The term ‘toxic school’ will mean different things for different people. Most people experience day to day workplace ‘gripes’ but when does this turn into toxicity? It may be that just one person is finding a school toxic because of their individual circumstances or the majority of the staff may share this opinion. Use the 10 key indicators in this article to support you when reflecting on your work environment.
Lynn How reflects on when things go really bad. She recalls when she had to ‘bite the bullet’ and admit that she needed to leave a school.
She’s also enlisted the advice of other teachers who have experienced toxicity in the hopes of others avoiding it.
Lynn has been teaching for 19 years during which time she has been an Assistant Head and a Lead Mentor at a Teacher Training institution. Currently, she is working as a SENCO. She loves to write, including research, children‘s poetry and she has an MA in Education, NASENCO and NPQH. Lynn’s particular areas of interest are wellbeing (staff and pupil), SEND, children’s mental health, leadership, mentoring and coaching.
She has written for Teacher Toolkit and has recently launched her own blog www.positiveyoungmind.com. The site hosts a range of articles, resources and info graphics on all things SEMH - including educator wellbeing.
In her leisure time, she loves to spend time with her family and in the great outdoors walking and climbing. She is also a Scout climbing instructor and assessor. Her children are 8 and 4 and therefore she can appreciate first-hand the pressure children, educators and parents are under!
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