Pros
It is right next to the beach. You can see the ocean from the classrooms. The school has its own cafeteria and swimming pool. You get a discount at the cafeteria. You get one free meal a week and the rest of the meals are five dollars. They have an iPad class, which is very appropriate for this generation. The majority of the staff members are nice and make for an amazing work environment. You have freedom to be innovative with you classes. There is no micromanaging, nor will anyone try to force you to be a specific type of teacher. You are recognized for your own strengths as a teacher by others. The former manager Lindsay was very nice and would often reward teachers with snacks or just praise, which was always a nice surprise.
Cons
You are not paid for prep time. You may be hired full time, but you will never be given full time hours. You have no health insurance benefits or any other benefits of worth. When the enrollment is low, they cut your hours, especially if you are a new teacher. There is a lot of crime in Miami, and it makes its way to the school. Management does not adequately deal with incidents of crime. Management is not great at dealing with issues brought to them from both students and teachers. Students are often seen waiting for an appointment outside closed office doors, but management has already left. The way problems are dealt with and the way people are spoken to by management is highly unprofessional. The students smoke in front of the school, which makes it look like a party school and forces people to walk through a thick cloud of smoke to enter the school. I would hold my breath every time I walked into the school. Due to the location and image, you get a lot of students who are not serious and prefer to go to the beach or party rather than come to class. It makes your job as teacher twice as hard because you have to compete with the beach and work to extra hard to galvanize unmotivated students.
