I am not overly surprised anymore when I see the posts about kids being taken out of school for vacations. But I was shocked when I realized that teachers were doing it as well.
I am an Education Administrator but I started out as a teacher. It was expected that most "vacations" happen during your school breaks (in Texas we work on average 187 days) which leaves about 73 non weekend days off a year split differntly by each district. Most places will have time off during the winter, spring and summer. Each teacher gets 5 State days for "personal buisness" and most districts kick in a few "sick" days. The assumption I have always worked under or been told is our days were for illness, emergencies, funeral, closing on a house or other financial buisness, an ocassional mental health day but not vacationing.
So would it bother you if your child's teacher took a vacation during the year and left your child the rest of the class with a sub (in our state they can have little or no training in education and often times only a few college hours
)?
I personally would be appalled and probably complain to the Supt. about it. (unless it was for a family wedding, which I would forgive since I do not expect everyone to be considerate of the school year and I do not think teachers should have to miss out on major family events).
So my question is for parents: how would you feel if your child's teacher took off 3-5 or more days to go on vacation (doesn't matter if it is Disney) during the school year?
I am an Education Administrator but I started out as a teacher. It was expected that most "vacations" happen during your school breaks (in Texas we work on average 187 days) which leaves about 73 non weekend days off a year split differntly by each district. Most places will have time off during the winter, spring and summer. Each teacher gets 5 State days for "personal buisness" and most districts kick in a few "sick" days. The assumption I have always worked under or been told is our days were for illness, emergencies, funeral, closing on a house or other financial buisness, an ocassional mental health day but not vacationing.
So would it bother you if your child's teacher took a vacation during the year and left your child the rest of the class with a sub (in our state they can have little or no training in education and often times only a few college hours
)? I personally would be appalled and probably complain to the Supt. about it. (unless it was for a family wedding, which I would forgive since I do not expect everyone to be considerate of the school year and I do not think teachers should have to miss out on major family events).
So my question is for parents: how would you feel if your child's teacher took off 3-5 or more days to go on vacation (doesn't matter if it is Disney) during the school year?
