I can't believe teachers get the summer's off!

Me either ...and probably because in reality - we don't!  At least not the 2+ months of no work sense that some people think.  I was talking with my principal and some other friends the other night about getting ready to come back to school and start the new school year.  I had said (tongue in cheek) that I think I had been at school probably at least once each week during the summer break.  The problem was, after thinking about it - I think it might be true! 

Our district has 10 weeks of summer break.  I don't know where Phineas and Ferb go that they get 104 days of summer vacation!!  That's 3 and a half months, but I digress. 

 

Week one:  Alignment committee work
Week two:  Summer training.  Our district calls it SPA (summer professional academy).  Very misleading.
Week three:  Out of town training, summer school meeting, and getting my classroom ready for summer school.
Weeks four and five:  Summer School
Week six:  Summer School closed for Independence day.  I DID NOT GO IN TO SCHOOL AT ALL THIS ENTIRE WEEK!!!   Whoo Hoo
Week seven and eight:  Summer School
Week nine:  Okay, it my defense, I wasn't going to go in at all this week, but I went in to meet with a new teammate on Friday and ended up working the entire day in my classroom.
Week ten:  Another SPA opportunity and I have to finish my room.  Once we officially start back, there won't be much time - if any, to work in my room, so I need to get it done.

Also, I didn't even include the reading, printing, cutting, creating, planning, etc. that seemed to take up more time than it should have.

Now, before anyone gets their feathers ruffled...yes those were all my choices, and I feel very fortunate that our district pays us for our SPA classes.  I also love the break that we do get in the summer and I am not AT ALL complaining about my job!  Its more of a recognition of my inability to maintain a good balance between home and work.


All that being said.  I love love love my job and I wouldn't trade it for a 9-5 job in a million years!  And I know I'm not the only one :-)