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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach elementary and am seriously burned out by the long hours. I want to pick up another endorsement for something less time consuming. It can be an elementary specialty such as reading specialist, esol, etc.  or even teaching secondary as a general ed teacher (unlike most elementary teachers, I'm not scared of working with teens.). Which area of teaching would give me the greatest likelihood of working a 40 hour week. [/quote]

lol@ secondary ed

Do you really think it's easier than ES?  Teens aside, the pressure to pass the kids and make sure they meet state requirements is exhausting.  40-hour week

OP, how long have you been in the profession?  The only career in ed that's 40 hours or less (and I mean less) is being a PE teacher.  They can walk around in sweats all day long and planning is minimal.  Plus, many earn extra bucks for coaching.  [/quote]

There is just as much pressure to pass kids and make sure they do well on the SOLs in Elementary as there is in secondary. [/quote]

I'm not in VA.  We have PARCC b/c of the CC standards. FWIW, they don't fail kids in ES or MS.  They pass them along b/c it's bad for self-esteem.  And when they get to us, they're can't read and write. But if we fail them, we're reprimanded and asked what we HAVEN'T done for the kids.

Teaching is going down the shitter fast.[/quote]

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