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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting to me because I am a SAHM currently PURSUING my Masters in Education so I can go back to work in the next 18 months as a teacher. [b]The schedule is great for working parents I think, especially if I can teach in a county that is either the one we live in or one on the same calendar. [/b]I love the idea of still having summers with my kids because we do so much together during the summer and I would hate to lose that time with them by being in an office.

I do think it's possible for someone like to me to face less burn out because we have never known the "old" way before data collection and high stakes testing was a thing. That's the way we are learning teaching goes, you know? So for us, that's the only way we've known it to be, but I can see how if you taught for a long time before that became big, that shift could be so frustrating. My big goal as a teacher is to find ways to still teach kids above and beyond the SOL standards and still make it interesting and valuable to them beyond "here's what you need to know for the SOL."[/quote]

Well, yes and no.  You have summer and school breaks off, that's true.  You'll be around for snow days.  But your kids will need before/after care if your spouse is not able to do drop off and pickup.  You won't be able to go to your kids' in-school events.  You won't be there to drop off your kids on the first day of school, or volunteer in the classroom.  And being absent on short notice is TOUGH.  You need a spouse who is willing to stay home when kids are sick, because it's not easy to call in when your kid throws up on the way out the door-- not easy to pull together a sub plan (and actually get a sub) 30 minutes before school starts.  [/quote]

Yes, I've considered that. But I think a lot of that is true for any parent who works. Most families with two working parents have kids in some type of after care. If you happen to have a job with lots of flexibility the things you mentioned can be less daunting but I don't know any working parent who hasn't expressed frustration at not being able to make it to the school events or having to dicker with their spouse over who gets to stay home for this sick/snow day. I admit it is incredibly convenient for the family as a whole to have a stay at home parent, but my youngest is now 2 and it has never been my plan to be a lifer as far as staying at home goes. I always wanted to go back to work, but teaching felt more satisfying and family-friendly than my previous career. I understand that there are trade offs to having both parents working but purely in terms of schedule and commitment, teaching is a bit more family-friendly than many other careers. [/quote]

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