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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m of two thoughts:

Yes, the calendar is too disjointed and it needs to be fixed.

But teachers need work days. If we want teachers to stay in the profession, they need to be granted time during the work week (even just occasionally) to get their work done. It shouldn’t be the expectation that nights and weekends belong to their jobs, too. [/quote]

I have a demanding job. It has me on calls for a good portion of the day. This means I have to work outside of work hours to get my work done.

Teachers need to also use their time more efficiently. FCPS ES and MS have very little grading to do. [/quote]

I used to teach. Then I took an office job. It’s so much easier for the same paycheck, it’s unreal. I now have fifteen to twenty extra hours in my week.  You won’t get good people to stay in the profession unless you give them time to get the work done. The job completely changed during the time I was in it. [/quote]

I agree. I’m a career changer. I was able to get my old job done in 40-45 hours a week. As a teacher, I’m lucky if I can get below 60. I have papers on my lap as I type this.

Teachers talk. We have former coworkers who, like the PP, have found new jobs that give them their lives back. They no longer have to use their weekends to catch up.

The simple fact is teachers aren’t given the time they need to prep and grade. It’s just assumed we will do all of that work on our own time. That is the root cause of everything DCUM complains about: ungraded papers, lack of email responses, relying too much on computers, etc. If teachers were given time at work to work, we could fix ALL of that. [/quote]

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