Houston ISD reviews

PUA schools salary for teacher is way less than NES school. You get evaluated constantly (weekly or in some cases daily) and scores can vary substantially as appraiser may not be calibrated. MRS coaching is supposed to be in the moment, but you may have a Tier 2 that is not even certified who'll ask you to stay after school and not coach you in the moment. Experience and novice teachers have been leaving throughout the year and school may not hire a teacher for them. You may start with an amount of students and schedule, but that changes when a teacher leaves and school administration spread classes from the teacher who left. Multiple lesson plans to prepare, and the district may not give you the lessons, so you have to create them in your planning time. They also want you do prepare power points for all your classes, handouts, quizzes daily in all your classes. School runs out of paper and toner. You cannot display students' work in the wall. You may have even receive a bonus last year, but the score are so low that they may put you for non-hiring and you'll never be able to come back to the district. Evaluations change constantly; at the beginning the top score was 15 and they changed that to 18... so your score would definitely put you in a category that will pay you less. District is out of money but pay management a hefty amount. Teacher salary is pending on proper administration. District is struggling with money, students are leaving the district.

The pace and volume of work can be intense. Campus-level leaders shoulder a lot — coaching cycles, discipline, compliance, testing, parent communication, and operational demands all stacked together. Expectations shift quickly, and navigating new district directives requires adaptability and stamina. Work-life balance can be difficult to maintain during testing seasons, audits, and district rollouts. Communication from central office can occasionally feel inconsistent, and middle-management support varies by campus.