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The "entire summer" in most cases is less than 8 weeks. And you know how yesterday's thread talked about how people want teachers to submit lesson plans by July 1st or whatever? When you think those are going to get done? Teachers don't work 40 hour weeks all summer long but they are preparing for school year. My wife works 188 contract days peer year at 8 hours per day. That's 1,504 hours. She works approx 5 hours a week outside her "work day" - mainly on weekends... grading and planning. So 36 x 5 = 180 hours. Finally she works let's say 50 hours during summer, with planning, etc. Let's call it 1,734 hours. So yes it's less than most people have full time. They also get paid about 52K a year. So they are getting paid less than many full time professionals who work a 2200 hour year.

Who requires that she works 50 hours during the summer and grade papers on her personal time?

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Posted by Methuselah

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Posted on 2/12/22 at 2:17 pm to broadhead

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Who requires that she works 50 hours during the summer and grade papers on her personal time?

I agree with you about summers. Heck, we don't even officially find out what courses we will be teaching until right before school starts in the fall (you can guess based on classes you taught previously, but they often change things up), so I don't really do any work during the summer break. It is pretty great.

During the school year is a different matter. I find to do a good job it is necessary to do planning and grading on off hours. The 'planning' time provided during school is just not sufficient and they often interfere with it with meetings, covering for absent teachers, and other 'duties'. I'm kind of weird in that I don't much mind doing the prep. With technology it is kind of like playing on the computer. A little reading. A little research. A little typing. Almost like being on TigerDroppings.

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Posted by LSUFanHouston

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Posted on 2/12/22 at 2:47 pm to broadhead

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Who requires that she works 50 hours during the summer and grade papers on her personal time?

Umm... that's what is required if you wan to do a good job.

They are on a block schedule... 4 classes a day. Teach 3... 1 of period.

"Off period" -

Monday - 504 meetings
Tuesday - Teacher Team meetings
Wednesday - No meetings
Thursday - Faculty or department meetings (rotates)
Friday - No Meetings

She has one duty assignment per day.

M/W/F - Lunch duty (1/2 lunch period)
T/Th - After school bus area duty

So her non-teaching clock time each weeek consists of"

30 min before first bell (kids are arriving into classrooms at this time)
20 min lunch 3 days a week
40 min lunch 2 days a week (one day is a meeting for a club she sponsors)
90 min off period 2x a week
30 min after school 3x a week (which is when she offers tutoring)

Add that up and that's not enough time to do what needs to be done to be prepared for class and to return papers.

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