Noble Schools reviews

- Extremely demanding work load for teachers, much more so than any other schools. - Despite the heavier workload, teachers are paid significantly less than counterparts in CPS and other charter schools. The administration, however, are paid competitively or many times higher than average (multiple principals somehow earned $70,000 bonuses...no teacher at my school is paid anywhere near 70k). - While every school is different so this is not representative of all Noble schools, my Admin team was pretty far removed from the classroom. My principal NEVER goes in classrooms and hasn't been in mine in the two years I've worked here. - Special education teachers are sometimes not treated as 'real' teachers by admin (i.e. not invited to planning meetings, not on certain emails, etc.) - Not as many supports for students that are not college bound. - Again this may vary campus to campus, but there is a very punitive culture at my campus for teachers and students. For instance, if you are two minutes late to a meeting, you, the teacher, can be given a ding / mulligan which counts against your bonus at the end of the year. - Very different attitudes in the North Side and South Side campuses, often leaving the South Side ones at the short end of the stick.

The administrators. Shady dealings, arbitrary firings, talking down to staff, making huge school-wide changes without consulting the staff, consistently berating individual teachers at all staff-meetings if their kids didn't "grow" enough on the ACT (which the kids have to take 5-8 times per year), little to no experience in education, criticizing teachers for asking for help, "auditing rooms" and disciplining staff if a kid's shoes were so much as untied, playing favorites with staff...all were part of the "Noble experience" for this teacher.