3rd Grade Teacher - Anonymous employee Houston ISD Employee Review

2.0
Apr 22, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Extensive professional development opportunities, competitive pay and benefits, job mobility and opportunities to move up and into school leadership roles.

Cons

Because of the amount of pressure from Administration, the workload as a teacher is near impossible to complete during the week. There is little regard for work-life balance and this creates an extremely resentful workplace environment. Since jobs in administration can be acquired rather easily, principals and AP's are often not qualified to be leaders on their campuses.

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