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Originally Posted by Russic
On the surface it seems like a good idea, but I don't see how it would actually work. Teachers have their time taxed already to the point where it can easily impact their ability to actually teach in a negative way. There are already other review processes that are well-intended, but useless. How this would end up as anything but another level of interference is a big question mark. I notice the report also calls for "increased time for teacher planning and collaboration". I wonder what aspect of their job gets eliminated to create this time?
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I want to agree with you, but having kids in elementary school is making me jaded perhaps. School runs from 8:25 to 3:15. So that's 6:40 a day. I realise there is a some prep involved, but lets be honest here. None of these teachers has to re-learn much that they're teaching, and the marking is incredibly basic. I say that in direct contrast to say a high school teacher where the marking is both complex and time-consuming, and they have to teach topics that are much more complex than say basic reading or math.
I also recognize that this is a bit of a tangent, but why are we only having instruction for that 6 hours a day and 3 1/2 on Fridays? To me that is a ridiculously short workday. It's really no wonder that teachers were always complaining how far behind the curriculum we were in school.