Are they required to work on weekends and nights? and work over times?
2007-06-02 16:51:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
There are no pay for the time you spend on the weekends and nights grading papers, preparing, etc. But if you want to be prepared for your classes with rich activities, engaging lessons, and prompt grading feedback to the students, it does take extra effort and time on you (the teacher's part). It may seem like a thankless effort, but the students know which classes are more fun to go to based on the teacher's efforts. And administrators know which teacher's classes are learning. As a result, the principal will reward you with better classes or preferential assignments the following years because they will want to keep you because they know you are a good teacher willing to put in the extra effort and time for the students. In some districts, there are performance pay, and they may use sign-in and sign-out times as one criteria to see if there are correlation to the student scores, etc.
2007-06-02 17:10:25 · answer #1 · answered by MathMaestro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say YES! It is in your contract about what the previous person said about "other duties as assigned." You need to work ballgames, dances, etc. It gives you a sense of pride to participate in your students' activities. I make it a point to go to almost all of the events at my middle school. The kids see you there and know you care which equals better behavior. Also, your administration knows you care. As for the classroom aspect, I am a fairly new teacher (3 years experience). I can tell you- you don't want to even think about it like it is overtime. It is an investment for YOU in YOUR classroom. YOU want everything to go smoothly by having great lesson plans. Sure, you could just work the required times, but your classes would not be as meaningful. Also, if you don't really think it through, trust me it does not always turn out so well. There were a couple of days I thought I could just "wing it" and go in without a plan. Believe you me, with middle schoolers that is a bust! If everything is well planned out and thorough, your day will be great!
2007-06-03 10:35:26 · answer #2 · answered by behappy9805 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because we don't get paid for overtime-we are salaried employees, not hourly --but there is no way a teacher can get everything done that is required of the job during school hours--which is the time they are paid for. You have to do things before and after school and on weekends. As an experienced teacher, I don't' have to put in those long hours everyday like I did when I first started teaching because I have experience under my belt. (New teachers put in 10 or more hours a day on the job--because they have to spend so much time getting ready for the next day).
But, I do find that I put in more than the hours I am paid. I put more than 40 hours a week into my job (especially during report card and conference times). I also prepare over the summer when school isn't even in session to get things ready for the fall. It essentially never ends.
2007-06-02 17:09:01 · answer #3 · answered by sidnee_marie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Required? No. However, If you are going to be prepared for your class in addition to keeping up with all the paperwork, you will be. I'm a new teacher so my hours are a little more extensive than many. I am happy to be able to get into bed before midnight and ecstatic if I can shut off the light by 11:30. I have also been known to be grading papers at 2:00 AM on a Saturday night/Sunday morning.
2007-06-02 17:33:54 · answer #4 · answered by MICHAEL R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends. Most of the time you work your regular contract hours, but some schools have this phrase written into your contract "other duties as assigned".
Other duties usually include things like: Open House, Back to School Night etc.
At my school, we are required to go to camp with our middle school students for two nights and chaperone dances.
If you want to be a teacher, take that into consideration. You will also spend plenty of time working after your contract hours and on weekends planning curriculum and grading papers.
2007-06-02 17:03:28 · answer #5 · answered by Labradorables Rock! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teachers are salary employees, which means that they are paid according to meeting their job requirements, not clock hours. Therefore, if you can do all the things you are supposed to do within your school's contractual hours, that is good for you. However, if you are like most teachers, in order to fulfill your job requirements, you are probably working beyond your contractual hours. The purpose of contractual hours is to require you to show up everyday and be at school while the kids are there. The purpose of contractual hours is NOT to imply that your job can be done appropriately during the hours that you are required to be at school. So, remember that you are a salary employee and are paid by the "job," not by the hour.
2007-06-02 18:17:48 · answer #6 · answered by commonsenseisunderated 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess not. Teachers often are paid when they work during WEEKDAYS only. From the start of school and after a few minutes after school.
2007-06-03 20:30:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they arent they are paid to work mon-fri from the beginning of school and a little bit after school so if they do work on weekends, they wont get paid
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2007-06-02 16:55:25 · answer #8 · answered by Sydney 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
required, you mean by employer....NO
required, by the fact you want to do a good job for your students and simply your self-satisfication? YES!!!
2007-06-02 21:25:14 · answer #9 · answered by Laura B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's more like an expected part of the job, unfortunately.
2007-06-02 16:58:29 · answer #10 · answered by bluemoon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋