All in a Day's Work

The next time you hear a citizen complain about teachers or education here are a few things to let them know.

Teachers plan and grade many hours each night and over weekends. The various majority of teachers are constantly being in-serviced or taking graduate courses so that they can stay current and, more importantly, make the classroom experience all the more richer. Summers off! Again, you would be stunned to see how teachers are planning, revising and writing curriculum during the summer.

The school day. It is often crazy. Attend to parent emails, respond to Administration requests, attend IEP meetings, and make classroom adjustments in curriculum as you have to respond to the 'special need's of certain students. What this latter point signifies is the fact that it is really two or three classes going on at one time in one room!!

Grading, planning, running activities or clubs (the community wants more kids involved), coaching and more takes time before, during and after school.

Oh, sorry, I forgot one important thing. The teachers have to teach their classes One other admission...this brief synopsis doesn't even come close to describing what is meant by "All in a Day's Work."

Dick