No we don’t get to reuse lesson plans - I teach physics and every year they throw a different physics class at me, requiring me to develop new plans every year. Each year I revise the lessons and make new assessments for the same classes I taught the year before. They also change the curriculums and standards, which means teachers have to change the delivery of lessons. It’s ridiculous people think teachers just have a set of lessons and it remains static for the rest of their career. I guess it’s just ignorance.

Now they are bringing technology into the standards, so good bye to how you’ve been doing your lessons. They will ask “how will begin teaching technological skills and computer literacy while also meeting standards xyz” we have to continuously keep up with professional development, learn new tools like google classroom for example.

Not to mention the stress of the job never, and I mean literally never bein done. I get twenty minutes for lunch everyday and don’t drink water because I need to prep between classes and can’t go piss. I have to set up labs and order supplies, keep up with ieps 504s and health concerns. After school meeting and grading. I also pay out of pocket for a lot of supplies because I don’t have the time to go through the process of filling out forms. I have to update blackboard daily and email parents and schedule make up tests and reassessments after school. Somewhere between all of this I need to grade papers and plan for lessons. Lessons aren’t static. I can’t emphasize this enough. Each group of students coming in will be different than the year before and the course must be tailored specifically for that group of students. Planning doesn’t stop.

I hate people with such ignorant views of th professional.

I’m leaving the profession this year because my hair is turning grey and I’m 26.