Leveraging the Impact of Culture and Climate by Gruenert Steve;Whitaker Todd;

Author:Gruenert, Steve;Whitaker, Todd;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Solution Tree
Published: 2021-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Organic Culture

Some might call teachers who embrace an organic culture as back-to-nature people. They have a Zen quality about them that can cause classroom experiences to transcend the specified curriculum. To these teachers, allowing students to express themselves is more important than any other aspect of the curriculum. Organic teachers occasionally take the class outside to work in a natural setting. They feel comfortable taking class time to let students discuss their personal problems and will use that information to make the curriculum relevant. These teachers expend a lot of energy to get struggling or challenging students to trust them, as these teachers understand the power of mentoring. Struggling students seem to do well in this classroom culture and often seek the organic teacher’s personal opinions about life, even away from the classroom. His or her identification with challenging students leads to few behavioral issues in the classroom, but when misbehavior does occur, the teacher feels a sense of disloyalty and is hurt more than what other teachers might experience given the same situation.

Organic teachers enjoy trying new methods or projects at the expense of not completing old ones. The principal may consider these teachers effective since they provide an oasis for the discipline-problem students. These teachers believe the adult world is too serious, so educators should provide opportunities for students to laugh and have a good time. They tend to dress more like students—not so much sloppy as trendy. The principal knows if these teachers cannot reach certain students, nobody can.

The organic teacher has little respect for traditions, finding most obsolete. They have a charismatic quality only certain students perceive. Traditional teachers are often unimpressed with any sense of accomplishment an organic teacher may have; these types of teachers tend to avoid one another. Organic classrooms may seem chaotic at times, but the activity has purpose. The socializing that occurs could make a traditional teacher very uncomfortable, but learning is undeniably happening.

These teachers see everything in a student’s world as potential for a new idea or learning opportunity; they see the world as a resource rather than as something to conquer.

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