Our Shared Vocation

A Call for Professional Integrity and Peace

To my fellow educators and partners in service,

We are a community of mentors, joined by a shared Code of Ethics and a common mission to mold the future. As educators, many of us advocate for social justice and peace in our lessons every day. However, for these values to be authentic, they must first live within our own hallways and faculty rooms.

Lately, the weight of our profession has been made heavier by internal stresses and toxic dynamics that do not reflect who we are meant to be. It is time for us to collectively reaffirm our commitment to a workplace free from bullying and professional hostility.

Our Code of Ethics reminds us that our profession demands the highest spirit of courtesy and a deep respect for authority and order. When we allow toxicity to take root, we drift away from these foundational principles.

To protect our students and our own well-being, let us recommit to:

A Culture of Non-Violence:
As advocates of peace, we must resolve our conflicts
through open, professional dialogue
rather than through the stress of gossip or intimidation.

A Stand for Justice:
We teach our students that bullying is wrong.
We must hold ourselves to that same standard,
ensuring that no colleague feels marginalized
or targeted within our own community.

Respect for Professional Order:
Let us honor the structures of authority that guide our school,
settling disputes through the proper channels
with the maturity and grace our licenses require.

We are all facing the same challenges and the same exhaustion. Let us choose to be each other’s support system rather than another source of stress. Peace is not just the absence of conflict; it is the presence of justice and mutual respect.

By standing together against toxicity and choosing professional kindness, we prove that we are not just teachers of a curriculum, but true models of the character we wish to see in the world.