Ashley Stotts
Strategic Plan Part 3
April 26, 2015

I am an employee at the Cleveland Municipal School district. My career is highly interactive with inner city children. Every day I am excited to go to work because these children bring something new to my attention on a daily basis. My co-workers and I follow certain regulations that our bosses think will make a decent and ethical work environment. Getting this hands on experience everyday leads me to believe that there are more standards that should be considered relevant to encourage ethical behavior at our school.
The first I suggest to the administrators do is to help the entire staff develop a more detailed understanding of the cultures we are surrounded by. I think this is very important when communication with children we are working for. As a school staff I feel like somewhat of a public servant, therefore I am working for the community. As teachers and school staff it is important for us to have a clear understanding of who we are dealing with for communication purposes. Throughout my years of working with children I have been introduced to many ways of life that didn’t realize even existed. Being interactive with these children I feel a sense of how they feel by using empathy. The down side is that every person on the staff doesn’t have the same level of compassion for people they cannot identify with. If every person on the staff endured more extensive training into the backgrounds and lifestyles of inner city kids our student to staff ethical code would be better. Intensive diversity training should not be limited to, but include, communicating with urbanized students, the psychology of inner city children, and have a more detailed screening process for staff. Better training for staff diversity would help to decrease the amount of student teacher conflicts, which is a current problem at our school. As a staff member at a public school I feel that there is not enough understanding on how we interpret these children when it comes to communicating. If we cannot communicate with these students effectively, how can we teach them effectively?
As a staff member of a public school I know that we receive a multitude of funding from the public therefore; we can only use what we have. Lack of funding for things that we want is a big fiscal issue within my school. I am spending at minimum fifty hours at my school per week and it never feels comfortable. The funding that we receive is not sufficient enough to make the staff feel that we have a comfortable physical work environment. Meaning there are bugs, senseless dirt hanging around, fixtures falling apart, outdated restrooms and a host of other cosmetic problems within our building. If our school implemented a fund from the staff and for the staff to make our building more aesthetic it will assist in more consistent ethical behavior within our staff. To ensure our building increases to the ideal level of comfort, we can all assist by having small amount taken from each pay and collectively voting on the order of which these cosmetic issues should be fixed. To ensure steady progress, all of the staff must pay the small fee from each pay, contribute to more intensive daily cleaning of our surroundings, and encourage the students to practice cleanliness. Given the staff follows a more strict code of cleanliness it will encourage a peaceful workplace where we all can be comfortable and happy.
Last but not least we should have a psychologist available for staff. I think that people often forget that everyone has a story and reasons why they behave the way they do. If the staff could have access to someone who could help us put our many issues aside from school into perspective, it will give us a more open mind when it comes to interacting with others in the workplace. I can honestly say that our staff is not as strong of a team as we should be when dealing with such imaginative and creative children. If we could deal with our interpersonal issues at work we will be more able to assist in the education of our students. Way to often there is a problem within the staff that we are expected to deal with behind closed doors and still function properly. I feel it should be very clear that although we have goal to complete with these children, we are human so life is up and down. If there is someone we can easily access that can help us to face issues and move past them more effectively, and from a professional view we could all demonstrate ethical behavior consistently. The administrating staff would need to have an on-site psychologist for staff members free of cost. There needs to be daily appointments available throughout the day, confidentiality between doctor and staff member, and a staff chosen professional suited to aid the staff in healthy behavior from home to work. If the staff of the community school are mentally and emotionally stable, they can effectively teach these children to grow in the right direction, and ultimately make each community better.
There are a few things I would suggest that my school implement to be sure that we are good corporate citizens. First our organization should find places to donate the things that we have available to donate, and also things that we can collectively gather. I would also suggest our school organization to host and sponsor helpful community programs. Lastly, I would recommend doing Good Samaritan activities. Since I work at a public school we would need to raise money to pay for expenses of community service work. To enhance the experience for the staff as well as the student I suggest taking the helpful activities global. Global Good Samaritan work will increase cultural outlooks for participants. In this age the ability to be diverse is a necessity therefore; expanding learning globally will create a great outcome for our organization to be recognized as good corporate citizens. Say for instance, if some of the staff take a trip with students to Asia to give American hair tutorials to young Asian girls, this would be a great program to teach womanly duties to young adults and great organizational learning. I choose Asia because as a woman in America interacting with Asian American I realize the lack of awareness to the potential of their hair, and also the multi-cultural experience of women across the world. As I’ve stated previously, I work for a public school therefore we don’t have extra money laying around. This is where I use a technique called a joint venture; where my organization finds a partner person or group to fund and plan these international experiences for staff and students. This plan has so much potential because as a woman in America we face many diversity issues due to ignorance, so if light was shed on the natural process of a woman we could experience a better quality of life, while making money from related business venture.
Hopefully there are not many barriers that will cause my plan to be better corporate citizens to fail. The only one that I can foresee is lack of funding. I think extra detail and attention is important when choosing a partner for fiscal reasons. Also proper planning with fundraisers and events that our organization is hosting is essential. If the staff at our school can make a difference in the community, we certainly can make a dent in the international market of business. With women being my suggested focus in Good Samaritan acts globally, we are presented with many resources, like those from women’s magazines, women’s products and women health organizations. A tampon company like Tampax would be great to endorse our global expansion experience because they are relevant to women worldwide. There are many different paths and outlets to use when aiming to be good corporate citizens in America and also worldwide, but in my community I think this one here may be a good start.