Half-days on Wednesdays!?

[Anonymous]

Teachers have to be the most entitled people in D.C. It is really something.

[Anonymous]

I am a teacher and people on here saying teachers work 10 months a year and get only 12 days are being disingenuous. We do get those benefits but that is on top of every federal holiday ( yes I know this is a fed town but lots of people don’t get all federal holidays, including my private sector DH), the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Friday after, 1.5-2 weeks for winter break, February break and spring break. That’s 4 weeks of time off where you don’t have to use your leave. So really it’s not comparable to other jobs in that regard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and people on here saying teachers work 10 months a year and get only 12 days are being disingenuous. We do get those benefits but that is on top of every federal holiday ( yes I know this is a fed town but lots of people don’t get all federal holidays, including my private sector DH), the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Friday after, 1.5-2 weeks for winter break, February break and spring break. That’s 4 weeks of time off where you don’t have to use your leave. So really it’s not comparable to other jobs in that regard.

Thank you for being honest.

[Anonymous]

I thought this thread was about PD on Wednesdays?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought this thread was about PD on Wednesdays?

I am the teacher who posted above and yes this is. My two cents, for what little they are worth, is that we don’t need half day Wednesdays and schools would be left to fend for themselves in terms of planning for those half days.

I also think that while this might benefit elementary school students, a large portion of high schoolers will not come to school on Wednesdays at all. So DC would essentially be losing 20% of instruction for the year at the HS level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids have barely been to school in the past year. But, sure, what we really need to do is give teachers even more time off. What a joke.

You realize this wouldn’t be time off, right? There are other components to the job of teacher than presenting to children, whether the DCUM mob accepts it or not.

the job of school is to deliver consistent instruction to kids and not consider *actual instruction* to be some kind of fringe benefit. If DCPS or WTU want more teacher training time, fine, but it cannot come out of instructional time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought this thread was about PD on Wednesdays?

I am the teacher who posted above and yes this is. My two cents, for what little they are worth, is that we don’t need half day Wednesdays and schools would be left to fend for themselves in terms of planning for those half days.

I also think that while this might benefit elementary school students, a large portion of high schoolers will not come to school on Wednesdays at all. So DC would essentially be losing 20% of instruction for the year at the HS level.

^^this. this is what would happen. it would become a half day that’s useless at best, harmful at worst.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and people on here saying teachers work 10 months a year and get only 12 days are being disingenuous. We do get those benefits but that is on top of every federal holiday ( yes I know this is a fed town but lots of people don’t get all federal holidays, including my private sector DH), the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Friday after, 1.5-2 weeks for winter break, February break and spring break. That’s 4 weeks of time off where you don’t have to use your leave. So really it’s not comparable to other jobs in that regard.

Teachers are paid for 192 days. 185 of those days are instructional. Contrary to popular misconception we aren't being paid for federal holidays nor any of the breaks. and we didn't get a februrary break. Now if you wanna go into the amount of labor that is done outside our working hours and working days we work a lot more than 192 days but I digress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and people on here saying teachers work 10 months a year and get only 12 days are being disingenuous. We do get those benefits but that is on top of every federal holiday ( yes I know this is a fed town but lots of people don’t get all federal holidays, including my private sector DH), the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Friday after, 1.5-2 weeks for winter break, February break and spring break. That’s 4 weeks of time off where you don’t have to use your leave. So really it’s not comparable to other jobs in that regard.

Teachers are paid for 192 days. 185 of those days are instructional. Contrary to popular misconception we aren't being paid for federal holidays nor any of the breaks. and we didn't get a februrary break. Now if you wanna go into the amount of labor that is done outside our working hours and working days we work a lot more than 192 days but I digress.

If you want to count up the number of hours or days you work and be paid accordingly, go get a job at McDonalds. If you have a salary, stop being such a crybaby and do you job. No one cares about your bellyaching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and people on here saying teachers work 10 months a year and get only 12 days are being disingenuous. We do get those benefits but that is on top of every federal holiday ( yes I know this is a fed town but lots of people don’t get all federal holidays, including my private sector DH), the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Friday after, 1.5-2 weeks for winter break, February break and spring break. That’s 4 weeks of time off where you don’t have to use your leave. So really it’s not comparable to other jobs in that regard.

Let’s be honest...we are off the day after thanksgiving because kids wouldn’t show up. I’d gladly work that day and make kids come in. It would be the easiest day of the year.

[Anonymous]

Let's keep this discussion focussed on the kids instead of teacher time off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and people on here saying teachers work 10 months a year and get only 12 days are being disingenuous. We do get those benefits but that is on top of every federal holiday ( yes I know this is a fed town but lots of people don’t get all federal holidays, including my private sector DH), the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Friday after, 1.5-2 weeks for winter break, February break and spring break. That’s 4 weeks of time off where you don’t have to use your leave. So really it’s not comparable to other jobs in that regard.

Teachers are paid for 192 days. 185 of those days are instructional. Contrary to popular misconception we aren't being paid for federal holidays nor any of the breaks. and we didn't get a februrary break. Now if you wanna go into the amount of labor that is done outside our working hours and working days we work a lot more than 192 days but I digress.

If you want to count up the number of hours or days you work and be paid accordingly, go get a job at McDonalds. If you have a salary, stop being such a crybaby and do you job. No one cares about your bellyaching.

The number of days we work per year and the hours we are expected to work per day is actually written in our contract. So no I'm NOT obligated to meet with a parent after school unless I'm being offered extra pay by my principal (which is also written in our contract).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and people on here saying teachers work 10 months a year and get only 12 days are being disingenuous. We do get those benefits but that is on top of every federal holiday ( yes I know this is a fed town but lots of people don’t get all federal holidays, including my private sector DH), the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Friday after, 1.5-2 weeks for winter break, February break and spring break. That’s 4 weeks of time off where you don’t have to use your leave. So really it’s not comparable to other jobs in that regard.

Teachers are paid for 192 days. 185 of those days are instructional. Contrary to popular misconception we aren't being paid for federal holidays nor any of the breaks. and we didn't get a februrary break. Now if you wanna go into the amount of labor that is done outside our working hours and working days we work a lot more than 192 days but I digress.

How is it that teachers aren’t paid for federal holidays and breaks? Fine there wasn’t a February break this one year. There we’re those three days for the inauguration though. But again, paychecks are the same each pay period so how is it that teachers aren’t paid for federal holidays?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and people on here saying teachers work 10 months a year and get only 12 days are being disingenuous. We do get those benefits but that is on top of every federal holiday ( yes I know this is a fed town but lots of people don’t get all federal holidays, including my private sector DH), the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Friday after, 1.5-2 weeks for winter break, February break and spring break. That’s 4 weeks of time off where you don’t have to use your leave. So really it’s not comparable to other jobs in that regard.

Teachers are paid for 192 days. 185 of those days are instructional. Contrary to popular misconception we aren't being paid for federal holidays nor any of the breaks. and we didn't get a februrary break. Now if you wanna go into the amount of labor that is done outside our working hours and working days we work a lot more than 192 days but I digress.

How is it that teachers aren’t paid for federal holidays and breaks? Fine there wasn’t a February break this one year. There we’re those three days for the inauguration though. But again, paychecks are the same each pay period so how is it that teachers aren’t paid for federal holidays?

Their pay is added up and divided over the year so they get an even amount throughout the year. If that didn’t happen they’d be paid a different amount every pay period and nothing in the summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they do this the other school days would have to be longer to make up for missing hours from weds

No, they wouldn't "have to." Not going to happen.