Average Number of HoursWasted per Teacher per Year

Across all activities, teachers describe a big portion of their work as “inefficient.”

Teachers estimate about one full work day per week per teacher is wasted.

Using OneNote Can Help Educators Recover 68% of the Time Lost to All of

the Biggest Time-Wasters. That Equates to 143 Hours or 16 Days per Year.

Average Annual Number of Inefficient Hours by Teaching Activity

Productivity vs. Inefficiency

The Top 10 Time Sinks

Inefficient Time

20%

Productive Time80%

That’s 306 hours per year!

Teachers work about 1540

hours on average worldwide

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« Planning/preparing lesson, practical test, or assessment

« Helping students who are falling behind

« Assessing/marking student work and writing reports on student progress

« Facilitating in-class group projects

« Keeping records

« Administering quizzes and tests

« Nonregular teaching

« Organizing resources in the classroom« General sta�/management meeting

Hours per year

« Passing out and collecting handouts

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23

27

29

30

312UK

308USA

275Australia

267Norway

262Greece

227Japan

Average Teacher Workload Breakdown

Individual Professional Development

TeachingLesson/Curriculum Planning,

Preparation, and Assessment

Student/ParentContact

General AdministrativeSupport

School/Staff Management

6%6%7%

8%

14%59%

Percentage Hours Worked

■ Instructional activities■ Non-instructional activities

• Planning/preparing lesson, practical test, or assessment• Organizing resources in the classroom• Assessing/marking student work and writing reports on student progress• Helping students who are falling behind• Keeping records• Administering quizzes and tests• Facilitating in-class group projects• Nonregularteaching• General staff/management meeting• Passing out and collecting handouts