I started exam marking for the first time this week but am really struggling with the time it is taking.
I'm a full-time teacher and on top of that, i'm 31 weeks pregnant (I applied for the examiner role and was contracted before falling pregnant). I thought I could manage but this is my first pregnancy so didn't really anticipate how i'd feel at this point!
Coming home every night to do 4 hours of marking on top of my day at work is exhausting me - I don't even want to think about the hours i'll need to put in at the weekend. My final deadline is the middle of July so I've got another 3 weeks to get through yet.
I don't think i'm being fair to myself, my baby or the students' whose exams I am marking. I'm doing the exam marking for the CPD rather than the money so am thinking of withdrawing from marking.
Am I leaving the exam board up the creek and what would be the implications for me? I'm assuming i'll be blacklisted by them from marking in the future.
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lineandsinker · 19/06/2019 21:35
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