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Don't do it - Teacher KIPP SoCal Public Schools Employee Review

1.0
Jul 14, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Above average pay and benefits Working with most students is fun

Cons

Cons 1) Overall: If you are a man this org is not for you. I have never worked in such a toxic work environment. 2) Work environment: All 3 new Black employees this year are quitting, and multiple male employees have complained to admin about gender discrimination. The CEO and exec board spend money on quarterly corporate events to get people to forget about the overwork and low salaries. You are paid below LAUSD, work longer hours, and are assigned tasks that would be multiple jobs in a public school district (lunch duty, arrivals and departures, weekly presentations, etc.). Feedback is not anonymous and they don't tell you when they are evaluating you (i.e., they could say they're coming to assist with a disruptive student but write down notes saying you can't run your classroom). 3) Curriculum: stale, not culturally relevant. Everything is tied to tests and they don't let you innovate. 4) Gender equity: There is favoritism for girls over boys. Boys are sent home/yelled at for cussing at teachers, but girls can do the same and more without anything happening to them.

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1.0
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Pros

While they did have access to a lot of materials, they never seem to have access to the right materials. I was able to develop programs and get resources my students needed.

Cons

Terrible administration with no experience, terrible budgeting, terrible managing other teachers, refused many times to get supplies. Students needed refused work, brakes or lunch breaks, never offered support known for not having a lot of returning teachers because of the culture and climate, focused heavily on teachers being compliant to them not to the students, was worried more about having power over teachers by inflicting. Long days. Lots of deliverables and a lot of busy work that benefit of upper management or management way more than it ever benefited students or teachers. Seem to support more management than they ever did Parents or teachers or students

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