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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to talk with her. This is the hardest part of teaching: working with the big people. Good collaboration requires strong communication. It can be "messy" but you have to work through it. Sit her down and share your frustration. Don't accuse, just share that you're feeling overwhelmed and even taken for granted some days. Let her know that you want to work with her to figure out a solution so that the kids get the best instruction. Perhaps the two of you can pick one day a week that you'll both agree to stay later.  Or you both can come in early one day. Maybe she can make arrangements with her husband to do this. Teaching is not a job where you can walk out the door every day. Clearly she has a misconception about this. The other option, OP, is to simply stop doing  the extra. Let her scramble to get the things done and see the impact.

Good luck. 
--Teacher and administrator for over 20 years [/quote]

Absolutely agree with this. Any teacher that is able to walk out the door the minute contracted hours end every day just isn't going to get the job done. Leaving at the end of contracted hours is the exception, not the rule, as unfortunate and unfair as that is for teachers. Let her know that you cannot keep planning for both of you, and that if she doesn't start picking up her portion of the work, you'll have to start planning only for yourself. At the very least, when she leaves you to scramble for resources, don't pull additional resources for her!![/quote]

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