Tactic of Withholding Unpaid Teaching Time

According to a study by the National Education Association, the mean or average number of noncompensated hours spent per week on school-related activities from 1966 to 1991 decreased from 10.8 to 8.2. However, since 1971, "the mean has increased, reaching 10.8 in 1980 and falling slightly to 10.3 in 1991" (NEA 44-5). From 1966 to 1991, the percentage of teachers who spent between four and sixteen hours of uncompensated school-related time tended to decrease slightly; for example, 26.5 percent of teachers reported spending 10-12 weekly hours of uncompensated time in 1966, while only 21.3 percent reported doing so in 1991. On the other hand, the percentage of teachers spending up to four hours of uncompensated school-related weekly time rose from 7.6 percent in 1966 to 15.6 percent in 19

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in administrative activities. Given the limited number of hours in a standard workday, instructional time, for which teachers are basically hired, is perforce not administrative time. Therefore the question arises of how to allocate teacher time so that on one hand the instructional focus of work is not harmed and on the other the school-reform goals of teacher involvement in administrative matters are met. This question arises apart from familiar problems associated with the fact that employment as a teacher frequently appears to involve teachers who do not participate in management or school-governance duties per se in work schedules that are not limited to classroom instruction. In this regard, a typical daily schedule for Beverly Hills High School is instructive. In that bulletin, teachers of seniors are advised to tell students "to return 8th semester transcripts form to House C"--clearly an administrative and not instructional duty. Teachers are also asked to turn UNICEF collection boxes--clearly an extracurricular fundraising enterprise and not an instructional duty. Perhaps most remarkable of all, given the perspective of this research, is an advisory to teachers that certain students "will be coming to classrooms Friday
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