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Teacher time-study finds unsustainable workloads; district plans to protect planning time
Summary
A TEA pilot teacher time study presented to the board found three main issues—insufficient protected planning/PLC time, excessive administrative tasks, and limited teacher voice—and recommended schedule and operational changes to reduce out-of-school workload and improve retention.
A district pilot time-use study presented April 13 found that teachers in the participating campuses face unsustainable workloads and that protecting collaborative planning time (PLCs) would have the biggest positive impact on teachers and students, presenters told trustees.
Stephanie Hanna, an advanced English teacher at Temple High School who helped lead the study, summarized data-collection methods (focus groups,…
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