Student teachers: How to avoid school gossip 18 Articles

by Rodney Southern

When you become a student teacher, your focus can be rattled by a number of distractions. School gossip is just one of the many, and it is also one of the worst. It is imperative to your success as a student teacher that y...read more

by Patricia Coffman

The best way to avoid school gossip is to stay clear of its source. If you can't avoid teachers who gossip, the least thing you can do is not respond to it. The wisest thing to do is make a rule not to repeat gossip. If yo...read more

by Bobby Coles

Inevitable, the juiciest tidbits of gossip cascade down the lips of colleagues, and are always the easiest thing to repeat, but for a student teacher attempting to succeed in the educational field, those morsels, those tin...read more

by Brandi Powell

On an issue like gossip, let's cut right to the chase. STAY OUT OF THE SCHOOL OFFICE! I know that may offend some, but the school office is the hub of the action. The most wonderful people work in that office too. But, ...read more

by Yvonne Wood

The best way to avoid school gossip is to put your professional hat on before going to work everyday. You must focus on the more important issues at hand, which are becoming a great teacher and making a difference in the ...read more

by Brandi Robinson

The biggest way to avoid gossip within a school is to avoid idle time in the lounge. For some reason the teacher's lounge has become a place where many people choose to gossip about students, administrators, policies, etc....read more

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by Lili Melton Ph.D.

Recall the old proverb, "Ignorance is bliss?" These are the words you want to remember when colleagues are gossiping. Just as your students come to you with whiney complaints about the gossiping they overheard out on...read more

by Trenna Sue Hiler

A common situation with student teachers is the desire to be liked by the students and other teachers. This is not a bad goal, however how you approach it can put you in the limelight for gossip. First we mention the thi...read more

by Colette Georgii

No Room in the Student Teacher's Life for School Gossip A student teacher just won't have time for gossip, so gossip will be the easiest thing to avoid while student teaching. Student teachers are so busy with the new ...read more

by Phil Hill

Student teachers often make the mistake of trying to be buddies with their pupils. It is easy to understand why this may happen. They are maybe only a couple of years older than the young people they are teaching and thus ...read more

by Sigita Jeneviciene

It seems to be impossible to avoid school gossip especially when almost all the teachers around you are women... Women usually like talking to each other about everything more than men. When you start your teaching career...read more

by Haroon

You may avoid school gossip if you only know how to close your mouth and be simple. If you are student, you are supposed to attend every class and learn something new. Use your communication skills to establish any quest...read more

by Music girl

The best method of avoiding gossip and office politics is to rise above it. How? As a teacher, your day is full. You have to multitask and prepare, plan and be available. When someone is 'gossiping' to you, the best ...read more

by MamaSaver

Gossip can rip apart a family. The people you work with at school become your family, in a sense, and gossip can destroy that family, too. Proverbs 20:19 says, "A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too m...read more

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by Susan Kleinhans

I learned a valuable lesson a long time ago. It was during that first crucial year of student teaching. One seasoned teacher suggested that I eat in the cafeteria instead of the teachers' lounge. It was good advice. On...read more

by Ernest Capraro

Teachers, like corn, have ears. Spread throughout the school as they are, they hear things they don't really need to know, and sometimes simply shouldn't know. Unlike corn, many teachers also like to share the juicier ti...read more

by Laura Fellows

Two years ago, I had this amazing beyond amazing student teacher thrown into my schedule. My friends and I became incredibly close to her. We could tell her anything. We would always end up mentioning the latest drama b...read more

by Helen Bradley

School gossip is always a mess, it is that never ending vicious cycle. It happens with the students and the teachers to, the gossip. The gossip between students are the worse, because that leads to a lot of he said she...read more