Re: the summer homework

I found that if I waited 5 business days to respond, students or their parents almost always figured things out on their own by rereading the directions or the assigned materials. It sets the tone for the year since everything they need to do the work has already been provided if they just read carefully.

DCPS Teachers are 10-month employees. They are not contractually required to check email or respond to any communications during the summer. It would be best practice to respond with 24 to 48 following DCPS return to "tour of duty" on August 19th at 8:00am. And for those teachers on here checking your emails - hey its your prerogative - but as a community of teachers relying on each other to set norms and boundaries, checking email over the summer is just another example of teachers doing unpaid labor which has become the norm for this profession which we are actively trying to change.

I would if I could but I'm overseas and DCPS blocks all access, so it'll all have to wait.

Anonymous wrote:I am a professional who regularly checks emails during non-work hours but I am much less likely to respond to an outside email during non-work hours than I am an internal one. I imagine teachers in August operate like this and that’s fine with me.

For me it's actually the opposite. I'm much more likely to respond to a student than to my principal. Anything from my principal would need to be extremely urgent for me to respond to before I start back on August 19.

I am a professional who regularly checks emails during non-work hours but I am much less likely to respond to an outside email during non-work hours than I am an internal one. I imagine teachers in August operate like this and that’s fine with me.

No. I don't get paid in the summer and my contract does not stipulate that I do volunteer work during that time.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious.
My kid has to email a quick question to a teacher from last year regarding class placement this year.
The teacher is great and my kid and he were on very good terms last year.
Before he sends an email, I was wondering if teachers commonly check their school address on a regular basis over the summer (at least now in August).
The teacher is young and probably email savvy.
Does your school address dump into your personal address or vice versa?
Thanks so much!

Do you have email from your work go to your personal email and personal phone? Why is this an expectation for teachers? Particularly over the summer?

Yeah, this is a weird burn. I’d guess well over 50% of DC professionals check & respond to work email daily, if not more frequently, including on weekends, holidays and vacations.

That's their problem. I get pissy if DH is checking work email during non work hours. Once in a while if something is happening- OK. But not on a regular basis. If his attention is needed someone will text.

I’m also a professional who doesn’t check email after I’m done in the evening, on weekends or on vacation. If something high priority is going on, I may monitor, but I typically don’t. Like the PP mentioned, if something is really important, work can reach me by texting or calling me.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curious.
My kid has to email a quick question to a teacher from last year regarding class placement this year.
The teacher is great and my kid and he were on very good terms last year.
Before he sends an email, I was wondering if teachers commonly check their school address on a regular basis over the summer (at least now in August).
The teacher is young and probably email savvy.
Does your school address dump into your personal address or vice versa?
Thanks so much!

Do you have email from your work go to your personal email and personal phone? Why is this an expectation for teachers? Particularly over the summer?

Yeah, this is a weird burn. I’d guess well over 50% of DC professionals check & respond to work email daily, if not more frequently, including on weekends, holidays and vacations.

That's their problem. I get pissy if DH is checking work email during non work hours. Once in a while if something is happening- OK. But not on a regular basis. If his attention is needed someone will text.