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Originally Posted by CrusaderPi
They also get 2 weeks at Christmas, 7 weeks over summer, spring break and a "professional [s[]drinking[/s] development day every third week. So as crappy as "marking essays or tests or doing IPP's, report cards, parent teacher interviews and countless meetings" may be, the compensation is pretty damn good.
And by the way, this isn't Houston. No one is holding a gun to their head. If the 10 weeks off, benefits and salary aren't good enough they are welcome to find something better.
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You forgot unit planning, lesson planning, Professional Growth Plans, coaching sports teams, leading clubs, coordinating yearbook etc etc.
But your point is still somewhat valid. I'm not going to respond to the PD Day comment because I think that is extremely contextual to the individual school and administrative setting.
Edit:
Re: SMARTBoards, They are a powerful tool. But they are just a tool. And most students today have an insanely high level of digital literacy. So that is the new reality we live in. But a lot of teachers don't use their SMARTBoard correctly. So it is just a really really expensive projector.
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I hate how older teachers can retire, collect a pension and still be on a sub list. How are new teachers supposed to get those positions out there if Mr. So and So is collecting his pension and subbing three times a week and curling on tuesdays and thursdays.