I do not feel valued - Middle School Science Teacher Uncommon Schools Employee Review

1.0
Dec 13, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

-Operations team runs the school with a lot of resources -Diversity among Teaching staff -Professional Development

Cons

-inflexibility in terms of teaching style and execution of lessons -questionable discipline methods that teach compliance not habits -an expectation to work 75 hours a week -no work life balance -proactively expressing concerns with leadership team is met with "we all work long hours" mentatility -"We do it for the kids" is used as an excuse to over work teachers and feels abusive -lack of diversity of leadership teams

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Cons

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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