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Do you really think that the last day of school, teachers walk out the door with the kids, turn off the lights and are ready to sit by the pool for the next 3 months? They're not. There are still at least 2 weeks of cleaning, filing, ordering, class placement for the next year, and so on.
At a certain point BEFORE the school year ends, the actual class work has to stop so that grades can be generated, awards given, etc. The kids can't hand in an assignment or take a test on Thursday and get a report card that includes that grade on Friday. Kids have to take their papers home, clean out desks and lockers, etc. That can't be done the day that school gets out.
I don't think the process has to start weeks ahead of time, which is what happened especially for one of my kids. I realize much isn't going to happen the last day or two.
Art for instance was done, and the room cleaned out weeks before the school year ended.
I don't think the process has to start weeks ahead of time, which is what happened especially for one of my kids. I realize much isn't going to happen the last day or two.
Art for instance was done, and the room cleaned out weeks before the school year ended.
There are also maintenance and repair issues that have to be done over the summer. Rooms often have to be cleaned and emptied as quickly as possible so that repairs can get started. Some of those maintenance issues can take up to the first day of school. Schools are very busy places in the summer.
Do you really think that the last day of school, teachers walk out the door with the kids, turn off the lights and are ready to sit by the pool for the next 3 months? They're not. There are still at least 2 weeks of cleaning, filing, ordering, class placement for the next year, and so on.
My wife has to stay two days after the kids get out. One is an inservice and the other is a checkout. She doesn't enter her classroom until the Aug 1st. Ordering is done before school lets out. She doesn't know until around Aug 1st who will be in her classroom.
My wife has to stay two days after the kids get out. One is an inservice and the other is a checkout. She doesn't enter her classroom until the Aug 1st. Ordering is done before school lets out. She doesn't know until around Aug 1st who will be in her classroom.
Doesn't she place the kids she has this year into next year's class? Doesn't she have IEP meetings for her outgoing kids?
Um...administrative tasks like report cards are part of teaching. Those tasks are being done during a teacher's prep time.
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Originally Posted by tgbwc
I complete almost 100% of the report cards from home.
Done (completed) during prep time? Ha, ha! With 1,001 things to do during prep time every teacher that I know does report cards at home. (I apologize if you meant during prep time as opposed to during teaching time).
Also, it is not unheard of for new teachers (at least in my school district) to end up "pulling all nighters" the last night or two to get their report card finished in time and sent home with the children on the last day of school. Teachers who have taught for a while seem to be able to better judge the huge amount of time that is needed and to be able to write comments faster.
BTW, If an elementary teacher was caught working on actual report cards (as opposed to correcting tests, etc.) in the classroom, while the students were present (for example, while they were watching a movie or something) my district probably would "write them up" for inappropriate teaching behavior.
Last edited by germaine2626; 06-04-2013 at 04:03 PM..
My wife has to stay two days after the kids get out. One is an inservice and the other is a checkout. She doesn't enter her classroom until the Aug 1st. Ordering is done before school lets out. She doesn't know until around Aug 1st who will be in her classroom.
We have an early release day the day after the kids last day for checkout. We have to finish everything else before then. Teachers start back mid August, and students start September 3rd.
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