Not a Place to Serve All Students - Middle School Math Teacher Uncommon Schools Employee Review

1.0
Dec 3, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Teachers and administrators are extremely hardworking. Lots of passion, and people genuinely believe that they're doing the right thing. Desire to serve is real and genuine.

Cons

Brutally long hours (not unusual to be in the building before 7 am, stay until 6 or 6:30 pm, and then go home and grade/plan for another hour or two. Need to accept that 1 - 1.5 days out of the weekend is not your own. Important to realize that the work you're doing isn't helping all students; the students who need good teachers the most are generally pushed out in the late elementary/early middle school years.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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