It’s Monday morning and you’re so excited to get to work!  Mentally, you’ve already mapped out your day: successful implementation of lesson plans, minimal classroom disruptions, self-disciplined students and a chance to mark some projects.    But the reality is, things don’t always go as you envision, nor as you plan.   Strangely though, you still experience a deep feeling of satisfaction.  Why is that?

If this is you, then you might be in that group of people who value the work relationships that they have developed.

Nothing is as distasteful and upsetting as a chronic complainer, a giddy gossiper or a nonstop negativity nitwit….unless of course there’s one person who qualifies as all three.  You know these people all too well and you feel the effects of them on the job every day.

Maybe you’ve had the delightful pleasure to have your students finally “get it” after many unsuccessful lessons on a particular skill.  So, you bounce into the staff room, bubbling with excitement over their response and eager to share it with your colleagues.