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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t expect much. I literally only get 18 seconds per school day to think and plan for YOUR kid. 0.8 part time teacher = 36 minutes/day planning time with over 100 students[/quote]

This would be my message, too. We are overwhelmed and we get very little time during the work day to actually get work done. I’m lucky if I get 30 minutes a day to respond to emails, look at data for all 140 students, plan lessons, grade papers, call parents, eat lunch, and go to the bathroom.

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I’m not arguing but can you explain what happens to your time?  You are supposed to get an hour planning/grading time per day plus a 45 minute lunch.  And then some time after school.  Are they making you cover other classes during your break?  Or attend meetings?  This seems like the kind of thing that could be grieved.[/quote]

HS teacher here - I often work through lunch providing extra help to students who have trouble with my class or kids who are absent for various reasons and miss class. Also, IEP kids often get extended time so they come in at lunch for extra time on tests. I also need time to respond to emails from students, parents and administrators. We also have department meetings and other meetings within our content areas. I need to make paper copies of handouts and assignments and sometimes there is a line at the copier and sometimes it jams and you have to spend time troubleshooting. If I try to assign everything electronically, my students complain. I also help out junior teachers in my content area. We get pulled in to sub for classes. The principal and instructional coach will ask for data requests that I have to pull together. Grading always takes forever. I have to fill out IEP updates and attend some IEP meetings. I also write college and internship recommendations. Counselors request meetings about certain students. I do all my planning at home because the school day is just packed with stuff. [/quote]

This wouldn't solve the entire problem, but couldn't schools have printing offices staffed with people making $15/hour who can make copies of course materials? It's such a waste of teachers' time to have to do that.[/quote]

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