Burt Community School - Bears / Roundup Yearbook (Burt, IA)

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ti:;e put in by teachers - Teachers put in more time i . the fulfillment of their duties thar is commonly supposed, While it is true that the amount of time rt uifed « to complete the necessary work varies from week to week and from season to season according to the number and kinds of activities being sponsored, some idea as to the time put in by teachers can be had by a study of the results of a one-week's survey as tabula tel below and on the next page. Care must be taken in interpreting the figures since the time taken- was too short to really prove anything. For instance it cannot be said that' the teachers of one school put in more time on the avera ge than the teachers of any other school, 'nor that the teachers in one school work harder than those of another. There was a noticeable variato, on in the amount of time put in during the week Time In Minutes Put In By Grade Teachers Iq Five Kossuth County Schools v eek of November 9th,1931 rade or Position Burt Lone Rock Luverne Lakota Swea City 160 160 1 342 230 30 2355 2810 3027 2695 2145 135 2 120 2490 ' 2550 600 3 230 80 90 3030 3305 2500 2520 180 120 2565 . 2580 120- 5 165 105 235 2085 2970 2305 2890 105 6 110 2795 - 2400 30.5 7 60 60 2700 2920 2370 2790 ISO 8 2£4Q . Average 3 ?S 2m m 2§§£ was checked. In the table above the smaller number» directly above the others indicate the number of minutes of school, work done at home. The larger figures represent the total number of minutes devoted to school work during the week of November 9th, 10

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time put in by tzachers - Extra-curricular activities require much time, particularly of the high school teachers. Much of the work of coaching, directing, or instructing in these activities must be done after school hours or after dinner at night. Some individuals work faster than others and thus require less time to do the school work, Oth:r teachers really try to do a superior Job of teaching and are very conscientious in the matter of correction of papers, making out of lesson plans , tabulation of grades etc. Some teaching positions require more preparation than others. 'I I Ic-rade or TIME IN MINUTES PUT IN BY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN FIVE KOSSUTH COUNTY SCHOOLS WEEK OF November 9,1931. [Position Burt . Lone Rock Luverne ! Prin, 2 0 240 I Coach 2940 2920 150 3000 150 Ehglish . • 3170 2325 2730 Home Ec .397 5 2430 2810 540 Music 2910- 130 3420 90 Supt, 3100 3120 3120 Average 3019 2 9 M Lakota 270 2S2° 2420 300 2435 Swea City 250 2605 215 2905 110 2395 I I i I ,i i In the above chart the smaller figures represent home work, while the larger ones represent total number of minutes put in on school work. It will be noticed that Burt teachers do practically all of theirs at the school house, while the amount of heme work in some of the other schools runs several hundreds of minutes a week. Averaging the time put in by all of the teachers in each school and converting it into hours gives an interesting tabulation. During t is particular week, Burt teachers put in an average of ten hours and six minutes ; Lone Rock teacher averaged eight hours and thirty-six minutes; Luverne teachers averaged nine hours and twenty-five minutes; Lakota teachers h d an average of eight hours and twenty minutes, and Swea City teachers averaged eight hours and fifty minutes. Again it nothinv3!tr£n l'0 emPhasize the fact that a single weelcfe figures mean a an. The amount of entertaining varies from week to week, ue actual teaching load varies from week to week and certainly the activities load tf ries. The point that '■•snould bo made is that all teachers in these five schools seem to be working long hours. Whereas,the formal school day is six or seven hours in length- teachers are actually working from eight .to more than ten hours a day. No check was made of the time spent on school work over the week end. Undoubtedly many teachers do a consideiable qua ntity of work on Saturday and Sunday, It must be conceded that teachers have e. genuine interest in their work and a desire to do the very best kind of work when on the average they serve more hour than any organized union permits. It speaks well oi ofie piofessional attitude of our teachers - 11 -