Austin ISD reviews

3.3

46% would recommend to a friend

(1,028 total reviews)

Stephanie Elizalde

31% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Austin ISD has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,028 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Austin ISD employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Jan 4, 2013

Fulfilling, but Exhausting

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Pros

Great colleagues, and a dedicated and optimistic management.

Cons

Technical jobs like mine frequently lack technology, which makes teaching hard. The culture of testing, testing, testing all falls on the teachers; there's somebody in your room observing and assessing nearly every day. It's demoralizing and often insulting.

4.0
Dec 31, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Enormous feel good rewards...ability to change people's life's.. to make a difference.

Cons

Not enough money...too much paper work...too much emphasis on testing...not enough on learning...

3.0
Oct 23, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Teachers and administration in this district work hard and take pride in what they do. All of the schools seem very well funded. Lots of programs, lots of specialists, lots of intervention.

Cons

The current superintendent's ideas about student discipline and the removal system is misguided. She calls the alternatives schools "pipelines to prison" as if the alternative schools are leading children to a lifetime of incarceration.

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