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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should open a consulting firm for other teachers on how to work more efficiently since all the ones that post on here apparebtly work 80 hours per week.  You would make a lot of money.[/quote]

80 hours a week would be absolutely absurd. However, considering various factors such as subject, organizational structures, and time mgmt, it is conceivable that some teachers may put in around 50-60 hours a week.

Typically, a school day lasts for approximately 6.5-7 hours. I can only speak from my experiences but daily instructional periods usually span about 5-5.5 hours in total, as the remaining 1.5 hours are allocated for lunch, recess, and elective activities like music or physical education. Consequently, teachers generally spend 25-30 hours a week instructing students. We typically spend another 10 hrs a week at school planning, grading, covering duty, meetings, etc. Some teachers do lesson planning, prep and grading at home but I find that it can be done in the time allocated at school. Adding an extra 40 hours on top of this outside of school would indeed be unreasonable and far beyond the norm, at least based on what I observe.[/quote]

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