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Lesson Plans


Re: Budgets and Time

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Rick (rlarson)
Fri, 08 Oct 1999 20:35:38 -0500

The regular class teachers in my school create plan time by alternating fridays
to show a movie for all of the kids. When I worked in New York State, there was
one 45 min plan time every day for everybody- art, music, pe,computer and
library. Here there are no computer teachers or librarians who teach classes. I
was in NY 14 years ago... betsy

SheSails2 wrote:

> Hi, and thanks for responding.
>
> On planning time--Most of my teachers report that the time they have for
> planning equals out to the time in which their students go to art, music,
> p.e. or computer class. They don't have any "free" down time, either.
> Elementary teachers are with their children almost all the time, except for a
> 30 minute duty free lunch, if they're lucky.
>
> I have heard that's it's a whole 'nother ballgame for middle school and high
> school teachers. Many of them have a whole hour every day..Ah well, they
> have other problems to contend with, even at that...