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[quote=Anonymous]OP, to answer your question - being a lazy teacher is pretty easy but depending on your school, you might not keep your job.

Being a good teacher is very, very hard.

My school officially starts at 9:15 but kids start arriving at 8:55 and teachers need to report by 8:15.   We begin dismissal around 3:15 but the last bus doesn't arrive till 3:30 usually. We may leave by 3:45, so that's a 7 and a half hour work day, including 1/2 hour for lunch.  During my work day in addition to a 30 minute duty free lunch, I also get a 45 minute "preparation period".  I am a specialist -- ESL.  I teach several different grade levels of students for either 30 or 45 minutes; each class is a separate preparation and has separate work, etc.   I am evaluated in part based on how much my students improve in reading and writing.   I could follow our official curriculum; however if I did that my students would not improve very much, because the curriculum isn't geared to their actual learning needs!

My day looks like this:

8:15 Sign in and planning/prep time (STAFF MEETINGS)
8:45 bus duty (stay outside until all buses have arrived-- usually by 9:10)
9:15 - 10:00 class one
10:00-10:45  class two
10:45- 11:15 class three
11:15- 11:45 LUNCH DUTY
11:45- 12:15 MY LUNCH
12:15-12:45  class four
12:45-1:30 MY PLANNING/PREP
1:30- 2:00 class five
2:00 - 2:30  class six
2:30-3:15  class seven
3:15-3:40 bus duty
3:40-3:45 tidy classroom, put stuff away, do paperwork (or stay late on my own time if I need to which I always do)

Classroom teachers have a similar schedule.   They usually get 30 minutes of specials and recess which equals my one 45 minute planning period.   They don't usually have to do bus duty, but they have to stand in the hallways for hall duty, generally.   Classroom teachers' planning time is usually spent either at IEP meetings, or planning with their teammates at the same grade level, or meeting with the principal to "discuss data".

There isn't a lot of downtime, and as a teacher you are responsible for everything your students do -- walking in the halls, at recess, at lunch..... you need to be on top of it at all times.
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