Do teachers get Winter Break off too?

dmd77
Tue, 26 Dec 2006 08:38:45 +0000

In both school districts where I sub regularly, teachers work ten more days each year than students do. These days are used for meetings, prep work, planning, and such things as writing recommendations. About half of the extra days are scheduled in the week before school starts, the rest are scattered throughout the year, usually at the end of quarters (to allow time for preparing grades).

A teacher’s work in the classroom with students present represents about one-half to three-quarters of the actual work load. The rest is curriculum planning, daily planning, student evaluation (grading is only part of evaluation), meeting with parents, and other teacher tasks, like writing recommendations and setting up labs.