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[quote=Anonymous]High school math teacher.

6:00 wake up
7:00 out the door
7:30 walk into my classroom, adjust learning standards on the board, set out copies and materials, check technology
7:45 kids enter, private chats with those who need a little extra emotional support or love, small talk/banter with those in good shape
8:00-12:40 classes. I taught 3 different preps last year (thankfully only two of them each day thanks to block schedule), so the 7 minute passing periods are spent shifting materials, adjusting technology, posting lesson recordings, etc
12:40-1:10 lunch. I made a big deal of trying to eat with colleagues this year to get some adult conversation! Around thanksgiving I had one super needy girl who asked to stay in my room during lunch on odd days, so it ended up only being every/other day, but it was still a nice break.
1:10-2:15 meetings every/other day (once a week for each course I teach). All the teachers of that course come together to create common assessments, share resources, agree on pacing, etc. If there are no meetings, I use that time to create resources, run copies, make slide decks, etc. This will be the first year in 3 years I’m not teaching a brand new to me course, so I’m hopeful to be able to leverage old stuff I made and just modify instead of start from scratch.
2:15-2:30 Prep for after school kids (3x per week). I try to get copies of missing work for kids who were absent, packets of missing work for those who don’t turn stuff in, retakes for those who signed up, extra practice for kids who were struggling.
2:30-3:30 Help for after school kids. If one of the two days no one stays, I try to get grading done. If I have a full house, this gets done at home late at night. Once a month are full staff after school meetings in lieu of after school support.
3:30 Pack up whatever grading/planning I didn’t get to. Make a to do list for the evening/morning (email back x’s mom, run 10 more copies of xyz in the morning), and rush to the bus stop to grab my own kid by 4.
4-9 Family stuff. Dinner, homework help, taxi to activities. Once a week is my own hobby sans kid.
9-??? Finish as much of to do list as I can. I aim to be asleep by 11, and make it about 50% of the time, lol.[/quote]

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