Re: advise please.
MM,
Since I teach at the Post-Secondary level, this may not apply to you, but the rule of thumb for us Professors is that the first time you teach a new course, the prep time is going to be close to three times the lecture time, i.e. for a 3 hour lecture, you have to prepare for 9 hours. The second time you teach the course, the prep time usually drops significantly to 1.5 times the lecture time and the third time around, the course is more or less a breeze.
However, the prep time is in addition to the time we spend preparing exams, handouts, quizzes, and the time that is spent marking exams and assignments.
That’s why they say… being a Professor is great – you work your own hours as long as you average 90 hours a week! :(
For a new course, I usually spend almost a whole term preparing for a course that I will be teaching in the following term.