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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here. I don't have much hope that the parents on this thread who want to micromanage teachers will actually take the information said here but it can never be stressed enough:

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My typical Wednesday looks like this: 
8:15-8:30am Whole School meeting
8:30-9:30am Grade level meeting
9:30am-12pm tutoring / office hours for students at risk of failing while also simultaneously trying to grade and update grades. 
12-12:30pm supposedly lunch (interesting that pp adding up hours doesn't include any time for teachers to eat. Probably accurate as mostly I don't end up eating).
12:30-2:30pm Department level meeting
2:30-4pm planning. 
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So I appreciate this post in that it explains what teachers are doing in the time that they are not doing "in-person" instruction (meaning their face is in front a student either on a screen or in person).  What it doesn't do is elucidate the point:  the concern that teachers are doing less because they don't do any instruction Wednesdays (or rather, many aren't doing instructions on Wednesdays; I know there are many that are).

I believe that DL has meant that schools have moved around schedules; it would be helpful to have a teacher compare the two schedules (pre-pandemic and DL).  Divide into hours of instruction, planning, meetings, and communication.  Examine how the hours are different.

Note:  I'm not suggesting the PP do this (Unless she wants to for whatever reason).  I'm suggesting that to get parents to stop thinking that Wednesdays is "off" for teachers,  administrators might show them just how everything got moved around.[/quote]

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