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But you still get much more off than any other profession.
Sorry. My dh currently has 400 hours banked. (10 weeks). He takes time off, and usually matched me at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Spring Break. He has to take days just to avoid losing days. I leave before him, and come home after him. He takes many days off in summer, and that's not counting the days he can go in and leave because of an appointment. He does not have to go to a training during his vacation time, either.
But you still get much more off than any other profession.
Not really. I actually had more time off in emergency services. At least I could "go home" after. Taking off four days gave me three weeks off, due to shift rotations. I got a 1.5 hour break each day, just for the gym!
You must be one of those who thinks that lesson plans, curriculum design, PD days, meetings, conferences, photocopying, materials just poof out of an alternate universe...
This really depends on your district. Mine is generally pretty flexible when working with parents. I have strongly considered going part time when I start a family in a few years. Yes, there will still be time outside of your contracted hours spent on planning and grading, but that is to be expected with any teaching assignment. My school requires part time teachers to attend events in an amount of time proportional to the teaching assignment- if a teacher is .5 FTE, he or she only needs to stay for half of a staff meeting, half of parent-teacher conference time, half of a PD day, and so on.
We are on a trimester system, so if I was half time, I would teach two classes per day. A part time teacher who teaches 1st and 2nd hour, for example, would begin at around 7:20/7:30 and be done by about 10:15 each day. I could definitely see myself being able to recharge my teaching if I was in your position. I would highly recommend having a conversation with admin in your district before giving up on the idea It could be the perfect arrangement for you.
This really depends on your district. Mine is generally pretty flexible when working with parents. I have strongly considered going part time when I start a family in a few years. Yes, there will still be time outside of your contracted hours spent on planning and grading, but that is to be expected with any teaching assignment. My school requires part time teachers to attend events in an amount of time proportional to the teaching assignment- if a teacher is .5 FTE, he or she only needs to stay for half of a staff meeting, half of parent-teacher conference time, half of a PD day, and so on.
We are on a trimester system, so if I was half time, I would teach two classes per day. A part time teacher who teaches 1st and 2nd hour, for example, would begin at around 7:20/7:30 and be done by about 10:15 each day. I could definitely see myself being able to recharge my teaching if I was in your position. I would highly recommend having a conversation with admin in your district before giving up on the idea It could be the perfect arrangement for you.
Our district claims to do that, too. But, in practice it really does not work out. Such as the items at the staff meeting/staff development that pertain to your subject or grade are scattered throughout the meeting so part time people have to stay for the entire meeting/day. Or the parents that you need to have a conference with are scattered though out the day (because of the other teachers that they are meeting with/siblings/their schedule, etc).
If your district really honors part-timers time that it is wonderful but, frankly, I think that is not common.
Our district claims to do that, too. But, in practice it really does not work out. Such as the items at the staff meeting/staff development that pertain to your subject or grade are scattered throughout the meeting so part time people have to stay for the entire meeting/day. Or the parents that you need to have a conference with are scattered though out the day (because of the other teachers that they are meeting with/siblings/their schedule, etc).
If your district really honors part-timers time that it is wonderful but, frankly, I think that is not common.
Fair enough I guess I won't know for sure until I go part time! I suppose I should consider myself lucky to work in a district where this does work out.
This really depends on your district. Mine is generally pretty flexible when working with parents. I have strongly considered going part time when I start a family in a few years. Yes, there will still be time outside of your contracted hours spent on planning and grading, but that is to be expected with any teaching assignment. My school requires part time teachers to attend events in an amount of time proportional to the teaching assignment- if a teacher is .5 FTE, he or she only needs to stay for half of a staff meeting, half of parent-teacher conference time, half of a PD day, and so on.
We are on a trimester system, so if I was half time, I would teach two classes per day. A part time teacher who teaches 1st and 2nd hour, for example, would begin at around 7:20/7:30 and be done by about 10:15 each day. I could definitely see myself being able to recharge my teaching if I was in your position. I would highly recommend having a conversation with admin in your district before giving up on the idea It could be the perfect arrangement for you.
I want to teach where you do - part-time equates to a 2 hour 45 minute day? Two hours and 55 minutes max? Even subs around here work minimum 3 hours 45 minutes for half a day. When I taught part-time it was not under 4 hours a day - ever.
Do you get up half way into a parent teacher conference and leave?
ETA: Hang on a second - I just read your posts in other threads/forums. Are you discussing a non-degreed preschool position? Because, yes, those can very easily be made into part-time jobs, although I am surprised they are less than three hours in duration.
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It could be the perfect arrangement for you.
