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Report Shows TN Teachers Need More Planning Time
Posted on December 12, 2012
A recent report has shown that 97 percent of Tennessee teachers do not think that they have enough time during the day to complete all of their work-related tasks during their paid working hours. The survey indicated that approximately one-third of educators in Tennessee believe that teachers are not allotted enough non-instructional time.
Tennessee is one of only a few U.S. states with a law which sets a minimum amount of planning time teachers must receive - at least 150 minutes of planning time per week - but most planning time policies are set by local school districts. Most school districts in Tennessee reported giving some teachers more planning time than the amount required by state law and also giving some teachers group planning time with their peers. On average, high school teachers receive approximately 77 minutes of planning time per day, middle school teachers receive 53 minutes and elementary school teachers receive 42 minutes.
According to the international Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, teachers in the United States are allowed fewer hours of non-instructional time, including planning time, than teachers in other developed countries and spend more hours per day teaching.
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