Question About Transitioning Back To Workforce from SAHM

[Anonymous]

Reading and responding to school emails / newsletters / portals

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All these answers are crazy to me! Why do you have to do laundry on weekends? Throw in a load before work, dry it after. Or let DH do it who is at home! CleN a little each day. It’s not hard or stressful, you just need to schedule your time. I do none of these things in the weekend.

Calm down. It’s a suggestion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reading and responding to school emails / newsletters / portals

Mom of four here:

Best advice I got returning to work , ignore all school emails. All of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reading and responding to school emails / newsletters / portals

Mom of four here:

Best advice I got returning to work , ignore all school emails. All of them.

Skimming them promptly saves me time. Like if l missed the sign up for PTC, l would get a crap slot that doesn’t work with my schedule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reading and responding to school emails / newsletters / portals

Mom of four here:

Best advice I got returning to work , ignore all school emails. All of them.

Yeah, that’s lousy advice, unless you never plan on engaging with your kids’ school in any way. That’s your prerogative, but it kind of sucks for your kids.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reading and responding to school emails / newsletters / portals

Mom of four here:

Best advice I got returning to work , ignore all school emails. All of them.

I do this. If my husband can’t bother to read them, why should I?

[Anonymous]

OP, are your kids school aged, and are they in the same school district as you?

One thing I didn't realize as a teacher going back to work is that teachers go back to work about 6-7 days before the students do, and few summer day camps run that week. The few that do will fill up fast. So lining up child care for your week of teacher work days is very important.

You should be able to handle snow days and snow or inclement weather early dismissal/late start days, depending on your school's schedule and how it matches up with the kids' school schedule.

As the SAHP you were covering all the doctor's appointments I'm guessing. It helps to find doctors with later afternoon/;evening or weekend hours. Also it helps to have your doctors in a county other than your own, if you live close to the border. I live in MD but many doctors are in VA and I can usually get appointments on days off for my school district that aren't off in Arlington or Fairfax.

Keep at least 5 days of emergency sub plans set up at school so if you do need to call in sick you are covered.

Remember that the first couple of weeks of your own kids going back to school will be exhausting for THEM, and you as a teacher will also be exhausted. Plan for September! Lots of forms to fill out too.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How old are kids?

Kids are 9, 7 and 4.

If your school will do virtual for snow days, you will need a plan for the 4 year old, and probably the 7 year old will need some tech help. You will be teaching virtually so your husband will need to deal with all those things.

Also prepare for the fact that you really cannot make or take phone calls during the school day.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reading and responding to school emails / newsletters / portals

Mom of four here:

Best advice I got returning to work , ignore all school emails. All of them.

The people sending the emails are just trying to help your kid and do their jobs.

Ignore the requests for volunteering, participating in spirit days, etc., but not reading them at all just seems like giving teachers and school admin a big middle finger.