Anonymous wrote:Having a dress code is perfectly normal in the workplace. I do not understand why there is so much fuss over it. In MCPS, the dress code states that teachers should dress in a “professionally appropriate manner.”

I know for a fact that the definition of professionally appropriate is BROAD for MCPS. I care about the learning so do not care at all, but I know for a fact that MCPS teachers can and do wear yoga pants, and that subject matter teachers (think algebra) wear basketball shorts and tshirts.

My point is that you are not making the point you think you are making with this example.

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Anonymous wrote:Having a dress code is perfectly normal in the workplace. I do not understand why there is so much fuss over it. In MCPS, the dress code states that teachers should dress in a “professionally appropriate manner.”

So why are you fussing that isn't the dress code?

I wish I could go to work with yoga pants but that doesn’t make the cut for dressing in a “professionally appropriate manner”.

But what is your job? Does it involve time on a playground? Does it include children's science experiments? Are there sticky fingers to dodge all day?

Teaching as well. And no, you don’t need yoga pants to do all those things.

Then I refer you to the top of the page.

but there's something off to me that we ask the kids to buy uniform skirts and jumpers that are $40 a piece, plus the white shirts, the sweaters, the specific shoes. The boys wear a coat and a tie when they are older. The kids sit on the floor and play on the playground. And the teachers wear gym clothes?

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Anonymous wrote:Having a dress code is perfectly normal in the workplace. I do not understand why there is so much fuss over it. In MCPS, the dress code states that teachers should dress in a “professionally appropriate manner.”

So why are you fussing that isn't the dress code?

I wish I could go to work with yoga pants but that doesn’t make the cut for dressing in a “professionally appropriate manner”.

But what is your job? Does it involve time on a playground? Does it include children's science experiments? Are there sticky fingers to dodge all day?

Teaching as well. And no, you don’t need yoga pants to do all those things.

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Anonymous wrote:Having a dress code is perfectly normal in the workplace. I do not understand why there is so much fuss over it. In MCPS, the dress code states that teachers should dress in a “professionally appropriate manner.”

So why are you fussing that isn't the dress code?

I wish I could go to work with yoga pants but that doesn’t make the cut for dressing in a “professionally appropriate manner”.

But what is your job? Does it involve time on a playground? Does it include children's science experiments? Are there sticky fingers to dodge all day?

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Anonymous wrote:Having a dress code is perfectly normal in the workplace. I do not understand why there is so much fuss over it. In MCPS, the dress code states that teachers should dress in a “professionally appropriate manner.”

So why are you fussing that isn't the dress code?

I wish I could go to work with yoga pants but that doesn’t make the cut for dressing in a “professionally appropriate manner”.

Anonymous wrote:Having a dress code is perfectly normal in the workplace. I do not understand why there is so much fuss over it. In MCPS, the dress code states that teachers should dress in a “professionally appropriate manner.”

I would argue that what is professionally appropriate for someone who works on Capitol Hill or in a law firm is quite different from what is professionally appropriate for someone who is working in a school. You cannot compare these jobs and say they should dress the same.

Anonymous wrote:Having a dress code is perfectly normal in the workplace. I do not understand why there is so much fuss over it. In MCPS, the dress code states that teachers should dress in a “professionally appropriate manner.”

So why are you fussing that isn't the dress code?

Having a dress code is perfectly normal in the workplace. I do not understand why there is so much fuss over it. In MCPS, the dress code states that teachers should dress in a “professionally appropriate manner.”

The last time this topic came up as a thread, I checked the research on teacher dress and educational outcomes. No correlation whatsoever.

This is all 110% parents projecting their own biases on others and claiming it will be "better" for the their kids somehow.

If it's that important, don't pay to send your kids to a school you don't personally approve of. But don't kid yourself that's a sign of social disintegration. We all have MUCH bigger things to worry about.

FWIW, I teach at a school where I could wear shorts and flip-flops if I chose to. That's not me, so I don't. But I respect having the right to choose. Because I can teach my kids damn well regardless.

That's what REALLY matters.

When I started teaching in the early 90's I bought very nice "professional" clothing. Dresses, suits, nice blouses and pants. Guess what? I ruined them all in my first two years of teaching. I'm a science teacher. I use chemicals, take kids outside, use soil, dissect things, sit on the floor for physics experiments. Teachers need to wear clothing that is appropriated to their jobs not what some parent who words in a freaking office all day thinks is appropriate. And BTW - if you want teachers to wear fancy clothes maybe you should increase their salaries!

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Anonymous wrote:Just let teachers (and anyone for that matter) be comfortable.

Shorts and flip flops ok?

Kinder in late spring? Yes

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Anonymous wrote:Just let teachers (and anyone for that matter) be comfortable.

Shorts and flip flops ok?

Why not? If that’s what an adult is wearing, I assume that is what they are comfortable in and that it doesn’t impact their ability to do their job.

Some of my kid’s worst teachers over the years have been the best dressed. Some of her best teachers have been the most casually dressed.

Anonymous wrote:Just let teachers (and anyone for that matter) be comfortable.

Shorts and flip flops ok?

Anonymous wrote:Just let teachers (and anyone for that matter) be comfortable.

Absolutely. There are much bigger problems than whether an underpaid teacher is wearing yoga pants.