In my department, we can often manage to schedule our teaching for four days a week, which gives us one “non-teaching” day to grade and do prep with fewer interruptions.
Wow, I really get to appreciate my university when I hear this kind of thing. We always get 2 days of teaching scheduled in one semester and 3 days scheduled in the next semester. Plus, I get a semester with a single teaching day every three years. This is how I manage to do as much research as I do.
We are considered a teaching institution but college-level teaching that is not based on an active and busy research agenda is not serious teaching. It’s a scam.
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We generally teach 11-12 hours a week in my department, and couldn’t possibly do that all in one day (not and keep sane). Two days a week is possible, but really difficult.
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It does take some inventive management on my part to organize the 1-day schedule for myself. 🙂
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I usually get a lot more done when I am teaching every day. I just need to get done with teaching before lunch, and then I’m good to go. Then again, I haven’t written a book yet, and you have. 🙂 I just feel better when I get something accomplished early in the day, and then have time in the afternoon to do other things.
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