When I began working at this school.  I noticed that the local teachers and foreign teachers continuously had separate meetings, something that only one other school in my career abroad had done.  In the beginning, it was due to the need to have an interpreter for meetings, which was thought to make them last longer than necessary.  Still, many teachers made complaints about how much of the information seemed to be relayed differently at the different meetings.  For example, at some events, foreign teachers were expecting to do certain tasks and have the assistance of local teachers for others.  In reality, the local teachers were expecting to do completely different tasks and handle certain tasks on their own without foreign teacher input.  While it is true that there are some local teachers that need interpretation, there are also some that do not.

    I assisted teachers in their silent campaign arguing that we needed to boost faculty morale by being sure that they weren't always feeling that they were on different pages of different books.  Once we were able to have staff meetings altogether, there was significant increase in the coherence of everybody's understanding of daily tasks, events and other duties.  We also have the opportunity to discuss some of our more negative issues with a wide variety of input.  Each voice is heard and change is able to steer in the direction of a more harmonious atmosphere.  That's not to say that everything always goes well.  It's just that now everyone is able to be on the same page when it comes to school policies, how to handle student issues, updates in staff responsibilities and our weekly events.