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Teacher Dress Code
Teacher Dress Code: A Helping Hand
Lindsey L Ware
University of West Alabama
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Abstract
Teachers have a difficult time managing the daily task of teaching, testing, sharing with
parents, and even trying to impress their coworkers and administrators. The state board of
education keeps piling on the pressure while teachers keep getting crushed under it. Why not
stand up for our teachers and give them one less thing to worry about? Teachers are faced with a
dilemma about what is considered “appropriate” to wear to school on a daily basis. The
requirements in the state of Alabama vary from administrator to administrator and school to
school. Why not take away the inconsistencies? Beginning and even veteran teachers have
enough on their plate without having to worry about if the principal is going to approve what
they wear on a day to day basis. I believe, this worry should be taken off teachers and a clear
boundary should be created as to what is appropriate and inappropriate.
Keywords: Teachers, Dress Code, Appropriate, Blue Jeans
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Teacher Dress Code: A Helping Hand
Every student that walks through the door of a school is expected to follow a dress code,
so why aren’t teachers? Many will argue that teachers are adults and should be able to have the
freedom to choose the appropriate clothing to wear to work. I believe that this argument is valid,
but there are also a few problems with that thinking as well. Teachers are faced with pleasing
many people in their job field, and often have trouble attempting to please everyone. Teachers
are humans and are going to make mistakes; even when it comes to their apparel in the
classroom. There has been no consistent dress code for teachers appointed by the State Board of
Education in Alabama. The only school system known in Alabama to have a dress code for
teachers is Mobile County School System, and even there, the dress code is very broad. Along
with no consistent dress code in the state of Alabama, there is not much taught about dress code
in the teacher’s programs in college. Being in the teacher’s program at the University of West
Alabama, I have had only one educational book that mentions how teachers should dress. This
book is not very accurate because it is so outdated. It states that smoking in the teachers’ lounge
is still acceptable. It is very common knowledge that smoking in the teacher’s lounge has been
shunned, and even outlawed, in the state of Alabama for years. Teachers should have a dress
code because of many political and social issues. Two of these issues consist of teacher shaming
and another is the inconsistency of the appropriate attire from school to school; if there is to be a
teacher dress code written, it should have clear guidelines on what is acceptable and what is not
acceptable for daily wear.
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Teachers Face Issues
Teacher shaming is a way that teachers get attention, but for all the wrong reasons.
We have come to a time where looking in the mirror before you leave the house just does
not cut it. My sense of style is not going to be the same as the person sitting next to me, neither is
my sense of what is appropriate in the classroom. For example, while I believe that blue jeans
should always be acceptable in the classroom, there are many teachers dress codes that state that
jeans are only acceptable on causal days or other days appointed or approved by the principal.
This issue has come down to publicly shaming some teachers today. A great example of this is
an exemplary teacher who taught at a public school in Atlanta. Her name is Ms. Brown, but the
media tagged her as “TeacherBae”. On her Instagram, she posted many pictures of herself with
her students in her classrooms. In those pictures she was reading with them, working one on one
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