What Clerical and Preparation Responsibilities Have You Participated In?

I have been able to print copies for the students and teachers, file students papers into their folders, put together booklet activities for the kindergarten classes, prepare the students for a retake test, and last year as a volunteer in my daughter's classroom, every Friday I would prepare the student's homework folders for the week and record their previous homework.  I have been able to see some of the things that teachers do outside of the classroom to help prepare the students for class each day.

In this module, I have learned so much about NCLB.  I've noticed this many times in the classroom, where many students are excelling in math, for example, but 5-6 students are really struggling.  This is difficult for the teacher, because she then has to explain things over again, and review the information multiple times.  Some of the students who completely understand the information begin to get chatty with their neighbor, which creates distractions for the students who are already having a hard time understanding the material.

While some people assume that a teacher's job is from 8:30-3:30, there is much, much more that needs to be done outside of the classroom.  It's helpful to have a parent helper in the classroom to do some of the miscellaneous work that needs to be done.  Hours of the teachers free time is spent on preparing for classroom time.