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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The teachers at my schools always say, "What, are they going to fire us?" when we don't meet these insane BS deadlines. Do they understand we don't sit at a desk all day like the ones making the decisions? The planning, grading, etc usually occurs after hours due to the crazy BS meetings that eat up what little planning time we have. Some of my colleagues volunteer to sub during planning for a teacher who is out that day. I don't so I can pick up my kids at daycare by 5pm and not have to pay extra for the hour between 5-6pm.[/quote]

You are right. I just said this recently-it's not a desk job. We can't go to our office and close a door to get all the paperwork done. Things have to change for teachers.[/quote]

Why don't administrators care about these working conditions? Why do they stay silent?

Maybe it's just the nature of social media, but teachers' valid complaints about working conditions tend to pit parents against them when there is little parents can do to change these unreasonable administrative demands. Instead of individual teachers telling parents on social media that they are unreasonable to want teachers to stay a full year or grade or communicate timely, why don't administrators own these problems and address them? [/quote]

DP
Workload is just one reason I’m three years “early” turning in my retirement notice this winter and there is plenty I could write about workload.

I’m tired of walking on eggshells around administrators. Heaven forbid there would be a student who is talking in the hallway or doesn’t know what to say when someone comes into the room and quizzes multiple students with the question, “Do you know what you are supposed to be doing?” I’m tired of being blamed when a student does not meet expectations for behavior. It must have been because I didn’t built the appropriate relationship with the child. I’m expected to be able to see what every student does at all times. If the principal walks into the classroom and I have started my intervention block that was supposed to start 5 minutes ago, I better have a good reason why.

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Teacher here.

Perhaps it’s time for us to move to a model in which administrators still teach. Perhaps each administrator should teach just a class or two.

I’m an experienced teacher. I feel observations would carry more weight if they came from administrators who still taught. I get observed by administrators who taught 3-4 years before jumping to assistant principal. If they still taught and gained experience themselves, observations would feel more legitimate. Admin would also feel the pressure for TIME that teachers feel. I floated this idea once and was told admin doesn’t have enough time to take on a class, yet I’m expected to have time for every extra task thrown my way.

Now that I think about it, this simple change could keep me in teaching a while longer. [/quote]

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