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And I'm curious what you think is the minimum?[b] As somebody who is't a teacher, I do'nt know everything teachers are asked to do, but I do know that teachers across the board are saying that they are working 55-60 hours a week. My husband is in big law and that's similar to how much he works per week. Are all these teachers just going above and beyond, or is the "minimum" expected of them equivalent to a 55-hour workweek? [/b]Because if that is the case, I have no problem with teachers doing much less than the minimum, especially if we are talking about things like response to my non-urgent email within 24 hours. We as parents need to get real and do what we can to be part of the solution instead of the problem. [/quote]

I haven't been teaching for the past 4 years, but at my most recent school, I was required to submit two grades per student per week, which sounds reasonable, unless you have 150 students and teach upper level English classes. Maybe I get one of my planning periods to use each day, assuming I don't have emergency class coverage, an extra meeting, etc. I'd often use that planning period as actual prep time, and sometimes fit some grading in. I'd grade through lunch when I could (except we were required to be in our classrooms to be available to students most of the time). The grading and planning alone could average an extra two hours of work per day per week, and note that the grading includes inputting grades into the system after reading essays, giving feedback.

This is all before any other required tasks, like things my school or department need or want me to submit, or chaperoning events, or responding to emails, or even, yes, taking the time to go fill out my handwritten time sheet, which takes only a minute or two, except it's time to walk to the office, get sidetracked by someone who has a question, and so on. Some of these things could be streamlined. Beyond that, the grading and planning load for many teachers is really just onerous, especially at the upper levels. And yes, I had years of experience and lessons, so "planning" isn't what it was as a first-year teacher, but still, you need to adjust to the students' needs, pace, etc., and also account for interruptions like fire drills, and so on. [/quote]

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