Those who have teachers as friends, partners or family members, look after them, they are overworked at this turbulence time.
Teachers are doing this right now:
- starting work earlier
- more meetings to catch up if they are doing their work
- meetings students in class to teach (less)
- Many questions on your online teaching platforms (Google classroom, zoom, MS teams etc)
- more email to reply to because students are not reading questions on the platforms
- more emails from parents to complain more work, less work, cant please everyone
- more emails from your admin about your certificates, work survey and events
- more planning because the lesson was too short or too long or not suitable anymore due to policy changes at school
- more PDs to ensure we are doing more work
- more feedback surveys to fill
- more marking because we need evidences of their learning
- more email from students on their work
- Longer hours of work, because we are doing admin stuff
- more email to write because your kids are away in classes or not completing work
- more questions from parents why the kids did not attend classes or completing work
- more request to spend more one-on-one time with some kids
- more request to reply email asap because their kids are different
- more PPT /videos or any media o make to give instructions
- more email about your media is not working
- more email about what to do now
- more email or questions why they are only getting satisfactory
- more questions about not getting their perfect score
- more complains from parents
- more emails from your colleagues because it is your homeroom, they want to keep you in touch
- more emails from your colleagues to ask for help.
- at the end before you leave your laptop, more planning for tomorrow
- you have worked a lot longer hour
No wonder teachers are drinking and alcoholic people. I have been having headache since last week and even panadol gave up on me. I need my sleep but even in my sleep, I am getting emails, I want to get a good night sleep, Friday night is my only night so far.
