Um...that's a lot of preps...I'm stressed just looking at the list. They try to keep us at 1 or 2...maybe 3. No one on my campus has more than 3 unless they ask for it, and even then people don't often get them.
I'm one of two math teachers and we split everything from Algebra 1 to Statistics. I am just glad I have Algebra 1 and Geometry again which is what I had last year.
5 or 6 preps a day is standard here in the UK. You get used to it pretty quick, but it probably does account for why so many 1st and 2nd year teachers quit the profession :-)
Um...that's a lot of preps...I'm stressed just looking at the list. They try to keep us at 1 or 2...maybe 3. No one on my campus has more than 3 unless they ask for it, and even then people don't often get them.
ReplyDeleteOh the joy of working at a small school. =)
ReplyDeleteI'm one of two math teachers and we split everything from Algebra 1 to Statistics. I am just glad I have Algebra 1 and Geometry again which is what I had last year.
5 or 6 preps a day is standard here in the UK. You get used to it pretty quick, but it probably does account for why so many 1st and 2nd year teachers quit the profession :-)
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Those class sizes are unbelievably small! How do you keep from getting too much done? Ha.
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ReplyDeleteLast year my class sizes were 8, 13, 2, 9, 4, and 20. I don't get too much done because I'm a newb and don't really know what to do! lol