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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MS teacher here.

I think a lot of this debate comes back to what you believe about your role as a teacher. For me (and many others), that role extends beyond the bell. If a student needs extra help and is willing to stay after school to seek that help, many of us are happy to provide it. The one-on-one or small group time allows opportunities to better get to know our students and build relationships, and it helps build in our students a sense of responsibility and ownership of their learning.

IMO, those who seem to see teaching as strictly bell-to-bell and feel the need to consult regulations for something like giving an hour of time once a week to support struggling students really make the rest of us look bad and should re-examine why they're still in this profession.[/quote]

I don't know anybody who consults regulations for giving an hour of time to support struggling students and that hasn't been suggested in this thread. We do however have policies and regulations for a reason. They protect rights as teachers (duty free lunch, planning time, evaluation, etc.).  I believe in a a give and take balance, but that's not the case in all schools. Some administrators will take and take and refuse to give. Some will take advantage of staff if people let them. If you haven't worked under that type of admin that's good, but they exist and it's good for teachers to know there are protections in place.[/quote]

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