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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two teacher household here, both elementary. Other than perhaps taking a class every few years I can’t say either one of us do anything work related during the summer.[/quote]

Yes, but that is because you are a. elementary and b. at a public school.  And there's nothing wrong with that, but even teachers need to realize that we aren't all doing the same type of work.  I spend many more hours each week doing schoolwork outside of class than my elementary/public school friends.  To be fair, I could not handle being around little kids for so many hours, so I'm not saying that my job is harder.  However, implying that we all do the same thing is doing us all a disservice.

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So are you at a private HS?[/quote]

Yes.  I am sure public school teachers of my subject spend similar amounts of time working out of school, though.

People need to understand that workload is different between elementary and secondary, and even within subjects.

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I would say often[b] the workload is heavier in elementary than secondary[/b].[/quote]

I agree with this.  There are all the extra duties that eat into planning time:  walking the children to and from classes or lunch, lunchroom monitoring, bus and car line, things like that.  They are necessary activities but they contribute to much less planning time.  To some extent the same is true in middle school where a lot of the same activities (not bus or car line) occur.[/quote]

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