Education

Teachers Preparing and Marking

Customer
A school teacher with 18–22 contact hours a week
Context
The work outside class hours: preparing, marking, paperwork

The Jobs of someone for whom time is an absolute constraint — and where most tools are sold to the principal rather than to the person who will use them.

5 Jobs

  1. 01When I am about to move to the next topic, I want to know how far the class actually understood, so I do not build new material on a foundation a third of them do not have.5 Pains · 5 Desired Outcomes · 5 Existing Solutions
  2. 02When I mark a stack of work, I want my comments to actually change something next time, so the effort does not end at a number the student glances at and files away.5 Pains · 5 Desired Outcomes · 5 Existing Solutions
  3. 03When one class holds students who are ahead and students with gaps from last year, I want a single lesson that reaches both ends, so I am not choosing between abandoning one group and holding back the other.5 Pains · 5 Desired Outcomes · 5 Existing Solutions
  4. 04When I must give a parent unwelcome news about their child, I want the conversation to end in cooperation, so they still want to hear from me next time.5 Pains · 5 Desired Outcomes · 5 Existing Solutions
  5. 05When I take work home every evening, I want the workload to fit the time I have, so I still have something left to teach with in the final month.5 Pains · 5 Desired Outcomes · 5 Existing Solutions

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