What hours do teachers really work? : Sun Apr 20, 2014 11:53 pm  

I'll excuse the grammatical error in the headline of the article by assuming that the author was actually asking 'during which hours does a teacher work?' It does refer to us finishing at 3.30, but then acknowledges we spend many hours outside of this. The focus of the article, however, does appear to be 'how many hours does a teacher work?' I'm a secondary school teacher, and I'll be honest, I do far more hours than the 55.7 the article suggests. And I've had enough. I've been doing it for 12 years, and I'm ok at it. I'm not outstanding, and never will be. I am good, but that's not good enough. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-27087942

I'll excuse the grammatical error in the headline of the article by assuming that the author was actually asking 'during which hours does a teacher work?' It does refer to us finishing at 3.30, but then acknowledges we spend many hours outside of this. The focus of the article, however, does appear to be 'how many hours does a teacher work?' I'm a secondary school teacher, and I'll be honest, I do far more hours than the 55.7 the article suggests. And I've had enough. I've been doing it for 12 years, and I'm ok at it. I'm not outstanding, and never will be. I am good, but that's not good enough. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-27087942

Re: What hours do teachers really work? : Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:07 am  

1905 wrote: I'll excuse the grammatical error in the headline of the article by assuming that the author was actually asking 'during which hours does a teacher work?' It does refer to us finishing at 3.30, but then acknowledges we spend many hours outside of this. The focus of the article, however, does appear to be 'how many hours does a teacher work?' I'm a secondary school teacher, and I'll be honest, I do far more hours than the 55.7 the article suggests. And I've had enough. I've been doing it for 12 years, and I'm ok at it. I'm not outstanding, and never will be. I am good, but that's not good enough. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-27087942 Not having a go at your profession at all because I wouldn't do the job, but how are those 55 hours a week broken down and do you have an impression that life outside of teaching is easier ? I can only compare to the business that I am involved in where our service engineers work a basic 9.5 hour day (which includes breaks and travel time) and therefore have to produce 47.5 verifiable hours per week on their timesheets - on top of that and because we cover the whole of the UK from two sites they often find themselves with 8 to 10 hours travel time on any given day of the week in order to get to the place of work where a 4 to 6 hour job might be waiting for them, I myself did a 15 hour day a couple of months ago on an installation in Stirling. I also provide standby cover for one weekend in two from 8am to 4pm so technically I could argue that I work 12 days from 14 for 52 weeks of the year with 25 days holiday (that I struggle to take because of workload). Again don't think that I am having a go at your or your profession, I'm sure that you are more useful to your school than you think - the grass is never greener on the other side of the fence. PS - I've put in 40 years so far, keep your head down and stop b1tching

1905 wrote: I'll excuse the grammatical error in the headline of the article by assuming that the author was actually asking 'during which hours does a teacher work?' It does refer to us finishing at 3.30, but then acknowledges we spend many hours outside of this. The focus of the article, however, does appear to be 'how many hours does a teacher work?' I'm a secondary school teacher, and I'll be honest, I do far more hours than the 55.7 the article suggests. And I've had enough. I've been doing it for 12 years, and I'm ok at it. I'm not outstanding, and never will be. I am good, but that's not good enough. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-27087942 Not having a go at your profession at all because I wouldn't do the job, but how are those 55 hours a week broken down and do you have an impression that life outside of teaching is easier ? I can only compare to the business that I am involved in where our service engineers work a basic 9.5 hour day (which includes breaks and travel time) and therefore have to produce 47.5 verifiable hours per week on their timesheets - on top of that and because we cover the whole of the UK from two sites they often find themselves with 8 to 10 hours travel time on any given day of the week in order to get to the place of work where a 4 to 6 hour job might be waiting for them, I myself did a 15 hour day a couple of months ago on an installation in Stirling. I also provide standby cover for one weekend in two from 8am to 4pm so technically I could argue that I work 12 days from 14 for 52 weeks of the year with 25 days holiday (that I struggle to take because of workload). Again don't think that I am having a go at your or your profession, I'm sure that you are more useful to your school than you think - the grass is never greener on the other side of the fence. PS - I've put in 40 years so far, keep your head down and stop b1tching

Re: What hours do teachers really work? : Mon Apr 21, 2014 10:05 am  

1905 wrote: I'll excuse the grammatical error in the headline of the article by assuming that the author was actually asking 'during which hours does a teacher work?' It does refer to us finishing at 3.30, but then acknowledges we spend many hours outside of this. The focus of the article, however, does appear to be 'how many hours does a teacher work?' I'm a secondary school teacher, and I'll be honest, I do far more hours than the 55.7 the article suggests. And I've had enough. I've been doing it for 12 years, and I'm ok at it. I'm not outstanding, and never will be. I am good, but that's not good enough. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-27087942 For how many weeks of the year are you on duty?

1905 wrote: I'll excuse the grammatical error in the headline of the article by assuming that the author was actually asking 'during which hours does a teacher work?' It does refer to us finishing at 3.30, but then acknowledges we spend many hours outside of this. The focus of the article, however, does appear to be 'how many hours does a teacher work?' I'm a secondary school teacher, and I'll be honest, I do far more hours than the 55.7 the article suggests. And I've had enough. I've been doing it for 12 years, and I'm ok at it. I'm not outstanding, and never will be. I am good, but that's not good enough. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-27087942 For how many weeks of the year are you on duty?

Re: What hours do teachers really work? : Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:49 am  

Lord Elpers wrote:

For how many weeks of the year are you on duty?

My daughter works 60 hrs+ most weeks and over the easter break she has had Good Friday and Easter Monday off, the rest of the time has been taken up planning, marking etc. She rarely takes time off in the half terms and has around 3 weeks of the summer off, not 6. During the last strike day where she lost pay, her and most of her colleagues spent the day at home 'catching up' on marking and other school related stuff.

I was a sceptical '6 hr a day, 13 weeks off a year' type until I actual saw what really happens when she became a qualified teacher. I hope she gets out of it sooner rather than later as the effects on her health are becoming worse, Gove is trying to kill off the profession and allows the use of unqualified people in academies, which might be good for a few quid saved, but does not bode well for our kids education. I doubt it would be tolerated at the cabinet ministers children's schools.

Re: What hours do teachers really work? : Wed Apr 23, 2014 12:02 pm  

rover49 wrote:

My daughter works 60 hrs+ most weeks and over the easter break she has had Good Friday and Easter Monday off, the rest of the time has been taken up planning, marking etc. She rarely takes time off in the half terms and has around 3 weeks of the summer off, not 6. During the last strike day where she lost pay, her and most of her colleagues spent the day at home 'catching up' on marking and other school related stuff.

I was a sceptical '6 hr a day, 13 weeks off a year' type until I actual saw what really happens when she became a qualified teacher. I hope she gets out of it sooner rather than later as the effects on her health are becoming worse, Gove is trying to kill off the profession and allows the use of unqualified people in academies, which might be good for a few quid saved, but does not bode well for our kids education. I doubt it would be tolerated at the cabinet ministers children's schools.

Spot on for me

Too many people pick on teachers for no logical reason, they have a hard job I would not do it and I know a few ex RL players who would not as well

Re: What hours do teachers really work? : Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:38 pm  

Been in teaching and out of teaching.

Far easier ways to make money outside of teaching.