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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Starting salary for teachers needs to be 85K, like in Finland.  Only the very top secondary graduates are accepted into university schools of Education. Masters degree required. Parents held accountable for absentee students.

Every teacher I know (I quit after 6 years) want to say to the parent:  Parent is a verb.  Do  your job like I do mine. [/quote]

Teachers in other countries are also given more time at work to do the prep, planning, and grading. That’s an afterthought in the US. I spend over 90% of my day in front of students, so the clear expectation is that I spend every night grading and preparing for the next day. We should get AT LEAST half of our days to do the prep/planning/grading. I posted above that I’m no longer giving up weekends and I mean it. The stack of papers to grade remains on my desk. I’m no longer spending extra time going the extra mile, which means my lessons will be less engaging. I’m sorry, but the “your students will suffer” argument no longer works. I spent many years sacrificing my health and my family for this job. No more. [/quote]

We have had teachers returning emails at all hours of the day and night.  There are a few bad teachers but many spend nights/weekends on class prep and support.  Its even worse with the lack of clear curriculum and text books where they have to make up their own.[/quote]

Are you saying teachers who don’t cater to your whim are bad then? I used to be the teacher with email on my phone and would jump when a parent absurdly emails me at 2 am on a Saturday… no more. I’m done. Contract hours. I’ll email you when I get to it. Parents here have lost all privileges to my time and my sanity. You keep taking and taking with zero respect. Call us all victims if it makes you feel better. We are done. [/quote]

No,  I was saying some teachers are working very hard.  However, it is very frustrating when some teachers don't return emails at all.  You are really nasty and I hope you are no longer teaching.[/quote]

I’m a teacher and a parent. I would not mind at all if my own children’s teachers took the PP’s stance of no off-hour email responses. I want my kids to have well-rested, respected, and present teachers. I know they’ll only get that if the teacher is afforded a work / life balance. If we want teachers to respond to emails quicker, then time needs to be given to them to do that.

When I’m teaching, I don’t get a chance to sit at my laptop until 2:30pm. I usually have a ton of unanswered emails by then since they were piling up all day. I also have to prepare for the next day, make any alterations to my lesson plans or student data books, and I have to grade some papers. I leave at 4. If the email responses don’t happen, I’ll try again in the morning at 6:30 when I get to my desk. I’m no longer doing work past 4pm. I’m already devoting 9.5 hours of each day to work. My family gets me at home.

This does not make me a bad teacher. [/quote]

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