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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a question for the teachers of this forum. It seems clear that a reason for job dissatisfaction is the demand for teachers to work beyond their contracted hours. Does that mean that the expectation is that all of a teacher's work should be accomplished during the regular work day?

In my county, the teachers' contract calls for a 7-hour, 35-minute work day which includes a 30-minute duty free lunch. If the expectation is that all work can be done during the contracted hours, does that mean that teachers are only expected to work 7 hours per day?  [/quote]

Speaking for myself, I am not advocating for a short workday. I would kill for a regular 8.5 workday like I had in the corporate world. Beyond that 7.5 hours I have required meetings (staff, committee, and team) most days; those last 60-90 minutes. Then after that begins my non-contract time planning, grading, and preparation; I am an experienced teacher so those "only" take me on average another 60-90 minutes per day, but one night per week I end up having to work a couple of more hours and finish up additional tasks like training, documenting student needs and writing referrals to child study, copying for the next week, etc. My planning periods during the day are often not true planning--they are spent in structured meetings analyzing data or meeting with specialized facilitators to plan for what I need to plan in my individual planning.

I am in a high-poverty, predominantly ESL school and most of our staff cycles in and out within 3-5 years of starting with us and the time demands are definitely a factor.[/quote]

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