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The Great Wall of Whiner · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 4946 Location: Blabbing

This summer:

56 hours a week, no prep time

Not-summer:

16 hours a week (Saturdays and Sundays only, but a weekday every now and then).

catweasle · Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 53 Location: Australia

This semester: 14 x 45 mins teaching 'hours' with about 6 hours a week prep. I hope...still to meet the students. Depends on their level.
Last semester 23 x 45 mins and way too much prep.

4nic8r · Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 68

I teach 15 hours a week regularly.

But, I also have 11 hours of very nicely paid overtime.

Also am stuck in the office way too much.. Sad

BethMac · Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 79

I envy those of you with 45 or 50-minute classes. My shortest class is 90 minutes long. I teach 20 hours a week and prep for about the same amount of time. So I work a minimum of 40 hours a week.

I was just wondering what the norm is. Seems that a lot of people are working 30-40 hours a week, including prep time and office hours.

moshimoshi · Joined: 07 Jul 2004 Posts: 10 Location: Shikoku

I teach six 45-50 minute classes a day. Plus I do translation proofreading and other odd jobs (i.e. recordings for commercials).

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

18 contact hours. office hours vary. But I choose when to do them

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

BethMac · Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 79

JosephP · Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 445

How about five hours a day, five days a week with the same students for about four months. It was alright, surprisingly. It helps tremendously to be able to be a bit of an actor (even if you aren't).

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

moonraven · Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 3094

Most language schools here in Mexico offer Saturday courses as a study option. In Harmon Hall they run from 8 to 1, with a 30 minute break at 10:30--that's 4 and a half hours of teaching time, but as the classes are the regular program, it amounts to 3 days of 90 minute classes in one.

I had one group for a year--a mix of folks working on their masters and doctorates in sciences and a few teenagers--as they would not accept another teacher. I enjoyed the classes with them immensely, but then I had another 4 or 5 hours of administrative work to do every Saturday because I was also the director of the institute--and THAT yes, was a drag.