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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For all the posters referencing lazy teachers:

Teachers do most, if not all, of their grading in the evenings and over weekends. We are provided with no time at work to get this accomplished. That’s why grading takes time to get done. Is it okay? Definitely not. Grading should be done quickly so students can see results and make progress. But this is the natural result of a modern teacher workday; most of us work 11-12 hour days and still don’t get it all accomplished.

Want real change? Help us advocate for time at work to actually DO work.[/quote]

We have several teachers this year who are just giving videos and not teaching.  No real curriculum so it makes it impossible to guess what is next, especially when you have to hire tutors to supplement.  Grading should be done within a week.  If you don't like the job, quit.  The grading and teaching haven't changed in 100 years.[/quote]

Many teachers are quitting because they can’t keep up with the ever-increasing demands of this job. I never understand why DCUM posters just throw out “quit” when a teacher explains a challenge of our job. Who exactly do you think will be left after we all quit? You do realize the shortage is growing, correct?

And the job hasn’t changed? I’ve been teaching for 20 years. It’s easily 3 times harder than when I started. I have larger class sizes and more classes to teach, hence more papers. I have less unstructured time at work to get these tasks done. And realtime gradebooks that students and parents can see also changed teaching; if you recall, we didn’t know our grades in realtime as children. And the emails! I get 30-40 a day now, all needing timely responses. And let’s add that student behavior now is FAR more challenging, and I have fewer resources to manage it.

Please don’t tell a teacher about that teaching hasn’t changed. That’s so far from the truth.[/quote]

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