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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Years ago, my union called for teachers to work to their contract. That meant 7 hour days. It was astonishing to outsiders how little actually got done. I taught 4 grade levels so I managed to get maybe half of my lessons done during my 45 minute planning. I occasionally got a bit of grading done too but usually not. No parent emails, no meetings with teachers. My neighbor teaches HS and she hardly got any grading done at all. 150 students plus tons of writing assignments means a lot of extra hours. Teachers in the U.S. have more student contact hours than teachers in other countries. I used to work in a school in Europe and I got a 45 minute duty free lunch, an hour planning per day plus rotating recess duties (I supervised a 30 minute recess for a week every 6 weeks or so) plus another 45 minutes free when the students went to language class.

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/09/the-ticking-clock-of-us-teacher-burnout/502253/[/quote]

My husband teaches in Canada.  His contract hours are 8-4, I think. (He never works contract hours)  Duty free lunch that he now takes.

A few years ago they were only working to the contract.  I laughed at all of the whining and bitching from those outside of the job about what didn't get done.

What's that... your child doesn't have a sports team now? 
 Oh, they needed extra help? 
Their marks aren't in and the teacher is at their desk planning while students work?  (One 60 min prep period per week for dh)
That field trip would have been "nice"?  
You didn't want to plan your child's graduation ceremony?

Plus

No, there are no extra decorations I'm the room.
Things are put away however the kids did it.
That interesting,  cool science lesson just turned into something boring out of a text book.

All stuff teachers here do outside of their contract.

I know many others work outside their allotted hours.  But.. teachers do all of this for the benefit of other people's kids and then get shit on if they say anything about it or don't do it.

Teacher working 60 hours/week:  The only ones I know who don't are just marking time until they retire.  They're done with other people's kids ,the parents and the admin.[/quote]

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