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Tilden Preparatory reviews

2.7

35% would recommend to a friend

(64 total reviews)

Shary Nunan, Karen Hobbs

42% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

Tilden Preparatory has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 64 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Tilden Preparatory employee rating is 28% below average for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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64 reviews
1.0
Jan 25, 2022

A Regretful place to work

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Pros

Slightly above average pay, but not compared to cost of living.

Cons

Do not work here if you have any value for yourself. There are so many negatives with this job. Management is beyond horrific. Do you need anything? The answer is always no. Not feeling well, or need a day off? You get guilted that you are hurting your students and a bad person. They ride an extremely fine line between legal and illegal labor practices. If you question it, you are on the chopping block. There are barely any benefits, some of which can be taken away at a moment's notice. The teaching material provided is not up to date or simply nonexistent. If you ask for updating, they won't do it, but you still need to cover it. That means you are now left to make it yourself with no pay. There is zero room to grow. Once you hit the pay cap (most come in at the cap), you could work there for one year or 50; you will never see a raise. They have a teacher turnover rate of ~ 50% a year. Either you leave willingly, or they force you because you try and challenge them. I highly recommend avoiding Tilden preparatory at all costs.

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Tilden Preparatory Response
4y
We appreciate teacher reviews, however, we do want reviews to accurately reflect our program and compensation. We have always paid significantly more than comparable programs (you probably noticed–approximately 30% more). This is one of many ways to show how much we value our teachers. Tilden does have a ceiling to its salary range, but it raises the range regularly -- the range was raised in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and Tilden has promised to raise at least two more times in the next three years. In addition, all teachers receive an annual 3% raise up to the ceiling, so it's untrue that anyone has worked or will work at Tilden without having raises occur over a reasonable period of time. Our compensation benefits package is also higher than most comparable programs. It has only increased over the years, nothing has ever been taken away. We offer double the usable sick pay than what is required (including taking mental health days), vacation pay, and a significant contribution to health care for those teachers who give us 30 hours of availability. We are proud that during the pandemic we offered our staff an Employee Assistance Plan that included mental health benefits during a critical time and highly stressful time in education. We have curriculum and resources as required for our UC-approved and WASC accredited courses. Our administrative staff is second to none. We are proud to have an administrative staff who are fully invested in helping teachers be successful with Tilden students, and who are highly skilled and some of the kindest and most caring people in the world. If you ask administrators for anything–supplies, help with a student, etc, they are always eager to fulfill your request. The founders of Tilden both have Ph.D.'s in psychology with a specialty in child psychology. They started the school because they saw a need in the community. Both are still actively involved on a daily basis in preserving the mission of Tilden. We welcome prospective teachers to ask us any questions about day-to-day life at Tilden. We hope you consider a job with us, many teachers have told us that it is the best job they ever had!
2.0
Apr 3, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Working directly with students and making real progress is wonderful

Cons

Tyrannical school management leads to a culture of living in fear and sucking up to survive which is only masked by a high employee turnover rate

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Tilden Preparatory Response
4y
Thank you for your review. We agree that Tilden's mission to provide an engaging and individualized learning experience for students is the most important goal, and we hire both teachers and administrators whom we believe will most realize that goal. We also agree that teachers need stability and we have implemented a range of policies to meet that need. Tilden has a very standardized progressive discipline model that provides a great deal of support to help teachers be successful. It is extremely rare that Tilden ever ends a teacher's employment. We are sorry if this model wasn't a good fit for you.
1.0
Feb 26, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Easy work Some students are really great If you like light workload it’s nice

Cons

No set schedule so you don’t know how much you will make School is a business rather than a place for a good education You never talk or work with other teachers Not full time work

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Tilden Preparatory Response
4y
Thank you for your review. We don't hire a new teacher until all current teachers' schedules are full and more students are enrolling. New teacher applicants are welcome to email us at careers@tildenprep.com with any questions you might have about scheduling, hours, etc. and we can share detailed information from our data collection.
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