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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I'm curious how many professional days teachers in Sweden and New Zealand have. As redforever commented, Alberta teachers already have far more than they did 20-30 years ago. It's a rare thing for a kid today to have back-to-back 5 day weeks. When I was a kid in Calgary, we had one short day - Wednesday - when school closed at 2:20. Now, my kids school closes at noon every Friday. All done, no doubt, in the interests of students.
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I really wonder why teachers require that many professional days today? I came out of university with a double major in Math and a minor in Physics and then went into a 2 year program to get my B Ed...and I thought I was more than qualified to teach.
Teachers today are coming out of university more and more educated with even more of a focus on child psychology than I ever had...and yet there seems to be more and more demand for professional training.
I had the same rebranding of the curriculum as today and I taught through the LSD era so there were enough drug problems as well. Yes, my class sizes were somewhat smaller but the first year I taught, I had 36 in my Grade 7 homeroom.
Just because society changes and grows should not require 10 more professional days from when I was teaching. What other industry or business gives that many professional days a year?