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[quote=Anonymous]It takes a lot of time management. Try to minimize the amount of work you have to bring home and the times you have to stay late.

Most days I'm able to leave when my contract hours end. I plan my lessons on Sundays and do as much prep as possible. Fortunately I have a prep time in school (some teachers don't) so I use that time to get and prep materials.

I think the hardest time is when there are report cards and progress reports to do. I chip away at them when I get the chance rather then sitting down and doing them all at once.

Some days I have to stay at work late - ie: IEP meetings or school meetings. Those days I typically don't get home until after 5. I plan in advance to have an easy dinner ready to go so I can walk in the door, heat something up, and go on with the evening.

There is an emotional drain if you work with young kids and then have to come home to your own kids in the evenings. Time management and good classroom management will help ease the stress and the drain, but its still going to be there.

In the summers, I work ESY and summer programs. Then I have a few weeks to recoup and we travel to see family. Then early August, its back to school. I am attempting to save money so that I don't have to work that time in the summer.[/quote]

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