Teachers work so hard. It's common for even the most experienced teacher to work 10 or more hours a day every week, that adds up to a lot! Beginning teachers often have lots of other obligations in addition to the workload like BTSA, continuation classes through their university, and various other professional development requirements put on by their district or the state. That being the case, many beginning teachers often work 14 hour days or more and then spend the weekend catching up on homework, grading, and lesson planning (and Special Education teachers writing reports and IEPs).
Teachers working at traditional school calendar schools usually have a Winter Break, Spring Break, and Summer Break. Yes, that's more time "off" than the typically alotted "two week vacation" many cooporate postions here in the states offer. But you earn it! You NEED it! Don't spend your entire break working! It's ok to not teach summer school every summer, use that time to relax and rejuvinate and maybe do a LITTLE catching up and preparing for the next school year. It's not really a whole summer anyway. It ends up being about two months and during those two months, often you are asked to particpate in some professional development and then you go back to school early and prepare for the upcoming school year, it goes by so fast!
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