Pros
-This school has amazing students and families to work with. -There are a FEW teachers at this school that are just phenomenal... -There are themed days at school, a winter concert, holiday dinner, school picnics, teacher appreciation week, and a variety of summer activities. -School funding is excellent, you won't have to pay out of pocket for school supplies for your classroom. -Time-off is usually granted fairly (number of days for PAID time off is very limited). -A lots of recent updates such as security, playground equipment, and freshly painted hallways. -Overall school appearance is very nice.
Cons
-A few strong lead teachers cannot carry the weight of an entire school. -There is close to ZERO planning time for curriculum and teacher-family meetings. -Assistant teachers were often sitting down when they could have been helping with a number of things in the classrooms. Lead teachers often felt like they had to tell them what to do instead of taking their own initiative. -Several teachers: both lead and assistant, pull out their phones during the day instead of interacting with students or properly monitoring the room during rest time. -There are HUGE PROBLEMS with understaffing and quick turn over rates... led to some teachers staying late or missing personal engagements because they had to stay at work longer. -There are HUGE PROBLEMS with out-of-ratio classrooms sporadically throughout the day. This is against the law. -Two directors and one assistant director have come and gone in less than two years... -HUGE PROBLEMS with gossiping and passive aggressive actions among the teachers. -Biggest Con: THE PAY IS AWFUL! Tuition to Tutor Time schools is quite pricey for the consumer! Where is all of this money going? To unneeded school upgrades? Wasteful budgeting of school supplies? The CEO's wallet? It's a shame. Better pay would help the morale of the few good teachers that the school *may* still have.
