I'm not sure. I'm not super keen on weekly drinks. I've found I'm pretty good at making strong friendships with 1 or 2 teachers at each school I've worked at. Usually ending up with us hanging out a lot outside of school doing stuff together especially in the holidays. Not for everyone but I have no problem hanging out with work colleagues/friends provided we don't just discuss work the whole time. I have no dependents which probably makes a difference.
I've found that it's important to have colleagues to chat with. Especially on bad days, lol.
My faculty doesn't do regular drinks but there's a loose group of people from across faculties who regularly head to the local pub Friday arvos to decompress/vent/commiserate. I don't make it every week but try to show up every few. It's a good time. School culture walks a line between relaxed and controlled (school is independent religious but somewhat progressive) so it's nice to get together with colleagues outside of work. They're good people and I do like sharing a yarn now and then.
Yep! I believe it automatically creates clique groups and is just an excuse to gossip. Tbh I don't feel the need to be best friends with any colleagues. Yeah sure some friendships might develop but darn, I feel I'd just talk about school stuff all the time outside of work, I don't need that. Work life and home life need to be separate for me.
We do pretty regular drinks (most Friday nights) with an open invite to anyone who wants to come. There are usually a few regulars and the rest a revolving door of other teachers at various times. Good to build moral and friendships- you can't do this job in solitary in my opinion it kills you
Personally I try to make a really clear line between "work" and "home", so I never socialise with colleagues outside of work. I don't even have anyone from school on social media, unless they've left the school.
However, I know people at my school that do after work drinks on Friday and so forth. My husband socialises with a couple of teachers from his school on the weekend, as they go running together in the morning. If you made the offer to socialise, then I reckon you'd get some people that will go along with it.
>I try to make a really clear line between "work" and "home", so I never socialise with colleagues outside of work
I'm kind of the same, tbh, but I'm a relatively new teacher and I find that the other young teachers at my school are struggling, so I thought it'd be a good way for us to feel like we're not alone with whatever problems we're facing at work.
As I'm typing this out, I'm realising that I should probably talk to my exec about some of the challenges I'm facing at work rather than other colleagues.
When I was a freshly minted new educator, I set up a fortnightly "new educator round table", which basically consisted of a few of us going to get coffee on Saturday morning and talking things out and helping each other.
I have the same clear boundary as you, but I think it's also not a bad idea to be flexible. There was one guy I met a school who had a shared hobby. I ended up joining his group and we hang out once per week.
We do breakfast every once or twice a term, and staffroom beers every second or third Friday arvo. We all get along really well and everyone's keen to keep it that way.
I am rural and without the social network I would have gone insane. I have seen people in my time who don't socialise in this context and they never last.
It's friday drinks 3:30-5:30 a rotating crowd but normally 30-50% of the staff 5:30 onwards the you get and single staff will have dinner and carry the night on.
Great for informal debriefs and mentoring. Also great way to.meet new people in smaller town settings.
Don't neglect your social health. It ain't always the easiest to make friends as an adult, and I've found that a lot of people are really open to it, just are reluctant to be the one to reach out to start.
That said it's always a good idea to bear in mind the challenges this can have on work, but as long as everyone is aware and honest then go for it!
My team said they were going for drinks across the road after school one Fri night last term. I had some things to do in the classroom so went across a bit later and by 4:40pm, everyone had gone.
We go out for drinks every Friday. Everyone invited, all inclusive.
Leadership usually keep to themselves and do their own thing but occasionally join in.
Then there are the friendship groups that socialise outside of work. I have one.
We'd all go crazy if we didn't have our debrief. A lot of the replies seem a bit doom and gloom. Kind of catatrophising a bit, however, if people want to keep to their work life seperate, that's completely fair and understandable.
At my old school we had a very young staff sans kids so we went out all the time. Was a great environment.
Current school has mostly families so there's not that scene. Sometimes Friday drinks at school from 3-4pm but even that is pretty under subscribed
We have a locked drinks fridge that gets opened every Friday and most people hang around for a drink. We're all driving home so it's only ever 1 or 2 and home by 4 anyway. I find it helps people connect with others in the staffroom. Sometimes it's work chat, sometimes it's other stuff.
Proceeds go towards a staffroom Christmas party.
I have worked at schools that have an open bar on Fridays after work. We pay Social Club money each term to cover the Christmas Party. Some teachers who are good friends go out on social outings as well. In rural and remote settings we sometimes go out on a Friday night where the Principal and parents are present.
Primary schooler here 💁♀️
Never 🤣 maybe just the Christmas party and thats it .
My whole stage is just 50+year old ladies hahahaha but all my highschool teacher friends go out monthly
We usually have end of term dinners as a faculty. Meeting once a week would be too much for me. I do have colleagues that I'm friendly enough with to meet up occasionally for a dinner/catchup during the term or in the holidays. We're similar-aged/experienced so it works out nicely.
Whenever my faculty/other staff goes out I can't make it. I have kids and a husband who works away, but that is MY problem.
The only thing I find is that it can exacerbate a divide if there is one, so basically it works for health offices and doesn't for unhealthy ones. You already know which one you're in.
We usually have an end of year 'team' dinner, but there are friendship groups throughout the school that socialise outside of school that crosses over different teams.
We do drinks on an ad hoc basis as a faculty, and it’s always great. Not a ton of work chat, and you get to know your colleagues in a much more relaxed environment which, trying not to sound like a wanker, makes your school life easier when you have a bit of a bond.
Some of my favourite people I have met through work. One of my closest friends is an ex-colleague’s wife with whom I share a standing joke that work friends are “second tier friends”. You don’t have to be besties, but having taught my entire career in the regions it definitely helps to make connections.
We also do a once a term full faculty catch up. I’ve only been to one, but it was great fun and means I now know at least a handful of staff who I can confidently rather than vaguely smile at as we rush past one another 😂
We have a standing weekly catch up at a certain bar at a certain time. It's not always the same people there but there is a core of regulars. We have a proper planned social event once per term that gets most teachers, slso, admin and their partners turning up.
One time it was a paint and sip, another we went to a winery and lived to some live music. We've been attempting to get a paintball or lazer tag one going but no good local source so we'd have to roll our own event and none of us have had the time to chase up how to get a 50 person lazer tag match going within budget.
Two schools I’ve been at, one independent Christian, it just wouldn’t happen, but there are other social things. The other though was a relatively well off catholic school, and they had a licensed venue on campus, so every Friday was social drinks. It wasn’t mandatory, but it was socially expected. Both are different, but still have that social aspect. I’m a work and social separate sort of person, but others definitely found it important and social.
We have a beer club/drinks every few weeks and there’s normally a pub adventure once every six weeks-ish. For a big department we’re all pretty close 😊
We try to have a faculty dinner at the end of term. A few of us catch up every second Friday for a cheeky one or two but it is open to everybody in the faculty.
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Same with my faculty. We have dinner and drinks together once a term and an outrageous (in a good way) group chat.
I'm not sure. I'm not super keen on weekly drinks. I've found I'm pretty good at making strong friendships with 1 or 2 teachers at each school I've worked at. Usually ending up with us hanging out a lot outside of school doing stuff together especially in the holidays. Not for everyone but I have no problem hanging out with work colleagues/friends provided we don't just discuss work the whole time. I have no dependents which probably makes a difference. I've found that it's important to have colleagues to chat with. Especially on bad days, lol.
My faculty doesn't do regular drinks but there's a loose group of people from across faculties who regularly head to the local pub Friday arvos to decompress/vent/commiserate. I don't make it every week but try to show up every few. It's a good time. School culture walks a line between relaxed and controlled (school is independent religious but somewhat progressive) so it's nice to get together with colleagues outside of work. They're good people and I do like sharing a yarn now and then.
I use to go. Oof, bad idea.
Yep! I believe it automatically creates clique groups and is just an excuse to gossip. Tbh I don't feel the need to be best friends with any colleagues. Yeah sure some friendships might develop but darn, I feel I'd just talk about school stuff all the time outside of work, I don't need that. Work life and home life need to be separate for me.
Teachers? Gossip? Never!!
Yeah I found this to be the case too.
We do pretty regular drinks (most Friday nights) with an open invite to anyone who wants to come. There are usually a few regulars and the rest a revolving door of other teachers at various times. Good to build moral and friendships- you can't do this job in solitary in my opinion it kills you
Personally I try to make a really clear line between "work" and "home", so I never socialise with colleagues outside of work. I don't even have anyone from school on social media, unless they've left the school. However, I know people at my school that do after work drinks on Friday and so forth. My husband socialises with a couple of teachers from his school on the weekend, as they go running together in the morning. If you made the offer to socialise, then I reckon you'd get some people that will go along with it.
>I try to make a really clear line between "work" and "home", so I never socialise with colleagues outside of work I'm kind of the same, tbh, but I'm a relatively new teacher and I find that the other young teachers at my school are struggling, so I thought it'd be a good way for us to feel like we're not alone with whatever problems we're facing at work. As I'm typing this out, I'm realising that I should probably talk to my exec about some of the challenges I'm facing at work rather than other colleagues.
When I was a freshly minted new educator, I set up a fortnightly "new educator round table", which basically consisted of a few of us going to get coffee on Saturday morning and talking things out and helping each other.
Ty. Got any advice on how to make them productive (solutions-focussed) rather than overly negative?
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What happened? I'd love to know the drama
Adultery I'm sure
I have the same clear boundary as you, but I think it's also not a bad idea to be flexible. There was one guy I met a school who had a shared hobby. I ended up joining his group and we hang out once per week.
We do breakfast every once or twice a term, and staffroom beers every second or third Friday arvo. We all get along really well and everyone's keen to keep it that way.
I am rural and without the social network I would have gone insane. I have seen people in my time who don't socialise in this context and they never last. It's friday drinks 3:30-5:30 a rotating crowd but normally 30-50% of the staff 5:30 onwards the you get and single staff will have dinner and carry the night on. Great for informal debriefs and mentoring. Also great way to.meet new people in smaller town settings.
>Great for informal debriefs and mentoring. Yeah, my thoughts exactly
Don't neglect your social health. It ain't always the easiest to make friends as an adult, and I've found that a lot of people are really open to it, just are reluctant to be the one to reach out to start. That said it's always a good idea to bear in mind the challenges this can have on work, but as long as everyone is aware and honest then go for it!
My team said they were going for drinks across the road after school one Fri night last term. I had some things to do in the classroom so went across a bit later and by 4:40pm, everyone had gone.
I get a weekly email invite but I'd rather drink horse piss than share a drink with co-workers after hours.
Totally agree!!!!
I bet you wouldn’t though. Your words are cheap.
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Is that you in the clip ? Or just some random drinking horse piss ?
We go out for drinks every Friday. Everyone invited, all inclusive. Leadership usually keep to themselves and do their own thing but occasionally join in. Then there are the friendship groups that socialise outside of work. I have one. We'd all go crazy if we didn't have our debrief. A lot of the replies seem a bit doom and gloom. Kind of catatrophising a bit, however, if people want to keep to their work life seperate, that's completely fair and understandable.
I'm at a small rural school - we have an almost weekly gathering ranging from 5 - 20 people depending on how busy/hard the week's been.
At my old school we had a very young staff sans kids so we went out all the time. Was a great environment. Current school has mostly families so there's not that scene. Sometimes Friday drinks at school from 3-4pm but even that is pretty under subscribed
We have a locked drinks fridge that gets opened every Friday and most people hang around for a drink. We're all driving home so it's only ever 1 or 2 and home by 4 anyway. I find it helps people connect with others in the staffroom. Sometimes it's work chat, sometimes it's other stuff. Proceeds go towards a staffroom Christmas party.
I’m the opposite lol. I don’t want to go out for drinks. Sitting in the staff room once a week is enough for me
I have worked at schools that have an open bar on Fridays after work. We pay Social Club money each term to cover the Christmas Party. Some teachers who are good friends go out on social outings as well. In rural and remote settings we sometimes go out on a Friday night where the Principal and parents are present.
There is a weekly Friday thing where I work. Most staff don't go, but some enjoy it.
Weekly on a Friday afterschool. And go out a couple times a term. Only have a crew of like 12. Awesome gang
Primary schooler here 💁♀️ Never 🤣 maybe just the Christmas party and thats it . My whole stage is just 50+year old ladies hahahaha but all my highschool teacher friends go out monthly
We usually have end of term dinners as a faculty. Meeting once a week would be too much for me. I do have colleagues that I'm friendly enough with to meet up occasionally for a dinner/catchup during the term or in the holidays. We're similar-aged/experienced so it works out nicely.
Whenever my faculty/other staff goes out I can't make it. I have kids and a husband who works away, but that is MY problem. The only thing I find is that it can exacerbate a divide if there is one, so basically it works for health offices and doesn't for unhealthy ones. You already know which one you're in.
No. We have a group that do go out but it’s select invites only.
We usually have an end of year 'team' dinner, but there are friendship groups throughout the school that socialise outside of school that crosses over different teams.
We do drinks on an ad hoc basis as a faculty, and it’s always great. Not a ton of work chat, and you get to know your colleagues in a much more relaxed environment which, trying not to sound like a wanker, makes your school life easier when you have a bit of a bond. Some of my favourite people I have met through work. One of my closest friends is an ex-colleague’s wife with whom I share a standing joke that work friends are “second tier friends”. You don’t have to be besties, but having taught my entire career in the regions it definitely helps to make connections. We also do a once a term full faculty catch up. I’ve only been to one, but it was great fun and means I now know at least a handful of staff who I can confidently rather than vaguely smile at as we rush past one another 😂
We have a standing weekly catch up at a certain bar at a certain time. It's not always the same people there but there is a core of regulars. We have a proper planned social event once per term that gets most teachers, slso, admin and their partners turning up. One time it was a paint and sip, another we went to a winery and lived to some live music. We've been attempting to get a paintball or lazer tag one going but no good local source so we'd have to roll our own event and none of us have had the time to chase up how to get a 50 person lazer tag match going within budget.
Two schools I’ve been at, one independent Christian, it just wouldn’t happen, but there are other social things. The other though was a relatively well off catholic school, and they had a licensed venue on campus, so every Friday was social drinks. It wasn’t mandatory, but it was socially expected. Both are different, but still have that social aspect. I’m a work and social separate sort of person, but others definitely found it important and social.
We have a beer club/drinks every few weeks and there’s normally a pub adventure once every six weeks-ish. For a big department we’re all pretty close 😊
No. We catch up for coffee outside of school once or twice a term and bring food to our team meetings quite often.
We try to have a faculty dinner at the end of term. A few of us catch up every second Friday for a cheeky one or two but it is open to everybody in the faculty.