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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought about after the PP's comment, and I am not sure how middle school works, but in ES a teacher gets about 1 hour and 10 minutes for lunch/recess combo.  They get another 50-60min for a daily special.  So the school day is 6 hours and 25min and 2 hours of that is not with the kids.  So they work directly with the kids for about 4 to 4.5 hours a day.

High School teachers get the lunch period off, and they have minimum 2 more periods of no time with kids.

So why can't teachers work on things during that time.  Why do they need the half days.  What do they do?  There are no comments on report cards anymore.  There is one 10 minute conference in November.

I work about 9 hours a day minimum and still sometimes bring work to home.  As do most people I know.   I also 100% catch up on days like Labor Day and I definitely don't get Jewish holidays off.  I mean who is celebrating these paid holidays anyway.  Besides the 7% Jewish community on one day.  Who is celebrating Labor Day.  LOL[/quote]

I work an 8-10 hr day and then do my paperwork.  I catch up on paperwork on the weekends and holidays and when the kids are asleep.

I also have an SN child with an IEP.  The documentation that I get on a daily basis is incredible.  The para documents his day.  For him though, she has to create a different lesson plan, which requires different grading.  His assessments are different from the other kids.  She has to create those as well.  Then if he gets off track, she has to wrangle the para who is helping another kid.  There is no doubt that my kid derails the class.  Of course my kid is not the only one with an IEP.  What she does for him, she has to do multiple times over.  She also has to respond to all the parents emailing her.  Oh and there is a new math curriculum to learn this year.

And maybe, just maybe, her job doesn’t pay what mine does.  Maybe she can’t afford a housekeeper and has to clean the house on Sat.  She can’t run to the grocery store at lunch.  She doesn’t outsource the landscaping or order food from Hello Fresh.  Getting take out multiple times a week isn’t in the budget.  So maybe after working her butt off all day, she comes home and works for her family.  And in the evening, weekends, and holidays when we are sitting on our butts doing our paperwork, she is relaxing.  And I’m okay with that.  A half day for uninterrupted paperwork is golden.[/quote]

How is this different from any other job? [/quote]

Hmm, when I’m exhausted by life, I can go into my office, shut the door, and quietly do work.  I don’t have to manage 28-33 kids doing this and that.  I want my teachers to bring their A game every day.  I know that I don’t bring my A game every single day to work.  But I sure want my educators to.  Some time to do paperwork that I as a parent expect isn’t unreasonable.[/quote]

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