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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know if parents realize this, but teachers lost a planning period this year. We now are required to spend one planning period doing random tasks for the school (like hall or lunch monitoring) and are losing hours a week of time that would’ve been dedicated to grading. It wasn’t always like this, but this, combined with the retake policy, is probably why teachers are particularly swamped this year. [/quote]

Sorry not buying this. One of my DC’s teacher has managed to return 2 essays in the 3 month time period since the test was taken whereas this one teacher can’t even manage to get back one.[/quote]

I’m the person you’re responding to, I am pretty good at grading (especially summatives) largely because I’m a single childless person who can afford to grade in my free time during evenings/weekends. My colleagues who struggle the most with grading often have young kids or second jobs (that they need) etc. that force them to try and get most of their work done during school hours. It’s just not physically possible to grade 150 essays in 3-5 hours of planning a week, which is down from half of what we used to have.

Also, I do know some colleagues who grade with AI :/ just saying. Faster grades ≠ better feedback.[/quote]

This is a veteran teacher who has grown children that live out of the home. The teacher is a grandparent already too. Stop making excuses for them.[/quote]

Why would the fact that the teacher has grown children and grandchildren be at all relevant? Is the teacher not entitled to have other factors that mean he/she is only able to work 40-50 hours/week?

Perhaps the teacher has a second job, has health issues that require a lot of appointments, helps with care of an elderly parent, helps with care of grandchildren, has a spouse who needs support with basic life functions, is caring for a family member in hospice, or is heavily involved with his/her religious institution. It doesn't matter the reason, for it is no one's business. If the teacher is working his/her contract hours, he/she is permitted to use the restroom of the time however he/she chooses. [/quote]

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