They can be mediators of a pedagogic message which gives direction to the staff, the children and the community. School is a pedagogic unity that demands intensive cooperation amongst teachers. The personal pedagogic attitude, the difficulties in teaching, and in contact with parents are no private matter, but are always also a concern of the entire school. Embarrassments in class should be talked about not only within a private setting or, if need be, under personal supervision, but should be seen as a pedagogic challenge to the entire team of teachers. School culture can help children participate in a school that offers more than subject matter, discipline and class egoism.
School can become a piece of home.
This is of particular significance in urban areas or anonymous suburbs with a large foreigner population. The nurturing of a school culture belongs also among the preventive measures for coping with drugs, degeneration and violence. The reality of many schools is hardly ideal. The school building is rarely fantasized about, the teaching staff as a relational group figures least in teaching, internal conflicts are evaded, and teacher conferences are regarded as additional assignments. Astoundingly, it is still possible for a teacher to get out of continuing education conferences, even if organized by an active teacher group or a school board of education, without hurting their careers.