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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have to say, as a teacher I am no longer bothered by people insisting school is childcare. Fine! I’m not going to spend my own money on supplies for my childcare job. I’m not going to bother putting together Donors Choose projects for babysitting supplies. I’m certainly not going to come home stressing about providing daycare or planning for the next day. If the kids are occupied and alive, then I’ve done my job as a childcare provider. 
I’ve cut way back on my planning elaborate lessons. I don’t grade outside of my contract hours. My off time is my own. I’m fine putting the district provided resources in front of the kids, even if I previously thought they were confusing or inadequate. It’s childcare-I’ve done my job. [/quote]

I hope you realize how completely unprofessional you sound.  Particularly if you’re an elementary school teacher, providing care for children has always been *part* of your job.  The bigger issue is why you think that fact demeans everything else you do.[/quote]
I’ve been a nanny before. I didn’t go to grad school to continue nannying. I taught during the day, went to school at night, and put in twelve hour days between planning, my own school work and class time, certification, and all my professional responsibilities as a full time special education teacher. I paid thousands of dollars and put in countless hours. The reality is that I made more money nannying part time than I did as a first year teacher. As a nanny, I was expected to provide childcare, period. As a teacher, parents expect us to fulfill that function (for ten times as many children at once) as well as our educational responsibilities. You’ve made it clear you see us as babysitters with the added responsibilities of paperwork, administrative duties, curriculum planning, writing legal documents, test prep, and more-not even including the actual instructional time with our students. The expectation is that we will work for as many hours each day as this takes, as we are not permitted to so much as open our computers while the kids are in the room. I am no longer willing to do that. If our jobs require hours of unpaid labor each day, that is a systemic problem. I am not going to fix the system through martyrdom. I think you’re going to find far fewer people willing to do so after this year. It is not unprofessional to expect to be paid for our labor.

I also want to address the other poster who thinks teaching textbooks address childcare. That is absolutely untrue. Teachers study developmental reading, learning disabilities and research based strategies to mitigate their impact on student learning, childhood development and psychology, behavioral disorders and management, and methods of instruction for social studies, science, and mathematics. They write research papers and conduct field studies and complete certification exams and portfolios (see the edTPA). You’ve made it very clear that you have absolutely no idea what teaching involves.

So no, I absolutely will not go out of my way to spend my own money or work outside my contract hours again. I’ve seen the way teachers are vilified and trashed by parents and politicians. I will show up and do my job, and then I’ll go home and my prioritize my own family. I suggest you do the same. [/quote]

^^^ lol this person paid for grad school[/quote]

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