Comments on: The Busyness of Teaching http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/the-busyness-of-teaching/ Providing HOPE for educators since 2007 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: G. Broaddushttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/the-busyness-of-teaching/#comment-3264 G. Broaddus Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:07:34 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=786#comment-3264 Mrs. C, I don't know how elementary teachers do it, but we secondary teachers at least get passing periods (3-5 minutes) to take care of "nature's call," as it were. I would suspect that K-12 teachers (like Joel? most music, art, and PE teachers I know are K-12 certified) have some similar amount of time to do that, and maybe elementary teachers have some times where their students are doing certain activities - like going to a music or art classroom, if the school has that arrangement. I know I'm not the typical student teacher, but this schedule is <i>less</i> busy for me in many ways. Until the end of last month, I was working full-time (40 hours) and managing 15-18 credit hours of college on top of that; now I just have my 7:15-3:30 schedule for teaching with one class (senior seminar, my education capstone course) for a few hours one night a week that starts next week when classes officially start at the university. Now I at least have some afternoon and evening time (and weekends!) that I can spend planning, blogging, or just spending time with my family (a novel idea these days!). It isn't necessarily less work on the whole, but it is more time that isn't committed to specific activities, and this is the first time in almost six years that I've had that. I'm enjoying it greatly. :D Mrs. C, I don’t know how elementary teachers do it, but we secondary teachers at least get passing periods (3-5 minutes) to take care of “nature’s call,” as it were. I would suspect that K-12 teachers (like Joel? most music, art, and PE teachers I know are K-12 certified) have some similar amount of time to do that, and maybe elementary teachers have some times where their students are doing certain activities – like going to a music or art classroom, if the school has that arrangement.

I know I’m not the typical student teacher, but this schedule is less busy for me in many ways. Until the end of last month, I was working full-time (40 hours) and managing 15-18 credit hours of college on top of that; now I just have my 7:15-3:30 schedule for teaching with one class (senior seminar, my education capstone course) for a few hours one night a week that starts next week when classes officially start at the university. Now I at least have some afternoon and evening time (and weekends!) that I can spend planning, blogging, or just spending time with my family (a novel idea these days!). It isn’t necessarily less work on the whole, but it is more time that isn’t committed to specific activities, and this is the first time in almost six years that I’ve had that. I’m enjoying it greatly. :D

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]]> By: Mrs. Chttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/the-busyness-of-teaching/#comment-3263 Mrs. C Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:53:47 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=786#comment-3263 I hope you don't take this as a crude comment, but I wondered how on earth teachers got a chance to go to the bathroom even on good days. Surely they must go sometime, but between recess duty (for elementary teachers) and answering email and parent calls during lunch, I'm not sure how it happens. I know of one young woman who is wheelchair bound who simply didn't drink ALL DAY so that she wouldn't have to use the bathroom as no one would help her at school. :[ That can't be good for your system. I hope you don’t take this as a crude comment, but I wondered how on earth teachers got a chance to go to the bathroom even on good days. Surely they must go sometime, but between recess duty (for elementary teachers) and answering email and parent calls during lunch, I’m not sure how it happens. I know of one young woman who is wheelchair bound who simply didn’t drink ALL DAY so that she wouldn’t have to use the bathroom as no one would help her at school. :[ That can’t be good for your system.

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]]> By: Magister L.http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/the-busyness-of-teaching/#comment-3254 Magister L. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:15:30 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=786#comment-3254 8 hour work day? I wish! As a new student teacher, I LONG for the weekends, when I only have to work for eight hours. How do you guys do it? Your post inspired this post on my blog: http://eduendeavors.blogspot.com/2009/01/tiiii-iiiiiii-iii-iiime-its-not-on-my.html 8 hour work day? I wish! As a new student teacher, I LONG for the weekends, when I only have to work for eight hours.

How do you guys do it?

Your post inspired this post on my blog:
http://eduendeavors.blogspot.com/2009/01/tiiii-iiiiiii-iii-iiime-its-not-on-my.html

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