It’s kind of up there with emptying the dishwasher… lots of fun the first day you have a dishwasher.
From that point until retirement, it’s work, not fun.
Our HS PTA agreed to put some money into paying “TAs” to grade some of the English papers for the teachers. As it turns out, the TAs are a couple of English teachers from the school who are taking extended maternity/young childhood leaves. The PTA uses money that had been going to pay for subscription-based plagiarism detection software; the English teachers found something equally good that was free.
To be honest, I wouldn’t be comfortable having someone else grade my papers.
When I grade my tests, I get a good sense of what my kids know. Not just the grades, but which topics gave them trouble and where the common errors were.
As soon as I get off the computer, I’m grading a set of Algebra papers. Based on their reactions, I suspect that a number had difficulty with the long division of polynomials problem. If I can see where the errors are, I can include an extra emphasis when I go over the test tomorrow in class. (The quiz on that particular topic got snowed out-- twice.)
So as much as all teachers talk about winning Lotto and getting someone to do our grading, I wouldn’t want to pass off that particular part of my job.
Now if you want to take over my cafeteria duty, being one of 6 teachers with 650 kids eating, please give me a call.
I don’t think it’s that huge of a deal. I’m sure your class groans and complains when you have a test or essay, so why can’t the teacher complain lol. They are people