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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know someone who was a SAHM for 20 yrs. Her husband made a really good living. She didn’t need to work but wanted some independence while staying married. She became a teacher but it is absolutely a hobby job because it’s a fraction of what the husband makes, she doesn’t need the job, she likes getting out of the house and working after 20 yrs, she uses the salary to shop and go to the spa in weekends.

Totally different question: do summers off make up for all the rest? I’ve always worked in the corporate world and would love to have the long vacations. My teacher friend says they’re still always working but I don’t see that.[/quote]

I have friends who are teachers.  I figured out that I worked 7 more years than they did - because they consistently got 3 months off a year.  Some teachers work during the summer.  A lot don't.  [/quote]

Yes, and you got paid for those additional months.

Many teachers work during the summer. I was at my school most of this week, working on a curriculum refresh and helping a new hire get acclimated. I was at work most of last week, redesigning an AI policy. Since I’m not paid over the summer, that’s free work I’m doing.

I also work most weekends over the school year and I have to pay for my own recertification classes that must be done on my own time.

Ask yourself this question: who is paid more adequately and appropriately for the work they perform? You or your teacher friends? [/quote]

You should really not be working without compensation.  It reinforces the district’s ability to continue to squeeze us for free labor and underpay.  It will not be the end of the world if none of those things you did this summer get done or take longer to get done.

- Signed a teacher[/quote]

That would be ideal, wouldn’t it? To get paid for summer work or to wait until the fall to get this all done (while being paid)? And I have asked about compensation, like a per diem. Some summers I’m lucky; others I’m not. There’s a huge shortage of money where I am, but not a shortage of work to get done.

Unfortunately, the time isn’t there during the fall. Once the students come, there’s no more time for curriculum development or policy revision. It must be done now, when we have breathing space to make good decisions.

And I do not think of myself as an hourly employee. I’m paid to get a job done, not to work a certain number of hours a week. And the job bleeds into weekends and summers. Yes, it’s a problem. But saying “I won’t work past hours” isn’t the solution; it makes teachers appear unprofessional.[/quote]

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