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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This sounds like a nightmare for schools.  How are they going to cover teachers regularly being out for half a day?  My kid has an IEP and the teachers are legally required to be present for the meetings, and it's hard enough to coordinate coverage for that.  [/quote]
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Ma’am. They are required to give input. 
Schools had better start offering work settings that mirror the work from home perks. [/quote]

:roll: Teaching is by its nature not a flexible job. And teachers are usually free by 3:15 and all summer … not to mention three weeks of break during the school year. [/quote]

I’m so tired of hearing this. That simply means that at 3:15, I can pick my own time to do the extra 4 hours of work I still have to get done that day. (Kind of like weekends. I still have to work 10-12 hours, but I can actually pick which hours. Lucky me.) And summers? I figure that’s my break for the 60-70 hour weeks I’ve been working all year. Summer is the only time I can take care of my own needs: my own appointments, my rare chance to get to the gym, etc.

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Ditto! While I don’t put in quite as many hours as the PP after 3:15 and on weekends, I do have some perspective from both the teaching and non-teaching work worlds. What people who don’t teach probably have no way to understand is that teachers usually have zero time during a typical day to even place a phone call or go to the bathroom or even eat lunch. The needs for coverage of classes and hall/lunch/recess (in elementary) are HUGE. You are needed every second of every day and you are ON for the entire time. In a previous career, I estimate that I was ON during about 20% of my day. By that I mean that I was directly interacting with others or presenting information. It’s the most draining and demanding part of your day. There are certainly other types of jobs where this constant level of interaction and responsibility is demanded also (health care, restaurant work, public-facing service jobs). But teachers face another career-specific drain on their time and energy too. You are trying to convince a room full of young people to do things they don’t necessarily want to do (academic work, pro-social behavior) ALL DAY LONG. It’s exhausting. So, although I might get home at 4:30, know that I may be only then getting to self-care things that others incorporate into their days such as using the bathroom, eating, calling a plumber, taking a moment to breathe or rest for a few minutes. In other words it is an INTENSE job. Also known that I arrive at work at 7:30, rather than the typical 9 am. If I could have a recuperation day a on Wednesdays, for example, I could remain in this job another 10 years. As it is, I plan on only one more year because I’m just too exhausted. I can get paid more to take an education related work from home job. Them’s the facts.[/quote]

I’m sorry you don’t like your job. But you need to find a solution that does not involve reducing instructional time for kids. [/quote]

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