So, the expectation is that every day I will teach one class for 2.5hrs instead of the usual 75 minutes. I will also prepare 2.5 hours of asynchronous material for the other half of the class. Then I should prepare a 75 min online lesson for the same subject for the afternoon,

and then I should prepare a 75 minute lesson for the other course I'm teaching. That is 3 modes of teaching in one day, without a 75 minute prep period that I need to do all the planning required. So, I should do this planning (and marking) for these courses when and where @tdsb?

Taking our daily prep period away from us is treating us like we are unprofessional, untrustworthy, and in need of surveillance. The prep period is in our CA for a reason. Taking it away and saying "it works out" over the year is an abdication of the employer's responsibility to

ensure their staff have what they need in order to do our jobs. We cannot teach longer classes, online classes, asynchronously without time to prepare. We have families at home who require care, and other responsibilities and needs. This goes against the 3 pillars:

It is inequitable for staff, it is going to absolutely destroy our well-being and mental health and we will burn out, and it will impact student achievement when dynamic lessons cannot be planned or executed because there is simply NO TIME to plan, set up, run, and take-down.

Rethink this plan for both students and staff. Our preps are essential to our professional practice, our sanity, and our productivity as workers.

And for the anti-teacher trolls: my job is to teach; teaching doesnt just happen, it is prepped for. I can't do my teaching job without a prep. So? Take my prep, and you take away my creative and dynamic lessons: textbook work and videos it is! There's no time for anything else.