What do you think about how the presence or lack of discipline affects morale in your school building?
I have experienced both sides. I felt like I was part of a caring community when our principal disciplined the students consistently. I personally believe that morale is a huge factor in having a successful school. Therefore, discipline must be fair and consistent to gain support from the school community. If discipline is inconsistent, morale goes down and teachers lose confidence in their leaders.
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I agree, but also want to look at it in the reverse. School morale is very important to influencing effective discipline. You could initiate a new discipline policy only to have it stagnate due to poor school morale.
Negativism, excuses and blaming are contageous diseases! I wish that there was a staff development where we can have personnel reflect and discover that they protray negativism. This is one illness I would like to wipe out in our school buildings.
But blaming is central to poor attitudes and morale about discipline.
So I agree with Teresa, but discipline and morale are reciprocal. A great discipline program that is consistent still may not be effective if the morale is filled with negativism. These two go hand in hand.
Best to remember - that when we look at discipline, we must remember morale.
When there is inconsistency in discipline or a lack of discipline in a school, the teachers feel unsupported by the administration. This makes a teacher feel like she is fighting difficult battles alone and that kids won't respect rules if they are not backed up school-wide. Also, it makes a teacher's job harder because she has to focus not only on teaching and learning but also on dealing with discipline problems.
The morale of the students is affected because they begin to believe that the school is not a serious place of learning.
-Math Teacher
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