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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does the planning have to be joint?  Can't you just each take care of your own instructional planning and materials?

You aren't her boss, so you really have no place trying to manage her.

If the situation isn't working for you, then you need to go to an administrator and say that it is not working.  Don't mention the commuting thing because that is irrelevant.  Don't even mention what time she leaves every day, because that is irrelevant.

It isn't your job to police her hours worked.  It is your job to meet your requirements, and if you are having difficulty doing that, then you need to tell the administrator that the joint/team relationship is not working for you.

It's possible that she is fine with the work that gets done.  Maybe she has different standards/expectations.  Maybe she thinks that you go too far beyond what is required.

[b]And what is meant by the "contracted" hours?  I think you are giving other PPs the impression that this other teacher leaves exactly when the students go home, but I'm guessing that isn't the case, that she still stays past when they go home but just not as late as you do (or leaves at a regular time).[/b]

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Teachers have a contracted duty day when they need to be in the building. It is typically 30 minutes before the students arrive and 30-45 minutes after the students are dismissed.

In my school, dismissal begins at 3:05 and the teacher duty day ends contractually at 3:45. But by the time all the students are out of the building it's closer to 3:25, leaving a total of 20 "contracted" minutes to plan and prepare. That's when the real work begins.

The majority of teachers in my building stay much later than that and also come in early. There's no possible way to plan and prepare without working outside your duty hours, especially as all planning time within the student day has  moved toward being collaborative or to conduct data chats and doesn't include time for actually creating the instructional materials you need to teach effectively. [/quote]

Right, but teachers I have known do a lot of planning and preparation AT HOME.  They don't actually have to be in the classroom to prepare.  It sounds to me like OP is type A, and her coworker is not.  If OP didn't do the stuff she does to "help" her coworker, perhaps her coworker would be just fine and still be prepared enough for the next day.

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But OP would not, as the coworker would not have her contribution ready to share. That is the crux of the issue. [/quote]

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