I'm only scheduled to teach two classes, 1st and 4th bands (4th is really scale jail and performs with 3rd). I am typically in the other band rehearsals or pulling small groups out at least 3 to 4 days a week, and visiting classes at one or the other middle school feeder at least 3 to 4 days a week.

I handle most of the admin tasks myself so that my assistants and middle school directors can focus on music. Sometimes that takes me away from those other rehearsals and middle school classes. I trust my staff to teach the music, and I'm anal-retentive about the paperwork being right.

I've been known to step out and run personal errands during the day. That's usually on a week where I'm stuck at school every night and Saturday and have no personal time available to get a haircut or an oil change.

Here's an incomplete list of "CEO" tasks I handled last week while my staff were teaching music or enjoying a night off.

Parent conference about a serious discipline issue
Met with campus admin about that same student to get them out of band
Department head meeting
Spent an hour making phone calls to chronically absent students (required of department heads)
Several meetings with admin about one of my department teachers going on a growth plan
Meeting with that teacher about his growth plan (and now I have a weekly check-in with him for the rest of the school year)
Booster meeting about winter concert and spring plans
Conference with a move-in student and their parents to audition them for band placement
Meeting with colorguard director to finalize spring props, uniforms, and artwork
Processed all of the necessary purchase orders for those items
Meeting with marching band arranger for fall 26
Attended middle school concert
Meeting with fine arts director about purchasing a new band trailer
All-Region help sessions after school with brass kids (other staff handle woodwinds and percussion)
Finalized all of the paperwork for transportation and food for All-Region audition day
I was the first one in and last one out on Saturday taking the kids to auditions.

But yeah, I "only teach two classes."