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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son's middle school teachers are available one lunch and one day afterschool a week for an hour to help students who need it. We know which day each teacher is available.[b] I don't feel like that is a lot to ask of the teachers [/b]and is extremely helpful, especially to middle schoolers who are adjusting to having so many different teachers and subjects. [/quote]

Um yes, asking teachers to work with your kid in their personal time or during their lunch is a lot to ask. Do you have any idea how much work teachers do after school?

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DP: The poster says that the teachers are available then.  Many public teachers' contracts involve designated hours in which to offer out-of-class support--this teacher has 1 lunch and one afterschool for that purpose.  It's not "personal" time--it's scheduled out of class help time.  Many schools give flexibility on when to offer this --before school, during lunch, after school--usually two different times on two different days in order to reach a wider range of students.  But it's part of the contract.  In my own experience: some teachers offer more because they don't mind it.  Other teachers communicate their available contracted times clearly and stick to them.  Some teachers wish this wasn't part of their contract , don't establish regular times, and then feel put out when people want to use it because they forgot that was really a part of their jobs.  It may or may not be the case for OP and others chiming in that this is part of their contracts.  I've taught in multiple schools in two different districts in this area and it was always part of mine.   And there were always teachers at the same school who didn't remember it was part of theirs.[/quote]

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