit. I'll be sure to check it out on Monday.
Our biggest downfall? Dan doesn't have a green shirt. We've never had 100% compliance on Tuesdays. We knew since the very beginning that he didn't have one, but we put it on the schedule anyway. I guess we all figured he would go out and get one by now. I mean, I know one teacher used a Christmas gift card to expand his options in the purple department.
One of these days, I think one of us is going to come to school with a green shirt for Dan, at at least a green tie.
But I just made a quick glance over my posts, and I didn't see anything.
Well, my PLC (department for newcomers to the blog) has a dress code. No really, we do.
In the past one of my coworkers used to say that he put his shirts in his closet and each day he would simply wear the next one. Another guy in my hallway got into the habit of wearing a blue shirt every Monday. He had some kind of reasoning...though I'm not really sure what it was. I'm not sure when it started, but it is possible that he has been doing it for the past five years. I'd have to ask him to be sure.
Last year the guys often ended up wearing the same color shirt on the same day, most frequently the blue one. It turned into a kind of joke. Somehow it became official that our hallway honored Blue Mondays. Honestly, I was the one most likely to break the trend. I got reprimanded quite often at the beginning of the week.
Well, this fall we decided to take it a step further and make an actual dress code. Not just for Mondays, but for all week. That's right a daily dress code. We had some debate, and we even made some adjustments a few weeks in.
Here it is:
Mondays = Blue
Tuesdays = Green
Wednesdays = Red OR Purple (throw in a little variety, but not too much--we couldn't have red & green the same day because that would lead to a Christmasy theme that is inappropriate for most of the year)
Thursdays = Kaleidoscope Day (aka, wear whatever you want--people wanted to have an outlet for all the other colors in their wardrobe)
Friday = School Pride
We are fairly successful and are always excited when we have 100% compliance on any given day. I'm doing much better with Blue Mondays by the way. I think it helps knowing there is a particular expectation for each day. And it definitely makes choosing my outfit a quicker process in the morning. Oh, and in case you were curious, it doesn't have to be the color of the shirt, though that is the most frequent choice. It can be the color of accessory, i.e. tie, scarf, etc. On occasion I have even gone with following the dress code by the color of skirt I wear.
Rumor has it, other staff members finally caught wind of our dress code this week, wrote it down, and might even be attempting to follow suit. I'll be sure to check it out on Monday.
Our biggest downfall? Dan doesn't have a green shirt. We've never had 100% compliance on Tuesdays. We knew since the very beginning that he didn't have one, but we put it on the schedule anyway. I guess we all figured he would go out and get one by now. I mean, I know one teacher used a Christmas gift card to expand his options in the purple department.
One of these days, I think one of us is going to come to school with a green shirt for Dan, at at least a green tie.
Your hall must be the most fun hall in the school!
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