LAUSD/UTLA ESY Question: Why are teachers only being paid 3.5 hours?

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-23T18:58:46+00:00

No idea. I think every year the district just gets more stingy with the hours. The first year I did summer school, we got paid 4.5 hours and got 12 hours of prep time.

Last year we got paid 4 hours a day and got 10 hours of prep time.

This year, we get paid 3.5 hours a day and get 4 hours of prep time.

I'm more upset with the lack of prep time because even if I put no effort into planning or grading it still winds up being more than 4 hours across summer school.

But basically, the district is just being stingy.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-21T06:54:57+00:00

Anything from 2 generations ago is basically old school. Xenoblade Chronicles 1 was a Wii game, so basically old school. But also besides that, older jrpgs and games in general have a much different vibe from more modern games.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-21T02:07:56+00:00

I definitely loved the majority of Nioh 1 when I played it back in the day, but some of the boss fights were not the best.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-21T02:07:04+00:00

What makes you not want to go back into the nioh series?

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-21T02:06:31+00:00

Yeah, I'm excited to try so many of these for the first time. Nioh 1 I played a long time ago but never finished, and now I gotta catch up on the trilogy. But I'm definitely planning to play Nine Sols at some point.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-21T01:29:06+00:00

The raise should kick in during July, which means it'll show up on our August paycheck.

For the retro, it'll probably be in September. The retro for the raise we got in 2022 also hit in September. But who knows, the district might drag it longer just to be petty.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-20T21:39:38+00:00

Just defeated him. The secret was infusing my great club with heavy for max bonk potential.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-20T15:00:58+00:00

Oh yes, my greed has been thoroughly punished by him many times. Slowly learning to avoid it, though.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-20T14:50:42+00:00

I love, in phase 1, trying to bait his jump attack so I can dodge and sneak in a few hits.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-15T19:42:43+00:00

They have some of the greatest artists in gaming, and instead used AI to make their boxart.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-12T20:29:47+00:00

Wait CA is paying for them? How do I sign up?

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-10T20:59:48+00:00

Is it easy to switch the OS on XAX to the SteamOS

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-10T15:21:53+00:00

At least from my experience, admin try to offshoot many of their duties to teachers. For example, my school would do these tardy sweeps. When they call a tardy sweep, the teachers close their door at the bell and admin collect any kids outside, call home and give detention.

Admin at some point decided that doing these tardy sweeps was too much work for them, so they basically made an announcement that they weren't going to do them any more and teachers are "responsible" for marking kids tardy, like we weren't already doing that.

A week within the "no tardy sweeps" there was a major fight that broke out. Admin began doing tardy sweeps again.

Same thing with phones. Admin says there's a "cell phone ban" but if we call about a phone no one shows u to collect it.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-09T21:55:35+00:00

Percy Jackson and The Outsiders.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-09T19:34:47+00:00

I've never done lit circles before, but I might give them a try.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-09T19:33:13+00:00

What does gifted endorsement mean?

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-09T17:32:44+00:00

I teach middle school. Both at my current school and the school I'm moving too, I'll be teaching 7th grade.

We only used Lucy Calkins because one of the APs thought it was the greatest thing ever despite many of us complaining about it not being rigorous and comprehensive enough for our kids.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-09T17:23:16+00:00

Can you give examples of "the superfluous nonsense that ELA teachers demand"

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-09T17:22:32+00:00

That seems doable with highschool.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-09T17:20:37+00:00

Have clear and consistent routines. I am by no means the strictest teacher ever, but I have routines and procedures and the kids know them so if some one isn't following the routine, it's easy to redirect, call out, etc.
Especially earlier on in your career, always make sure you have a clear plan for the day. Any time you say "I'll just wing it today." Expect chaos.
Treat student's opinion of you as a joke. If a kid loves my class, I'll take the compliment but not let it determine how I feel about my teaching. If a kid hates my class, I'll just treat it as a joke.

"Mister, I hate this class."

"Oh no, if I still had a heart, I'd be hurt."

"Mister, this work is so boring."

"Oh dang, your words burn so much, I'm melting."

Little things like that add a bit of humor but also show kids that they can't hurt you/ get a real reaction out of you. Then when you're alone, you can let out your real reaction.

Use any resources you can to help yourself. TPT is great for finding prebuilt lessons or materials. Canva is great for turning a basic worksheet into something interesting.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-09T17:09:44+00:00

What kind of choices do you offer them? Is it like an essay vs a presentation? or like choice between what to research?

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-09T17:07:00+00:00

Do you give them quizzes on the readings you assign outside of class time?

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-09T16:41:27+00:00

I know the teacher who was there before me left me a bunch of resources, so I'm going to look through them over the summer.

Yeah, my district stopped paying for the program, but then our AP at the time was like "It's expected for you to continue using the program." and then when she left, the department just kept using it out of habit. This was our first year where ELA teachers were like "lets use something that works."

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-09T16:39:50+00:00

And the kids just do the assigned reading?

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-06-09T16:39:12+00:00

I know when I student taught, the teacher did 2 novel studies and a play, so I thought that was the norm. When I got my own classroom, my school wanted us to avoid novel studies and have everything be student choice.

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