This Year by the Numbers

Last Thursday was the last day of school. And if you've been following the blog for a while, you know it's now time for the post where I take a tally of all the days that I worked. This year was a doozy.

There are 180 days in the school year. I worked... 177 of them. 177. 

Let us just pause to contemplate that number. I basically blew my last record of 164 out of the water (2019).  And I doubt that this is a record that will ever get beaten. Of course, I hit that record due to the crazy year we had. I'm sure you read about the substitute teacher shortage. Yeah. That meant job security for me. 

Of the three days I did not work, I actually didn't get called for two days in October (the 12th and 13th to be specific). And the third day was the day I took off so I could go to the dentist when I cracked a tooth.

That total does not include the 18 days I worked at the alternative education center in July or the 4 days I covered at the continuation high school before the official beginning of the school year. (The continuation high school begins about three and a half weeks before the rest of the district.) 

41 of those days were at the high schools, 10 were at the middle schools, 7 were in elementary schools, and 2 were at the continuation high school. 117 of them were spent at the adult transition center, which is unsurprising considering that I did two long term assignments there.

I only had 1 day with a teacher who had no conference period, and I did only 12 extra period assignments. Again, this is unsurprising as I did so few high school days (relatively speaking). (For comparison's sake, in 2019 I had 97 extra periods. That is, on 97 of the days I worked, I covered a period on the teacher's prep period or the teacher didn't have a prep period.) 

I did work the first day of school (but it was at the continuation high school and it wasn't their first day of school, so it kind of doesn't count). And I worked the last day of school (see yesterday's post). 

To break things down a bit more...

• Elementary:
• Grades 1-3 (it was a special ed class inclusive for those three grades): 2 days
• Grade 5: 2 days (one was the day I couldn't do math)
• Grade 6: 3 days (Fun fact: one of those days was in a classroom that I could see from the adult transition center.)

Then at the secondary level: 

• Social studies: 24 days and 1 extra period
• Economics: 19 days and 1 extra period. This was part of the long term assignment I did in September. She also taught...
• Geography: 11 days and 1 extra period. The only reason there's a different number here is because that school is on a block schedule. All of her geography classes were on the same day, whereas her economics classes were on both days.
• World history: 3 days
• Then 1 day each for 8th grade US history and 11th grade US history
• English: 15 days and 2 extra periods
• 9th grade: 13 days and 1 extra period. Most of those days are from the vacant English class I began the year in. 
• 8th grade: 7 days. This was part of that vacant English class. (There was one period of 8th grade, the rest of the classes were 9th grade.)
• 11th grade: 4 days and 1 extra period
• Then there was 1 day and 1 extra period of 12th grade and 1 extra period of ELD, which is the class students take when they are learning English (immigrants, usually). 
• Science: 5 days and 4 extra periods
• Biology: 2 days and 2 extra periods
• 7th grade science: 2 days
• Then I covered 2 extra periods of 8th grade science, 1 day and 1 extra period of chemistry, and 1 day of anatomy/physiology.
• Math: 4 days and 1 extra period
• Integrated math 2 (which used to be geometry): 3 days (although, I wasn't really needed)
• Integrated math 3 (which used to be algebra 2): 2 days
• Then I had 1 day of 8th grade math and 1 day and 1 extra period of 7th grade math
• Miscellany:
• 2 days of computer classes. 1 was a graphic arts class (the 2nd day of school) and the other was CAD (at the continuation high school, the 1st day of school). 
• 1 period of art
• 1 period of cheer
• 2 days in music classes. 1 was in middle school choir. 1 was in high school choir.
• 1 period in middle school leadership

Normally I'd include the special ed stats above, but because of my two main long term assignments this year, my special ed days completely skew the stats. 

I spent 120 days (and 3 extra periods) in special ed classes. 5 of those (with 1 extra period) were in special day classes. 117 of those (with 2 extra periods) were in the severe special ed classes.

The long terms are considered special ed in the severe special ed classes. I spent 45 days in Ms. S's class in November, December, and January. I spent 60 days in Ms. L's class in March, April, and May (with a couple days in February and June). Although, both teachers had retired by the time I took over the classes.

10 of those days were when I covered Ms. L's class in October. One of those days was for a different teacher at the adult transition center. And so the remaining day was at the high school that feeds the adult transition center.

Yup, I kept pretty busy this year. But I generally do.

Previous years' stats:

• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010