Overtime tatistics Canada found, in a 1997 study, that teachers already work the most unpaid overtime of any occupation in Canada. Here are some of the things that they do: offering students extra help with homework researching (in library or on internet) planning and revising lessons implementing secondary reform organizing assemblies, trips and speakers consulting with support agencies contacting parents marking assignments and recording marks preparing work for absent students running sports teams, intramurals and clubs chaperoning events working with community/ parent councils preparing equipment and lab materials tidying up the classroom tidying up other rooms of the school (ie: computer lab, storage rooms, etc.) organizing homeroom activities meeting with colleagues professional development: taking or teaching workshops, seminars, &/or courses ordering and distributing class materials updating course outlines working with younger teachers helping students with independent study projects fundraising counselling students with personal problems comments about this article? give us feedback