teacher workload
Instructor's job demands
Teacher workload refers to the total demands placed on teachers beyond classroom instruction—lesson planning, grading, administrative tasks, meetings, communications with parents, and extracurricular duties.
The term often appears in discussions of burnout and retention: The district promised to address teacher workload by hiring more aides.
What counts as reasonable workload varies widely by school and country.
- lesson planningPreparing educational content beforehand
- attendance trackingSystem noting participant presence
- workshopsGroup learning sessions
- certificationsOfficial competency documents
- staff meetingsScheduled employee gatherings
staff room · report writing · data entry · classroom management · student assessment · overtime · after hours · resource allocation · scheduling · time pressure · emails · burnout · paperwork · grading · duty roster · lunch duty · conflict resolution · term time
teacher workloadsabbatical
Extended leave from work
downtime · free time · underwork · idle time · free periods
teacher workloadwork-life balance
Managing career and home
summer break · school holidays · personal time · decompression
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