HRS

Apologies for what you call my profane language. Now what did you think of my ideas?

Yes I have taught for 40 years so I think I should know a reasonable thing or two. I believe teachers work 24/7. They dream about their work and think about incessantly. Rarely do I get the privelege of taking my mind completely off what I have done today or what I will do tomorrow.I teach over 200 students a week and need to know each of their names. I teach a language other than English. I have taught classroom and P.E and Library and special Ed etc the lot. Only thing I have not done is Music so yes I agree that teachers do a lot so please be more understanding.

Giulia,
If a teacher is working 24/7, then I think they may need some type of project management software. There is a large selection available at minimal or no cost from here
http://www.project-management-software.org/

I could also recommend some type of AI system. Teachers can pool their knowledge and it is stored in some type of configured database. If a new teacher wants some information regards some aspect of teaching, they can search through that database.

I was involved in developing an AI system for a factory that helped teach new employees about the operation of various stations in the factory. Each station was quite complex with equipment worth many millions of dollars, but if a station was not reaching target figures, a new employee could ask the AI system and it would suggest a number of possible reasons why the target figures were not being achieved, and also suggested a number of ways to get back on target.

The information in that AI system often came from people who had worked at the factory for a number of decades, and we often incorporated knowledge from people who were about to retire. In that way their knowledge was not lost, but was made available for any new employee.

If you had been at that factory for 40 years, we would have spent quite a lot of time with you searching for information to go into the database, as you would have been a very valuable employee.

I see no reason why an AI system could not be developed for teachers, or if they were not interested in AI systems, they could pool their knowledge at a summer school.

HRS

Teachers' do pool their knowledge.

By the way, teachers' tutor as well. It's good money.

Liz,
If teachers are organised and efficient and do pool their knowledge, then why is there such a demand for tutors?

Perhaps that’s a dumb question.

Its most likely due to bad parents.

Actually, parents that recognise if their child requires intervention and are prepared to fork out the money are good parents. I've had my daughter tutored in the past.

Most tutors are teachers.

I've tutored before. The money is good.

Kids benefit from the one-on-one that a teacher cannot give in a classroom of 30 students.

Many teachers provide after school or lunch break tutoring session one day a week. They do it voluntarily.

There's a plethora of websites for teachers to share lesson plans, educational ideas and knowledge ... using databases to do so.

Databases have been around for some time HRS.

Another newsflash for you HRS ... study skills ARE taught in schools, by teachers, at the beginning of each semester.