Teacher Contract Hours

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:7.5 hours and a duty-free 30 minute unpaid lunch.

Waiting for someone who takes 2hr lunches and stands around drinking coffee for 20 minutes of every hour while waiting for the next Zoom call to say you don’t work hard enough.

Same. Have both taught and worked an office job. Teaching is infinitely more exhausting and scheduled. No "team lunches" or taking 10 in between calls or even a bathroom break lasting more than 30 seconds where you didn't have to flag someone down to watch your class to pee.

But having spring break, winter break, and the entire summer off ain't bad though, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:7.5 hours and a duty-free 30 minute unpaid lunch.

Waiting for someone who takes 2hr lunches and stands around drinking coffee for 20 minutes of every hour while waiting for the next Zoom call to say you don’t work hard enough.

Same. Have both taught and worked an office job. Teaching is infinitely more exhausting and scheduled. No "team lunches" or taking 10 in between calls or even a bathroom break lasting more than 30 seconds where you didn't have to flag someone down to watch your class to pee.

But having spring break, winter break, and the entire summer off ain't bad though, right?

Besides for the summer time, many day to day employees take off all are part of these breaks off - and they get paid!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:7.5 hours and a duty-free 30 minute unpaid lunch.

Waiting for someone who takes 2hr lunches and stands around drinking coffee for 20 minutes of every hour while waiting for the next Zoom call to say you don’t work hard enough.

Same. Have both taught and worked an office job. Teaching is infinitely more exhausting and scheduled. No "team lunches" or taking 10 in between calls or even a bathroom break lasting more than 30 seconds where you didn't have to flag someone down to watch your class to pee.

But having spring break, winter break, and the entire summer off ain't bad though, right?

I don’t get paid in July, so that isn’t a break. That’s a “work another job for less pay” month. I hate people like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:7.5 hours and a duty-free 30 minute unpaid lunch.

Waiting for someone who takes 2hr lunches and stands around drinking coffee for 20 minutes of every hour while waiting for the next Zoom call to say you don’t work hard enough.

Same. Have both taught and worked an office job. Teaching is infinitely more exhausting and scheduled. No "team lunches" or taking 10 in between calls or even a bathroom break lasting more than 30 seconds where you didn't have to flag someone down to watch your class to pee.

But having spring break, winter break, and the entire summer off ain't bad though, right?

I had pretty decent benefits when I worked the office job. I got roughly 4 weeks of leave and could actually take off when I was sick. So yes, having those breaks is great, but not as big of a benefit as one would think at first glance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our administration makes it known that “Teachers are not “on contract” or “off contract” based on what the clock says. These work hours are when parents and staff can reasonably expect that they will be available”.

This. 110%. There’s no term “contract hours” anywhere in the FCPS regulations. Teachers are not hourly employees. They’re salaried. The only time teachers are “off contract” is in the summer.

People only walk over you if you let them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our administration makes it known that “Teachers are not “on contract” or “off contract” based on what the clock says. These work hours are when parents and staff can reasonably expect that they will be available”.

This. 110%. There’s no term “contract hours” anywhere in the FCPS regulations. Teachers are not hourly employees. They’re salaried. The only time teachers are “off contract” is in the summer.

Yeah, well, I am still not responding to your email over the weekend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:7.5 hours and a duty-free 30 minute unpaid lunch.

Waiting for someone who takes 2hr lunches and stands around drinking coffee for 20 minutes of every hour while waiting for the next Zoom call to say you don’t work hard enough.

Same. Have both taught and worked an office job. Teaching is infinitely more exhausting and scheduled. No "team lunches" or taking 10 in between calls or even a bathroom break lasting more than 30 seconds where you didn't have to flag someone down to watch your class to pee.

But having spring break, winter break, and the entire summer off ain't bad though, right?

Besides for the summer time, many day to day employees take off all are part of these breaks off - and they get paid!

Summer time is a teacher’s unpaid furlough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:7.5 hours and a duty-free 30 minute unpaid lunch.

Waiting for someone who takes 2hr lunches and stands around drinking coffee for 20 minutes of every hour while waiting for the next Zoom call to say you don’t work hard enough.

Same. Have both taught and worked an office job. Teaching is infinitely more exhausting and scheduled. No "team lunches" or taking 10 in between calls or even a bathroom break lasting more than 30 seconds where you didn't have to flag someone down to watch your class to pee.

But having spring break, winter break, and the entire summer off ain't bad though, right?

Besides for the summer time, many day to day employees take off all are part of these breaks off - and they get paid!

Try again. I don’t get paid during the summer. Still think teaching is a “sweet gig?”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:7.5 hours and a duty-free 30 minute unpaid lunch.

Waiting for someone who takes 2hr lunches and stands around drinking coffee for 20 minutes of every hour while waiting for the next Zoom call to say you don’t work hard enough.

Same. Have both taught and worked an office job. Teaching is infinitely more exhausting and scheduled. No "team lunches" or taking 10 in between calls or even a bathroom break lasting more than 30 seconds where you didn't have to flag someone down to watch your class to pee.

But having spring break, winter break, and the entire summer off ain't bad though, right?

Besides for the summer time, many day to day employees take off all are part of these breaks off - and they get paid!

Summer time is a teacher’s unpaid furlough.

+1

[Anonymous]

Salaried, yes, for 194 day contract. Weekends and holidays are not part of that 194 days so answering emails is by choice. No paycheck in July.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our administration makes it known that “Teachers are not “on contract” or “off contract” based on what the clock says. These work hours are when parents and staff can reasonably expect that they will be available”.

This. 110%. There’s no term “contract hours” anywhere in the FCPS regulations. Teachers are not hourly employees. They’re salaried. The only time teachers are “off contract” is in the summer.

So we should work 24 hours a day? How do you know when to arrive and leave work everyday? All jobs have an expectation of hours worked in a week or day. That is why it’s called an 8 hour workday or 30 hour work week. If you worked 28 hours a week, you’d probably be spoken to from your employer. Where not hourly but there is an expected timeframe to the work day. My principal reminds us of those hours each year.

[Anonymous]

Wow you are all living a guided life. In the non teacher cushy job - workers have to go to work. And we care.. not go around trying to demolish education by covid and /or crt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow you are all living a guided life. In the non teacher cushy job - workers have to go to work. And we care.. not go around trying to demolish education by covid and /or crt.

Huh? Did you receive an education?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our administration makes it known that “Teachers are not “on contract” or “off contract” based on what the clock says. These work hours are when parents and staff can reasonably expect that they will be available”.

This. 110%. There’s no term “contract hours” anywhere in the FCPS regulations. Teachers are not hourly employees. They’re salaried. The only time teachers are “off contract” is in the summer.

People only walk over you if you let them.

Exactly. This topic is pretty ironic considering Labor Day is right around the corner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow you are all living a guided life. In the non teacher cushy job - workers have to go to work. And we care.. not go around trying to demolish education by covid and /or crt.

Huh? Did you receive an education?

Clearly not. PP read a few too many conspiracy posts and it’s rotted their brain.