How many hours does an elementary school teacher typically work?

Answer 1

It may be easier to view how many days a teacher or parapprofessional works in terms of "days". While this may vary from State to State, on average teacher and paraprofessionals work about 190-225 days per year. However, the administration on average works about 260-280 days per year. Of course there are holidays, snow make up days, inservice days.

Answer 2

36.5 hours per week, plus time spent out of school (grading, teaching detention, fundraisers, etc.)

I'm in my second year as a secondary school teacher, and although 36.5 hours is the amount of time that I am contractually obligated to work, the figure is more like 50 hours a week not including the addition 3-5 hours I put in on the weekends.

Answer 3

I arrive at work at 8:15 (not too early!) and I leave work when the school closes at 5:00. If it was open later, I'd probably stay on longer. There just never seems enough time to prepare for the next day, tidy up, organise the classroom, do displays, set up groups, solve problems etc....
I'm sure there are others who work many more hours and some who do less.
It's around 44 hours a week on average.

Answer 4

I work about 70 hours per week. But, I know I'm not average. But, it's roughly 50-60 hours per week.

Answer 5

8 hours on average 8 hours on average

Answer 6

56 hours.