WorldWatcher
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Okay thanks for the clarification. I didn't understand that either. So you're talking trimesters. Our district did that for a time and it was frankly not workable. Quickly reverted back to semesters.
The fundamental difference though, I'm assuming, from your local experiment was keep basically 10-month teachers and not to move teachers to a true 12-month, 250 day work schedule.
With a 12 month work schedule there would be a significant pay raise, they would be viewed as the professionals they are (instead of by some as just part-time employees), they would accrue vacation time and be responsible for scheduling it like any 12-month employee.
To my knowledge that has not been tried for a wide ranging, long term evaluation.
The "Secondary" trimester would be targeted (for teachers) for remedial work with students that need it, professional development, curriculum work, and scheduling vacations. Not all teachers would do the same thing each semester.
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