5 Habits That Allow Me to Work ONLY Contract Hours as a Teacher

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[jb]

1. Use a power list. (3-5 focused items)
2. Only RESPOND to emails once a day.
3. Batch your grading.
4. Create a lesson planning schedule.
5. Collaborate with other teachers.

[SannaBecka]

I'm a teacher in Sweden and I don't relate to this at al. We have 35, 5 hours/ week when we have to work at the school. That time includes all lessons and interactions with students. After those hours we have around 10 hours/week to use how ever we please. What we dont get done in those 35 + 10 hours we simply do not do. The idéa of working unpayed outside "work hours" is crazy to me!

[emeraldcollier]

I'm in my third year of teaching and I JUST figured out how to do this. I'm SO GRATEFUL because now I can truly have a separation between work and home. My marriage and mental health is benefiting from it for sure. Praise God

[oliviaw]

I JUST WANT TO SAY, I watched you in high school and you made me so excited to become a teacher. Now I am a first year teacher and your love for the career inspires me and I appreciate all your videos!

[ginam]

I think the sooner teachers find ways work closer to contract hours, the longer they'll want to teach. My husband and I have been teacher 13+ years each and we commit to contract hours + maybe one committee. We have 3 kids and don't want to work when we're hone together. Teaching can't consume us or we'd quit.

[TheDrewjameson]

It's absolutely bananas that the whole world just assumes that teachers should be working more than we're being paid to be and we just accept it.

[jeanettelarrondo]

I just wanted to say THANK YOU!!! I have been teaching for 23 years. When we started distance learning it was like I was back to year one. I have not been able to get ahead on my planning since March 2020 until I watched this video. I pulled a couple of all nighters in order to catch up and now I am happy to say I am a week ahead on my planning and it feels THANK YOU!!!

[runawayteacher]

When I was doing in person, it took five years to get this point. But since distance learning, I feel like a first year teacher and going over all the time.

[NinaThomas]

It’s so insane that it takes so much planning and strategy to only work our contractual hours. Thank you for sharing these tips!

[Shawna_Bonana]

I started rewatching some of your old videos and this is SO refreshing to see. You used to work until 11pm at night - and in one video, you pulled an all-nighter! You seem so much less stressed.

[KeaLynn]

First year teacher over here like: tell me more 👀

[justplainpeachy]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE videos like this! I am a veteran teacher and still have trouble with “putting my job in a box” and not letting it take over my life. ~ Time to recalibrate.

[jaciekern]

I have taught sped for 39 years and contract hours has never been a reality for me. I really wish I could do this especially now. I still have three years to teach and I am putting my all into it. I enjoy your insight.

[brookssnozek]

Alright, veteran teacher here. I thought I was good at multi-tasking and dealing with multiple things at one time. I have ADD so it was a kind of easy and made things more exciting! However, I have been following you since the beginning of the school year and you have motivated me and gave me a positive center instead of all the toxicity around. So I decided to try. For the last week I did it. It was difficult. I turned off ALL of my notifications for the morning and chose a specific hour of the day to focus on emails. I had much more time for other tasks I was in awe of my own self! Thank you so much for even pushing me to try the email thing. I hate super-scheculing so it is difficult, but the habits always benefit me. So I am also trying the working only during contract times. Now I can't do this right now, but I am trying. When I do this I realize that I was dreaming about things I wanted to be doing during school time and undercutting my productivity. So, if I know that I'm going to give myself ALL those afterschool hours for myself, I am motivated so much more to stay on task and finish during the day. Thanks so much for your support Michelle! You helped this high school remote science teacher with over 150 students have some of her time back, be more productive, and most importantly, put her positive pants back on! Much love : )

[SilviaLace]

I teach English and Italian at a private language school and I'm currently teaching 18 different courses, some online and some at school, from primary school kids to adults. Google Keep really helps me when it comes to keeping track of all my lesson planning, but I'm lucky if I finish working before 10:30pm these days. Thank you for the tips and the positivity, Michelle! You're a ray of sunshine.

[devynphelps]

This woman is a teaching wizard! These are so simple, but so helpful.

[kylielewis]

Thank YOU, Michelle! I have been seeing teachers that are always working till 7 PM! I am always feeling bad because they work so hard for so long! 💗

[Abdymel]

Wow!! Thanks for these amazing advices. I'm a ESL teacher in Guatemala. 💜 And I'm working at a public school where I have 320 students... I know.. That's a great huge number lol. But with your advices have given me a different and nice perspective of how I can improve in my organization. I'm a neat and organized person but you helped me to improve. Thanks and hugs from my beautiful country. 🇬🇹

[emh]

I am doing my best to only work 7:30-4:30. Im a 3rd year 8th grade teacher. I’ve been pretty successful this year!

[jafloa]

I am a second year teacher and I only work contract hours too! Pre-plan for the whole month with a calendar that I send home, it is SO helpful.