I’m just going to come right out and say it. Last month was crazy. Because of all the extra work, it was also the first time that I actually got sick since I’ve been here and actually had to take a sick day.
Just to give you an idea, by contract teachers are usually scheduled to have no more than 80 teaching hours in a month. Before, in some of my busiest months, I made it up to 75. In February, I taught 72 hours of classes. Well, March was a monster. Because two teachers moved, and we didn’t get any new teachers, we had only four teachers to do the work of six. On top of that a teacher at a different branch went on vacation, and someone needed to go to the other branch and teach his classes. Of course, the pay is good for weekend work, so I decided to do that for two weeks.
So, how much did I work last month?
- 102 Normal teaching hours (30 more than in February)
- 16 Weekend hours
The pay was good last month, but I’m not looking to do that every month. You might be looking at that math and notice that for a whole month, I only had 118 teaching hours, and think, “Well, that’s less than most people work. What on earth are you complaining about?”
Keep in mind that this only includes teaching hours. These numbers do not include any office, preparation, or travel time (which easily surpasses 10 hours a week).
All in all, it’s been good, but I’m thinking that I’ll have a little extra time this month to get in touch with everyone.
Please do babe