KIPP New Jersey | Miami reviews

They don't believe in truancy or implement any attendance policy, so student attendance is very poor. They do not abide by many of the basic state guidelines for school operation. Teachers are forced to give passing grades whether a student did the work or not. Students are passed on without meeting minimum attendance or grade requirements. Students are often put out on long-term suspension (30-90 days) for infractions that would receive a 10 day suspension in other schools. Teachers are often injured breaking up fights because hiring security is not in the budget. Poor communication between school staff. Poor communication parents and poor student engagement. Poor staff retention. Women of color are often given unrealistic expectations with 0 training or guidance to set them up to fail.

Very disorganized. They’re more worried about foolish meetings, starting new initiatives every other month, and sending out emails that the real work necessary for the children is not being done. KIPP Miami opened 3 schools in Florida without developing a curriculum geared towards the students in the Florida schools, nor one that targets what students will be tested on for the FSA exams. They tried to copy and paste the New Jersey curriculum and that was a fail so they then tried to get teachers to build a curriculum on their own. No true disciplinary structures, so kids are not held accountable since there are no consequences. Good luck behavior managing if you’re a new teacher. You’ll have to stick it out through a year or two of disrespect before the children respect you and you can get through a lesson, at least this is for the middle school kids. They treat the school like trash. The classrooms are dirty. The floors got waxxed in maybe 3 of the classrooms, once, literally one time all year. And we were in person from October to June. Yet, they wouldn’t open the the water fountains for the children because of covid. BS! Your leadership team will be phoney because they tapped danced their way into their role and now they must continue their performance to keep their check. They messed up their finances so you’ll have to come out of pocket for materials and wait a month to be reimbursed. Don’t question, don’t try to offer suggestions, don’t in anyway try to shake the already shakey table or you will be a target.