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cowmilker

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Jun 16, 2009 07:30

School ended yesterday with an hour of fun field day activities and memory book signing. I was invited to several summer birthday parties (and someone's beach house). I had a very fun morning, playing games I wanted to join in and laughing at kids doing games that looked just plain stupid. It was a nice last day of school. No tears (whew!) just ( Read more... )

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theskywascandy June 16 2009, 15:16:44 UTC

I'm curious--how much during the summer do you have to go to school/do work related things?

cowmilker June 17 2009, 17:30:54 UTC

It depends on which district you teach for and what your personal professional development is like- my district only requires that I stay until 4:00 on the last day of school and then show up for LID days 3-4 days prior to the beginning of the next school year. Some teachers take the summer to do their professional development classes (extra classroom management techniques, new reading/math research studies, etc). It varies from state to state, but every teacher has to have so many clock hours or credits a year to keep their certificate active. I prefer to do mine during the school year where I can implicate strategies immediately and have a nice break during the summer. In terms of time off, it's a pretty sweet gig.