What do teachers do in summer?

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[Post New]02/27/2015 22:55
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I take classes/lessons on things I was interested in (personal hobbies), do a couple weeks of professional development stuff, and a few weeks of travel (mostly visiting family that I couldn't see the rest of the year).

Mostly, summer for me is recuperating from working 60+ hour weeks for the entire school year. Without the down time, I would burn out.


YES. All of the above!
[Post New]03/02/2015 20:54
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Anonymous
Not really relevant, but my grandparents were teachers and they owned a little concession stand on a lake in the midwest. My dad said he and his siblings would spend all summer at the lake, hanging out with the "rich" kids who lived there, waterskiing and fishing, while their parents sold ice cream & hamburgers.
[Post New]03/03/2015 05:56
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Anonymous
Before I had children I taught summer school. Now I stay home with them so they do not have to go to camp all summer. Camp is expensive. They attend a few camps because they are fun and I have to work a little at my school. Full-summer school positions are rare since most summer classes are taken online now.
[Post New]03/03/2015 14:36
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Anonymous
I know a few teachers who work as special ed aids in summer camps. There are several SN camps in the area who could use an extra pair of eyes.
[Post New]03/03/2015 14:37
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Before I had children I taught summer school. Now I stay home with them so they do not have to go to camp all summer. Camp is expensive. They attend a few camps because they are fun and I have to work a little at my school. Full-summer school positions are rare since most summer classes are taken online now.


Except for ESY
[Post New]03/03/2015 14:41
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Anonymous
My DIL used to teach high school summer school. 8 am to noon 4 days a week for 2 months. $100 per day. She used the money to buy a new school year wardrobe.
[Post New]03/03/2015 21:35
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Anonymous
For the first 10 years I worked on my MS and Phd. Now I travel and relax.
[Post New]03/04/2015 21:31
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I go to Oak Bluffs with my children and return to DC for PD classes.

When I was growing up I spent summers with both sets of grandparents. My mom took one vacation with her educator friends and one with my dad.
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