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Posted on April 18, 2022 12:00 am
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Lauren Toner
Lauren Toner
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Student Teachers and Dress Codes:
A current student-teacher circling around social media currently got removed from her education program and degree path and her current school and university took her out of her student teaching experience to her getting dress coded twice. There was only 1 verbal response, and 1 written response. The student intern shows up to school and all is well for a few weeks, then gets a call from the program director saying that the school does not want her back and that is cannot continue in her program anymore.


Was this right, to handle this situation like this?
What do you think should have happened?
 
     
     
 
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Solution 1
Posted October 14, 2022 3:59 pm

eSysyv
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The way the situation was handled does not seem right. I think the school she was interning at should have addressed the dress code with her and tell her the consequences that may happen if she shows up out of dress code again. I also think the dress code should be addressed before interning starts as well. It seems strange that she was removed from the program as a whole over a dress code that only happened twice. Now if she were to know about the dress code beforehand and continued to not follow it, then I believe being removed is a reasonable consequence.
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Solution 2
Posted October 10, 2022 5:27 pm

Xetuzu
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I think they could have handled the situation differently. They should have told the intern what was going on with the situation. If she fixed the dress code after her written response, the school should have let her continue. If she did not fix it, they could have told her she had one more offense before they pull her.
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Solution 3
Posted October 10, 2022 10:49 pm

Sophia Sunyak
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I personally got dress coded already in my K-5 internship. I was horrified and confused, as I have seen other educators in the exact style dress as I was wearing. I am "busty" and I realize that I could have worn a camisole underneath or a cardigan on top - however I would have been okay with a warning. Of course, it will never happen again, but it was obviously not my first graders who complained - which made me feel even more uncomfortable about the whole thing. I think that is a bit of a cruel and unusual punishment and honestly I would appeal the expulsion.
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Solution 4
Posted October 17, 2022 2:01 am

VuJeTa
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I believe the situation was taken out of hand and taken to the extreme. I think the student should've been warned of the consequences that would happen if she wouldn't comply. To be taken out of her program and the school all together is a bit much. The student may have not been aware that this small action had such major consequences.
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