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Combination lunch/tutorials/clubs

by piare2

Jul 23, 2012

Does anyone have this in their school? Evidently the students get 1 hour for lunch, where they go to either tutorials or club activities for half of it, then lunch for the other half. They eat where they want to. Teachers will either have tutorials or club activities.

This is very new, I don't know what to think or how it works. Anyone else do this?

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piare2 On 7/24/12, Henry wrote: > On 7/23/12, piare2 wrote: >> Does anyone have this in their school? Evidently the >> students get 1 hour for lunch, where they go to either >> tutorials or club activities for half of it, then lunch for >> the other half. They eat where they want to. Teachers will >> either have tutorials ...See More

Jul 25, 2012

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hst On 7/25/12, piare2 wrote: > On 7/24/12, Henry wrote: >> >> Keeps you busy since teachers almost always have some group in >> there re mediating most days. Get used to eating at your desk > > That's what I was wondering... once they are in your room for > whatever reason, don't they just sort of stay through lunch? I &g...See More

Jul 26, 2012

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Teri I can't imagine the ruckus if they tried that here. Don't your contracts include a "duty free" lunch?

On 7/26/12, hst wrote: > On 7/25/12, piare2 wrote: >> On 7/24/12, Henry wrote: >>> >>> Keeps you busy since teachers almost always have some group in >>> there re mediating most days. Get used to eating ...See More

Jul 27, 2012

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piare2 Our Education Code requires a duty free lunch, better than in the contract, it's a law. I'm curious to learn how all of this will work.

On 7/27/12, Teri wrote: > I can't imagine the ruckus if they tried that here. Don't your > contracts include a "duty free" lunch? > > On 7/26/12, hst wrote: >> On 7/25/12, piare2 wrote: &...See More

Jul 28, 2012

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hst You may find it will be set up that you have 2 "lunch" periods each day, then are expected to hold tutorial and/or have duty for 5 of those periods a week, leaving 1 lunch period each day for you "duty-free." I am just saying, as was at least one other poster, that it is hard to keep away the students on those other periods - weather is bad so they...See MoreYou may find it will be set up that you have 2 "lunch" periods each day, then are expected to hold tutorial and/or have duty for 5 of those periods a week, leaving 1 lunch period each day for you "duty-free." I am just saying, as was at least one other poster, that it is hard to keep away the students on those other periods - weather is bad so they need somewhere to go, or more typically, students will need more time with you, or have a conflict with the assigned tutorial time, or just disregard the schedule. Some of my colleagues told their students they were available every lunch period, every time they did not have duty. I did not do that, but never really turned anyone away if they came at a time other than what was scheduled. At my school, the duty was important as we do not have off campus lunch but are in a location where it is very easy to slip off campus. Some schools with off campus lunch have an easier time implementing this as they are left with fewer students left on campus to monitor. On 7/28/12, piare2 wrote: > Our Education Code requires a duty free lunch, better than in the contract, > it's a law. I'm curious to learn how all of this will work. > > On 7/27/12, Teri wrote: >> I can't imagine the ruckus if they tried that here. Don't your >> contracts include a "duty free" lunch? >> >> On 7/26/12, hst wrote: >>> On 7/25/12, piare2 wrote: >>>> On 7/24/12, Henry wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Keeps you busy since teachers almost always have some group in >>>>> there re mediating most days. Get used to eating at your desk >>>> >>>> That's what I was wondering... once they are in your room for >>>> whatever reason, don't they just sort of stay through lunch? I >>>> suppose there is no way to get rid of them. :) >>> I have experience with something similar. We had supervisory >>> responsibilities for several of the half lunch periods, other times >>> were required to be in classrooms for tutorials, only a few periods >>> per week were "free" to the teacher. We were expected to have our >>> rooms open if the weather was bad even if we were not scheduled for >>> tutorial, since there would be fewer "open" areas outside for >>> students to go for lunch. When we did not have this schedule we are >>> expected to eat lunch in the school cafeteria where the students are >>> anyway, so no private/personal lunch anyway. I really liked this >>> lunch/tutorial program because it placed more of the responsibility >>> for remediation and make up work where it belongs: on the students. >>>

Jul 29, 2012

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