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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We know a family with a recent teacher grad. Her mom, dad and younger sister pitched in to help her setup/decorate her first classroom. In what other kind of job would you ask a family member to come in to set up your work space?   Also, a lot of this happens outside of contract hours because they are flooded with in-service trainings, paperwork, etc…[/quote]

Decorating classroom isnt part her contract and she doesn’t have to do it.  But as far as preparing her classroom for lessons- yes, every professional has some amount of preparation they do before starting their job, sometimes outside of “paid hours”
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I can’t think of a job that has the same type of preparation as a teacher. You may have to set up a desk, but that’s not to the same scale as a classroom. You may have to set up email and other programs, but teachers do that as well as create class websites. It’s prep at a much larger scale. I spend about a week preparing in my classroom before pre-service week even begins. (No, I don’t have a Pinterest-worthy room, so I’m not going over the top.)[/quote]

Add to that the “mental load” teachers carry over the summer planning out and thinking of how they will afford to organize, supply and decorate their classrooms. Also, NO, they do not get paid over the summer months!  [/quote]

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