What parts of teaching are hardest that people outside the profession don’t realise?
Hi everyone, I’m not a teacher, but I’m interested in education and trying to understand what teaching in Australian schools is actually like day to day.
From the outside, people often talk about lesson planning, marking, behaviour management and reporting, but I get the sense there’s a lot of invisible work that non-teachers don’t really see.
For current teachers, what parts of the job feel harder or more time-consuming than people usually realise?
I’m curious about things like admin, meetings, school systems, parent communication, behaviour follow-up, documentation, planning, marking, or anything else that tends to eat into your time.
Are there parts of the job where you often think, “surely this could be done better,” or is most of the workload just an unavoidable part of teaching?