Reply to Teachers, would you still recommend the profession?

Forum Index » Jobs and Careers

Reply to "Teachers, would you still recommend the profession?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Only if you are willing to work a lot outside of normal working hours. I work about 4 hours a night on average - from 8pm to midnight. And I get to school about 30 minutes before I have to and stay about 90 minutes after dismissal most days. I also work most Sundays for most of the day. I teach kindergarten and I have taught for several years. [/quote]

Good grief...what are you doing? And do you have a family?[/quote]

Yes, I have a family. That is why I don't work from 5-8, as I spend that time with my children.

The work entails: writing curriculum for all subject areas, responding to emails from colleagues and families, writing weekly newsletters, sending home weekly progress updates, updating our class blog, researching books and reserving them at the library, creating various materials for students to use, analyzing assessments to inform my instruction, creating individualized materials for students in order to differentiate, planning guiding reading groups and math small groups - six groups for each subject area, creating new components of dramatic play, reading various texts and publications from the education world to inform my practice...I could go on, but hopefully this begins to give you an idea. [/quote]

No one past their 3rd year of teaching should be working that much.  Either you are a martyr or bad at teaching.  I have been teaching for 17 years and I love it.  Are there times I have to work longer hours?  Of course!  Report card time, science fair, etc.  I do take time to revise lesson plans, I am good at what I do, and work to differentiate my plans.  But 4 hours a night and Sundays?  You lunchin for real.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics