How are teachers paid?

[Wallstick]

Often when I see a thread about teaching there are comments about teachers working unpaid hours. Out of curiosity how does that work? I know they don't finish work when the children leave. But do teachers get paid only while the children are there? So they work 6-6 say but only paid 8.30-3.30? I don't think that should be legal tbh.

At our DC school there's lots of extra things that I wouldn't have seen when I was at school and it makes me feel uncomfortable that the teacher isn't paid for this? There's scrapbooks and they update an online journal with photos and notes, I see the teachers at the weekend psa events, DC say the teachers are in the lunch hall too. Are the teachers not getting a lunch break then? When I went to school it was dinner ladies and supervisors, teachers were in the staff room usually.

Workload is terrible in Scotland- we also have to deal with a nationalist agenda seeping into the curriculum.

We were on strike today, but it doesn’t seem to have been reported very much.

I currently have a clinical role in the NHS. My caseload is significantly larger than it should be. Therefore I frequently work 45-50hrs a week to try and meet people's needs. I'm paid 37hrs a week.

Previously I was a project manager and frequently ended up with budget over runs or late changes in scope and the only way I could deliver my projects on time/budget was to put in the PM time unpaid - whilst still being expected to timesheet 110% of my contracted hours. I couldn't claim time in lieu.

Not just teachers. But common in the public sector.

I still maintain that the pay gap between most other professional jobs and teaching goes some way to offsetting (sometimes) ridiculous hours in those careers!