How many of you are "Extended Day"? either you have a certain amount of students you teach or you teach 6 periods a day and you come in earlier and leave a little later each day. Some of us are half extended day meaning we do extra curricular things like sponsor clubs, organize functions, travel with students, etc... but we still have a planning period
I am currently half extended day and although a lot of my co-workers like the "extra pay" i am not money motivated and I rather have the extra time to prepare effectively for my classes. I think teachers new to the profession should consider how it may play into your effectiveness as a teacher...the same goes with taking on a sport or being an advisor/sponsor for a major club. It can be rather overwhelming when you are trying to get a foundation. Veteran teachers run like machines they already know how much they can "bite off"
I totally agree with you Jajuan. I have taken on more than I can handle. This extended day is kicking my butt. I can never seem to catch up in addition to all of the other duties that I have. I can never plan as I like. I end up getting to school early and staying late or losing sleep trying to dream about how my class will run the next day. I am going to reconsider this next year.
ReplyDeleteI am extended day and I am wound tight as a clockspring. I teach 4 90 minute blocks, im the lead advisor for Skills USA, and the founder/advisor for the Warrior Motorsports club. I live almost 1 hour from school so I leave home at 5:30 am, get to school at 6:30am, and leave school at 4:20 pm. Its really hard sometimes to find the time to do the things you need to do. On top of that, im not in it for the money, but I do have to make a little on the side doing work. I usually do this on the weekends so coming to GSU on saturdays has really put a cramp on things for me. Not to mention having the state and county board of education putting a ton of expectations on us this year that require a ton of changes and work to be done. All you can do it hope that next year gets easier.
ReplyDeleteI am also on the extended day schedule. It is more work but it's worth it to me. If I can help more students, I'm willing to do it. If I do my planning on Saturday, the school week goes very smooth. If I don't, it's going to be a very stressful week. Being organized is the key for me. I hope to keep the extended day schedule.
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