Classical Charter Schools reviews

Long hours, intense and rigid culture, upper management is very condescending and inexperienced, unncessary amount of observations for teachers and other staff, many students are held back, parents and students are overwhelmed with the amount of homework, professional development courses are often not applicable Overall, it is a very uncomfortable environment to work in. While the classroom teachers and support staff are incredible, upper management such as the instructional coaches, some of the deans, and the director of special services are condescending, inexperienced, and lack appropriate social skills. Instructional coaches observe teachers multiple times a week and provide feedback based on the culture of the school rather than on actual teaching skills. During my time here, I observed many members of upper management speaking to staff members in an extremely unprofessional manner. If you have any kind of anxiety, then this is not a good environment for you. Many (including myself) had a rough experience here due to the rude things that were said to us and the manner in which we were spoken to. I do know that some have a good experience working here depending on your position. I personally found it difficult to sustain long term because there is very little work/life balance and hours are always longer than expected due to meetings and conferences both before and after school. My hours were usually 7:00am-5:00pm and sometimes longer depending on the day. This is not something I was told when I signed my contract. There is also a high turnover here and I noticed that when staff members left mid-year, they simply stretched other staff members very thin (without additional pay) in order to compensate.

The attrition rate is insane. This year alone I’ve witnessed at least 20 people quit the school 4 location. The director quit in the middle of the year because of the higher ups. They pretended that the school didn’t have issues before she got there. The coaches are NOT there to help. They are there to gossip and talk about their coachees. The pressure is real at this school. They need to create more jobs so that teachers can TEACH instead of worrying about unscripted calendars, behavior points, school wide meetings at 7 am, and how they’re going to get prep because someone is out from another grade. This place treats everyone like robots. Kids aren’t allowed to be kids. Adults aren’t treated like adults. Save yourselves people. Don’t do it.