Education / Teaching thread

gboudx said

So those 190 are the "required" days, but don't include the "actual" days. From what we've seen from my wife's own experience, and from many other teachers in the district, you can probably easily add 25% to that number. Weekends, training/development/lesson planning over the Summer, 12-14 hour weekdays. It adds up to more than 190 days of actual work here.

If teachers only work 190 days in your school district, then that is amazing and I wish more districts would use it as a model.

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No…..it’s 190.

Legally, they. Any have you work a day not in your contract without paying….though we do have some fun things on weekends that the PTA uses as fundraisers….(fall festival, bingo night, daddy/daughter dance, arts/music night…..most all teachers attend but aren’t required to.

Actually, you accumulate 1.25 sick days per month….so you get 15 sick days that can be used or banked for retirement.

So technically, it’s 190-15 =175.

Sorry I’m hearing of so many bad situations……it’s a great job when the school is a positive, middle/upper class with lots of parent participation. But the bottom line of it all is kids behaving…..and that comes down to expectations from the parent.