to all you teachers out there!

Original post by midnight26

Mar 08, 2011 08:46 PM

I was just thinking, how are all you girls dealing with your honeymoons? are you just waiting until the next available school break?

doing a mini-moon weekend trip after the wedding maybe? trying to figure out when i will plan the honeymoon, it's looking like I'm gonna wait until july because of school schedules....

mara1017 Posted: Mar 09, 2011 09:44 AM

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Under FMLA you are entited to 12 weeks unpaid. All teachers have the best leave entitlements. Most contracts allow for the teacher to take one or two years off and they will keep the job open. It is unpaid unless you have time saved.

I know if I took a year off there is no guarantee my job will be there

aef3333 Posted: Mar 09, 2011 09:46 AM

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Our honeymoon will be during summer vacation since we are getting married in august :)

VeePro Posted: Mar 09, 2011 10:50 PM

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Posted by aef3333

Our honeymoon will be during summer vacation since we are getting married in august :)

Me Too

DonnaMarie7 Posted: Mar 10, 2011 02:45 PM

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Posted by 1112bride

Thanks for the heads up. From what I understood, in NYC schools, you accumulate 1 sick day a month. Like when you are on 'maternity leave', since there's no actual maternity leave, the time you take off is taken away from your sick days, and you're not actually ''sick''.

What's up with teachers not having maternity leave anyway? I know it's totally off topic, but it just pisses me off, because MOST teacher are women. What gives?

I'm a NYC public school teacher and we get maternity leave without it taking away our sick days. If you take more time than the leave permits, then it takes from your sick days.

wishingwell1230 Posted: Mar 10, 2011 03:51 PM

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FH is graduating this May as a Physical Education teacher, so we are hoping we have this problem next year when we decide on the honeymoon!! lol We are definitely staying at a hotel that night anyway and maybe even saturday night just to keep it a minimoon if he can't even get off that next monday.

Since I have all you teachers gathered can I ask you a question? My wedding is the friday after Easter and the second to last day of Passover (Passover starts the day before Easter in 2012). I know this will be the week off for Catholic schools, but because of Passover, will this also be the public school week off??

DonnaMarie7 Posted: Mar 10, 2011 03:55 PM

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I have the school calendar at home for 2011-2012. I can check when I get home and let you know!

Where did FH do his MA?

wishingwell1230 Posted: Mar 10, 2011 03:59 PM

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That would be awesome, thanks Donna!

FH is actually just getting his Bachelor's now at Adelphi and then has to figure out where he is doing his masters! Maybe Hofstra but he is tempted to do it online, his SIL did that!

sjr385 Posted: Mar 10, 2011 03:59 PM

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DonnaMarie7 Posted: Mar 10, 2011 04:27 PM

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Jenni- NYC public schools are closed April 6th-13th, 2012. We return to school on April 16th. Hope that helps!

Does FH know what he is going to go for his MA in? I strongly suggest Special Education. (Just as someone who is in the field) If he is PE and SWD certified, it gives more options to be hired. We have a PE teacher who actualy does APE (Adaptive Phys Ed) for students with disabilities in my school. He said it was the only way he was able to get a job (and of course he likes what he does!)

Just thought I would throw that out there! I know SE is not for everyone, but if he would like it, it's definitely worth a shot.

lisak Posted: Mar 10, 2011 09:04 PM

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i was originally going to book during feb break...but my bm told me June 29, 2012 and i said ok..we actually get out of school on the 27th that year! Im soo excited!!

Michelle214 Posted: Mar 10, 2011 09:28 PM

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I'm a teacher in a NYC private special education school, so I unfortunately work through the summer! Getting married next March and just waiting it out to take the honeymoon. We're also not entitled to any personal days until we've been there a year!! Getting married on a Friday next year, so definitely using one of the ones I'm entitled to.

bebita0830 Posted: Mar 10, 2011 10:21 PM

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2011 crashing

our wedding is in sep and we're doing the HM either the feb or apr break, FH wants feb (the sooner the better) and I want apr ('cause by then we'll have extra money from our taxes)

Soon2BMIL Posted: Mar 11, 2011 06:39 AM

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Do NYC schools have off at different times than Long Island Schools? Just by looking at the calendar, I think NYC schools will start their spring break from Good Friday - April 5 and return to school on April 16.

You have FM

leelou48 Posted: Mar 11, 2011 06:50 AM

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Posted by lisak

i was originally going to book during feb break...but my bm told me June 29, 2012 and i said ok..we actually get out of school on the 27th that year! Im soo excited!!

we r getting married on the same day

I'm sad to finish on the 27th---a whole full week plus mon, tues AND wed!!!! next thing we know we'll be working until july 4th

5272012 Posted: Mar 11, 2011 06:55 AM

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IDK i was trying to figure this out..I work at a private special education school so we go year round. we have a week off in june and then in august we have about 2. Im getting married memorial day weekend..so im taking off probably thur friday and then tuesday and maybe wednesday... as far as hm im trying to decide if we should just go that week and ill take some days off, or if we should go in june with my week off (since its only a month later) or august with two weeks.
not sure!