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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Huh? Teacher here. Staying til 4 was actually part of our contract for this reason. You're supposed to help the kids who are having trouble with the content material.

I also had to help kids who came during my lunch and free periods.[/quote]

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I've never heard of teachers being allowed to say no to students who are coming to them for extra help after school. That's part of their job!!!

They're not supposed to leave at 2:30 when the last bell rings and students leave.[/quote]

Yes we can. We have contract hours. They cannot require us to work beyond them. Your kids can come to us during their study hall or before school when we are more likely to be there. Staying after contract hours is NOT REQUIRED and to insist we do it for free is ludicrous. We are humans with lives and families of our own. Have your kid ask help during the day or pay for tutoring. [b]Those are your options[/b]. [/quote]

I think you are unaware that different schools have different contract policies.  I think you may also want to review yours just in case before you assert your case so strongly.--teacher

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I’m well aware of my obligations and my contract hours. They are exactly what I said they are. I am not required to stay after school nor are most public school teachers. [/quote]

In part of every contract in FCPS is a clause that the school can add additional responsibilities to meet the needs of as safe and successful school.  Teachers also have designated co-curricular responsibilities.  Many, many schools encourage teachers to transfer one of your daily  Professional Instructional Responsibility Periods (not your planning period) to a once a week out of school hours for student help.  This is particularly true if your school doesn't have block scheduling and therefore sufficient times for students to seek help.  They usually do not specify whether it has to be before or after and there is flexibility if you do not have the ability to offer this, but to pretend that staying after school is a ridiculous parent demand is disingenuous.  If the parent said "tutor my child daily" sure--that's beyond acceptable.  But OP revised it to be that they were just seeking after school help not actual tutoring.  This is fairly normal and you should have a set and clear policy for when you offer out of class help.[/quote]

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