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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m of two thoughts:

Yes, the calendar is too disjointed and it needs to be fixed.

But teachers need work days. If we want teachers to stay in the profession, they need to be granted time during the work week (even just occasionally) to get their work done. It shouldn’t be the expectation that nights and weekends belong to their jobs, too. [/quote]

I have a demanding job. It has me on calls for a good portion of the day. This means I have to work outside of work hours to get my work done.

Teachers need to also use their time more efficiently. FCPS ES and MS have very little grading to do. [/quote]

Do you give the equivalent of 28 hours of presentations a week? Are you directly responsible for how those presentations are received? Do you need to collect constant feedback, comment on it, analyze it, and record it? Daily?

Do you have 140 stakeholders you need to individually check in on every single day? Add an additional 140 for their supervisors (parents), who also email and expect prompt feedback?

Oh… and do you receive about 4 hours of work time a week to evaluate the feedback, some of which is extensive and written? And let’s not forget you need to prepare for the 28 hours of presentations (creating slides, deliverables, etc.).

It’s a bit more than “calls for a good portion of the day.”

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Bravo!

And do the clients on the calls have behavioral problems, intersocial problems, inattentiveness, or other issues that you have to handle and that directly affect your job? Do you, like middle school teachers, have to deal simultaneously with dozens of individuals who are in the grip of hormonal turmoil? Do you have to stand all day on your calls, or are you able to sit?

Do you support the teachers in your children’s lives or are you one of these types of parents who has a consumer mentality and is critical and undermining of those teachers?

Teachers get up at the crack of ass, they have to be “on” all day in front of a room of kids while trying to teach them, and then they have to lesson plan and grade work and do all the administrative stuff in the evening. Most work at least some on weekends.

Teaching is NOT an easy job. Teachers aren’t supported enough by parents. [/quote]

Oh my gosh feel sad for teachers they have to wake up early!

Its what the money is for. Nothing about the job is a secret. Sanitation workers are up early, do a truly vital job, make less than teachers (entry level $31,500) deal with *literal garbage* and aren’t endlessly moaning about their lack of support and demanding more days off to cope. [/quote]

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