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You need to figure out ways to streamline your work at school so that you aren't bringing work home, certainly not on a daily basis.   How you accomplish this will depend upon what you are teaching, the requirements of your specific school and district, and how much help you have at work or are allowed to find on your own.

If you find yourself frequently cutting, glueing, laminating materials -- see if you can purchase them ready made; or get kids to prepare them under your direction, or have parent volunteers do it; or just do without if you can.  Streamline and simplify.

Redesign teacher-made tests so they are easier to grade and score.  Spot check homework or have kids spot check a partners.  Figure out a way to do this anonymously if need be.

If you find you are staying late cleaning up the classroom, try to train your students to do as much of this as possible.

I have heard of some elementary school teachers hiring a neighborhood teenager to correct tests and worksheets, using an answer key.

Check out these books for more ideas (both best for elementary school level teaching): 
  
http://www.amazon.com/Organized-Teacher-Hands-Terrific-Classroom/dp/0071457070
http://www.amazon.com/Classroom-Teachers-Survival-Guide-Reproducibles/dp/0470453648

Making generic sub plans over the summer is a great idea.  I will say though that my own kids HATE HATE HATE days when their teacher is absent, because all the do is worksheets all day long.

Finally, I have found that schools that switch to a departmentalized elementary school (each teacher specializing in one subject and switching students) puts a lot less stress on the teaching staff in terms of planning.  You might think about switching to a school that has this model.[/quote]

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