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FBaggins

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8. Teachers are professionals, not hourly labor

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 27, 2012, 06:10 AM

Apr 2012

They are not always treated as such, but that's another conversation.

There are hardly ANY professional jobs out there that work a strict 40-and-done hours per week and take nothing home.

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Call every student’s parent each grading period? Wichita teachers balk at proposal [View all] proud2BlibKansan Apr 2012 OP

teachers should work their contract day, put stuff down, and then go home nt msongs Apr 2012 #1

That's virtually impossible for most of us. proud2BlibKansan Apr 2012 #2

Tonight my sister took 2 hours reviewing her 2 kids homework. dkf Apr 2012 #5

Working to the letter of the contract is a pretty extreme work action for teachers... Salviati Apr 2012 #6

Teachers are professionals, not hourly labor FBaggins Apr 2012 #8

Teachers are teachers. Not babysitters. bluestateguy Apr 2012 #3

We are finding more and more with no phones proud2BlibKansan Apr 2012 #9

Not entirely unreasonable, elleng Apr 2012 #4

And this is EXACTLY the reason teachers MUST be included... YvonneCa Apr 2012 #10

ABSOLUTELY! elleng Apr 2012 #11

I have 165 and 8 preps. I don't call parents unless I absolutely have to. knitter4democracy Apr 2012 #12

Of course. Obviously not an option for you. elleng Apr 2012 #13

It is unreasonable in most situations... YvonneCa Apr 2012 #14

One size does not fit all students. Downwinder Apr 2012 #7

I used to attempt to call CRK7376 Apr 2012 #15