Pros
1. Salary is higher than most public, private, or charter schools 2. Coaching - If you come in with an open mind (I am a veteran teacher) and willing to learn "their" way you will pick up on different techniques and strategies and incorporate it with your own style.
Cons
1. Management is not structured properly. Originally began the school year with four schools under one school locator ID. Next year, two of the schools will be incorporated into the other two schools. 2. Micro-managing. Everything that you do is micro-managed from an erasable sheet outside your door so students can see what teaching skill you are trying to improve on (super unprofessional and ridiculous). 3. Coaches will give you immediate feedback in front of your students. This is unprofessional, embarrassing, and not what coaches should be doing. 4. Complete lack of discipline. Behaviors and incidents that would not be tolerated in 99% of public, private, and charter schools are tolerated or are minimally addressed. I have had students curse me out - a first in over a decade of teaching - and no disciplinary issues. 5. Misled. The marketing team deserves a raise. They present KIPP Miami as a revolutionary school that will change and impact the local community, but this is an alternative school full of issues ranging from managment to the classroom.