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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what's the recourse against teachers that don't reply?[/quote]

You their job is to teach, not to email parents, right? This is why teachers are quitting in droves.[/quote]

The shortage is going to get so much worse after this year....parents and gatehouse keep burying their heads in the sand. It's not good I know two teachers who said they will be gone after winter break. I'm sure they are not the only two.[/quote]

They won’t be.

I spent 45 minutes after school today responding to emails. I then came home with about 3 hours of grading to do. I’ll spend 4 hours after work today simply catching up on today’s work.

I’ll repeat this tomorrow, and then whatever I can’t get done during 5 days of 10-12 hour days will get done this weekend.

OP, sometimes I can’t respond to all the emails I get. I have 150 students, and by the end of the day I may have 30 emails that need detailed, crafted responses. I also have to plan for my next day, grade papers, and visit the bathroom for the first time in 5 hours.

My intention is ALWAYS to do the right thing, but this job pulls me in too many directions simultaneously. Right now, it’s pulling me to the exit door. [/quote]

You probably should head for the exit. Maybe you don't need the money or know you can find a better job somewhere else. And that's fine. Teaching isn't for everyone and if you find that the only way to manage the work is by clocking in for 60 hours of work a week every week then it probably isn't for you.[/quote]

I’ve been at this 20 years.

Please explain to me, since you know my job better than I do, how I can do the following in 4.5 planning hours a WEEK:
1. Constructively comment on 280 papers, mostly multi-paragraph responses 
2. Respond to approximately 75 emails 
3. Plan 10 1-hour long presentations 
4. Update all records (grading, attendance, discipline, etc)
5. Attend 2 1-hour meetings 
6. Eat lunch and attend to personal needs
I’m eagerly waiting to hear how to do this in under 5 hours. Please tell me!

OP, to get this back on track:

Just email the teacher and CC the assistant principal. That will likely work.

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Not the PP, but I think I see what she was saying. If you're putting this much time and effort into a job that you hate, perhaps it's time to consider doing something else. It's not healthy to work 60+ hours a week, every week, IMHO. But if you enjoy this and want to keep doing this for another 10 years or whatever, no one is stopping you. [/quote]

This is not one teacher’s story. This is what many teachers face.

There is too much for teachers to complete in 40 hours. Any time a teacher acknowledges this on DCUM, the response is always “then leave”. So teachers are. And they’ll be replaced by somebody else who has to work 60 hours a week to get it all done.

This is relevant to this thread. If you don’t teach, then you are likely not aware of a teacher’s workload or the teaching environment. What is a simple email response to you is one of over 100 obligations a teacher has a day. And no, that’s not an exaggeration.

I like teaching, but I hate the hours. And I hate that I’ve watched dozens of people burn out and quit in the last two years. I hate that it’s getting worse.

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Okay, then maybe a solution here is that there is a district-wide policy that MS and HS teachers are no longer required to respond to any emails. If a parent has a concern or a complaint they should email the asst. principal or principal.[/quote]

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