I *broken heart emoticon* Teacher Work Days

I hate teacher work days. Really. If they really were what they purport to be, it would be awesome. A whole day to get caught up on those pesky little clerical tasks...like you know...grading. That would be awesome.

However, for some reason, at my school we have staff development meetings. Some teacher work days these have lasted up to four hours. I'm actually for the idea of staff development, however we have a two hour joint staff every month and two 45 minute meetings every week. I believe in open lines of communication, but I think maybe we have some spare meeting time there to wedge in the staff development.

I don't know. I could be crazy.

Teacher work days, are supposed to be for work. News flash, but the regular school day doesn't afford us much time for grading, parent phone calls, planning, and all the other incidental tasks that it takes to do our jobs. So, why carve two hours of that out for a presentation on something most of us knew already.

*whine* *whine* *complain* *whinge* *moan*

I'm just saying, there's a better time for these things.