I have been at work since 8 am and still not done
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Anonymous
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Just venting about all the paperwork we have to do. I just printed out the IEP's which need to be filled out by Friday, deadline for many other things like placing orders and submitting other paperwork.
Tomorrow we have an 8 am meeting. I am so tired by the time I get home that I just crash in front of the TV, then take a bath and sleep just to wake up at 6 and start all over again. I am not a slow worker so I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I feel I am living to work. |
Anonymous
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That's how many people feel, regardless of their profession, OP. I'm a research scientist. My old boss used to work 80 hours a week. One of his graduate students brought a SLEEPING BAG to the lab. This is not a profession that pays very much, in publicly funded research. Plus you need a PhD and several years of post-doc experience. Thank you for doing your best for kids with special needs, BTW! My son has an IEP and I am grateful for all the work done on his behalf by the IEP team! |
Anonymous
| Hi OP. I'm a teacher and I have periods of time like that. I spend 12-14 hours in the building the first 6 weeks of school, report card time, during any major data days and the end of the year. That's just my life for about 1/3 of the year. But, if you are doing this every day all year and you aren't a first or second year teacher, you need to look for things to stop doing. That's too much. Hang in there, end of the year sucks. |
Anonymous
| I'm sorry you feel this way. But just know that most jobs are like this and we all have busy periods. |
Anonymous
The difference is that when you get your paycheck, you aren't wondering how to pay your bills. |
Anonymous
Sounds like an end of year crunch. You can do it! |
Anonymous
Same for private school teachers re bills. maybe not paperwork load, more of email parents load. which is find, all parties are highly engaged. I like that. |
Anonymous
Tell that to all the Congressional staffers making 30k who work extremely long days. |
Anonymous
They are young. |
Anonymous
| The end of the year is exhausting. Hang in there, OP! |
Anonymous
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So sorry, OP. The paperwork is why I never finished my special ed certification. As it is, I spent every planning period the last two weeks either in an IEP meeting or filling out 272 reports. As a result, no grading could be done during duty hours.
I should be grading right now, but I’ve graded 5-11 or 12 pm every night this week. My brain needs a break. I’ll be more patient with students tomorrow if I have some downtime. Work with your union to advocate for release time occasionally. |
Anonymous
How is that relevant? OP, I hear you. Hard work and long hours sucks for everyone in any profession. I totally believe that teachers should be paid more and deserve more respect. At the same time, you willingly chose a profession that has long hours and low pay. It's fine to complain, but you knew this going in. I came out of grad school and took a prestigious but low-paying fellowship. Not fun when I had friends making much more money, but I accepted the job and salary of my own free will. Lucky for you, chances are you've got a good chunk of time to recuperate over the next 10wks. Something many of us don't have. Hang in there! |
Anonymous
It is relevant because they move into higher paying jobs. Many teachers take home less pay than they got the year before. Have you heard about the teacher strikes all over the country? I never knew that my meager paycheck would shrink. I have one day off before I start my summer job. I will need to supplement that summer job working as a night nurse just to equal my paycheck from teaching. |
Anonymous
| Teacher salaries need rebalanced away from being concentrated so heavily on benefits and shifting more to pay. |
Anonymous
Why? |