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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a teacher and I told my DS that I would not finance his education to become a teacher.  I'm in my 5th year in a inner city school and they keep adding more and more work but cutting our planning time.  I am guaranteed 3 planning period per week of 45 mins.  This week, I had 3 meetings during those planning periods so I got no grading or planning done.  School ended 10 minutes ago and I will be here until at least 6:00 working.  I get here appr. 30 minutes early each day.  I can't get here any earlier b/c my child's before school program opens at 7am.  I am here until 5:30 every day and still have at least an hour of work to do at home every night.  I estimate I work 15-20 hrs each week beyond my contracted hours (more than that at the beginning of the year).  For this, I am paid in the mid $50,000s.  If I could afford to quit, I would.  [/quote]

What were your meetings about? Can teachers use their unions to advocate for less meetings?[/quote]

I teach in an elementary school. My district guarantees at least 300 minutes of planning per week. Of that a minimum of 240 minutes is teacher directed and a minimum of 60 is to be used for team planning (PLC/CLT). I can choose to meet during some of my 240, but I don't have to do so.[/quote]

300 minutes?  Wow!  Where is this shangri la?[/quote]

I'm in an FCPS middle school, and I get 450 minutes a week without kids (90 minutes per day). That said, 2 blocks (180 minutes) are CT, and 60 minutes per week are lunch duty. Still, I supposedly have 210 minutes of planning each week.[/quote]

Is your lunch duty separate from your own lunch time? Just asking because you are supposed to have a duty free lunch.[/quote]

Yes, lunch duty is part of my planning period. I do have a 30 minute lunch, though core teachers have been requested to help kids with makeup work or tutoring during lunch until late bus s start in a couple weeks.[/quote]

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