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[quote=Anonymous]At my former school contracted hours are 7:45-3:45 (kids are in school 8:30-3:30). I typically worked 7:15-4:15 unless I had IEP meetings/meetings/trainings/etc then I was usually there until 5:30 or 6. Any time before or after contracted hours are not paid.

The 7:45-8:30 time before school was changed to having mandatory meetings every single day. It used to be meetings a few mornings a week and the other days I could use to meet with other teachers and prep for the day. That meant any time I needed to meet with other teachers it had to be done after school.

If I don't need to be in my classroom or at school to get work done (i.e.: prepping materials, setting up/cleaning classroom, etc) I bring my work home (writing IEPs, writing lesson plans, etc).

In addition to classroom teaching there's meetings before school and after school, lunch and recess duty, contacting parents, meeting with other teachers/professionals about particular students, following up on student concerns, submitting help desk requests, emailing parents/teachers/etc... then we were asked to be a part of xyz committees (which usually meant meeting after school or during school which meant creating sub plans and requesting a sub).

When our prep time was being reduced and taken away we totaled up how much work outside of classroom teaching to try to convince them not to reduce and take away our prep time - it was about 20+ hours a week.[/quote]

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