I'll quite happily correct you on the above, which aren't factual. These are not entitlements, they are working conditions and you're ignorance of the difference is evident. Whilst I can;t speak for the Victorian conditions, NSW's are similar.
Public Holidays: teachers are generally members of the public, therefore they're entitled to those holidays; many of which actually fall during school holiday periods.
Pupil Free Days: these are actually called Staff Development Days and focus on professional learning for staff as well as the analysis of assessment data that is used to inform the direction of teaching and learning programs
Parent/Teacher Interviews: there is no time off in lieu - in fact in NSW there is no provision for time off in lieu for any reason. Parent/teacher interviews are regularly conducted from 7:30am until 8:00pm so as to allow those parents with different working hours the opportunity to discuss their child's progress and areas of need.
7 Hour Work Day: what are you basing this on? The fact that students are at school from 8:30am - 3:00pm is not an indication that teacher working hours are restricted to this. When are planning, marking, and programming conducted? When are meetings conducted? When are camps and extra-curricular events organised? During class time? No. On weekends, on weeknights, during school holidays.
Meetings: 2 hours? Are you plucking these numbers out of the sky? Both my staff and I would be stoked to only spend 2 hours per week in meetings!
The Real World: I'd suggest that someone so willing to crap on about the "facts" of a job they're not qualified to perform and have no experience in, is ill-informed to lecture others about the real world.
I own a house, doesn't make me a builder. I own a car, doesn't make me a mechanic. I own a computer, doesn't make me an IT guru. But everyone with reproductive organs is an expert on educational management!
(Public Holidays: teachers are generally members of the public, therefore they're entitled to those holidays; many of which actually fall during school holiday periods. )
eg so who do you think works on public holidays while youre saying that you shouldnt cause if falls on the school holidays. So does that mean that that no teacher is required to work in the school holidays ?
Also alot of the public are on casual contracts dont get paid for public holidays , alot of companies do this these days so they can get away with out paying holidays
(Pupil Free Days: these are actually called Staff Development Days and focus on professional learning for staff as well as the analysis of assessment data that is used to inform the direction of teaching and learning programs)
So youre saying that pupil free days have to be during the term causing a affect of everyone else going shit i forogt teachers have no students for the day causing everyone else having to have sick day off or one day of there leave to look after kids while they do there profesional day during the term when most think why cant it be done the day before a term starts.
(7 Hour Work Day: what are you basing this on? The fact that students are at school from 8:30am - 3:00pm is not an indication that teacher working hours are restricted to this. When are planning, marking, and programming conducted? When are meetings conducted? When are camps and extra-curricular events organised? During class time? No. On weekends, on weeknights, during school holidays.
Meetings: 2 hours? Are you plucking these numbers out of the sky? Both my staff and I would be stoked to only spend 2 hours per week in meetings! )
So youre saying 830 am to 330 pm is seven hour wokring day , i consider it a six hour working day cause dont have lunch included in the pay. Also alot of places people rotate which amount of time off ,having to answer calls, respond to a emergency. Eg like not all teachers do yard duty and have a break.
So if i follow youre logic 8am to 5pm is a 9 hour day but in reality is realy only a paid 8 hour day like the rest of have to do.
(Meetings: 2 hours? Are you plucking these numbers out of the sky? Both my staff and I would be stoked to only spend 2 hours per week in meetings!
Well i wonder if you think that alot of other places have meetings outside of work hours and deal with kids.
(The Real World: I'd suggest that someone so willing to crap on about the "facts" of a job they're not qualified to perform and have no experience in, is ill-informed to lecture others about the real world.
I own a house, doesn't make me a builder. I own a car, doesn't make me a mechanic. I own a computer, doesn't make me an IT guru. But everyone with reproductive organs is an expert on educational management!)
So youre saying cause youre teacher youre a expert at the education system since youre following youre logic
With regards to no exp get youre facts right i had to do qualifcations to teach a lesson, had to do lesson plans, meetings , My qualication was slightly diffetent to yours but still had to do one .
I think mayabe if you worked 12 hours day with no flexibility with being able to leave work for any reason and had to work public holidays and also did night shifts then i might go you work hard.