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by joliroja
Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:37 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: 'Normal' full time teaching load in Secondary
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Re: 'Normal' full time teaching load in Secondary

Surely the only thing that matters here is whether or not you have enough time to complete your responsibilities during working hours… plus in my mind approximately 5-7 extra hours at home (or arriving early/staying late after ECAs/CCAs) per week is reasonable.

For example, in a brand new school there’s so much to do beyond classroom teaching that a lighter ‘contact teaching time’ is essential. However, in a well established school with lots of Teaching Assistants, resources ‘on hand’ and solid ‘well-established’ planning requiring only minor tweaks, then a higher ‘contact teaching time’ would seem fair.

Each school will be different, and anyone looking to move just to ‘teach less’ is not someone I’d want as a colleague in my team.