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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t expect much. I literally only get 18 seconds per school day to think and plan for YOUR kid. 0.8 part time teacher = 36 minutes/day planning time with over 100 students[/quote]

This would be my message, too. We are overwhelmed and we get very little time during the work day to actually get work done. I’m lucky if I get 30 minutes a day to respond to emails, look at data for all 140 students, plan lessons, grade papers, call parents, eat lunch, and go to the bathroom.

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I’m not arguing but can you explain what happens to your time?  You are supposed to get an hour planning/grading time per day plus a 45 minute lunch.  And then some time after school.  Are they making you cover other classes during your break?  Or attend meetings?  This seems like the kind of thing that could be grieved.[/quote]

Lunch is taken to help kids, at least that is what happens at many high schools. The kids can come to our rooms at lunch for extra help, so lunch is not really lunch. That goes for both teachers and students. Can you imagine being a kid with 7 class and finally, you have lunch only to spend it with a teacher going over concepts that you don't understand? Everyone is tired.

High school teachers have two planning periods -- each 45 minutes long. But one can be taken by admin for meetings or other activities. Plus, the 45 minutes might be the only time to dash to the bathroom, so the 45 minute planning period can go by fast.

However, I think the big problem is that lunch is not just lunch. It is extra help / supervision of students / club mentoring / etc.

Thank you for asking. [/quote]

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