Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Reviews in Charlotte, NC Area

Current Employee – been working at Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Benefits are good. Allows you to make a difference.

Cons – Bureaucracy is an issue. Too much red tape and personal interest.

Advice to Senior Management – Empower employees to make decisions without so much red tape

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Summers off. Off by 2:30 unless you have meetings.

Cons – Low pay, challenging students, pressure for high test scores

Advice to Senior Management – School Administrators who support teachers make schools more successful.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools full-time for more than a year

Pros – The work environment is great and there is great team work that goes on here. Everyone is friendly for the most part. No drama just blue collar workers going to a goal.

Cons – The pay isnt where it should be for this type of work. IT people should not be associates with getting Gasoline readouts or inputting labor cards for workers. That should fall under payroll, not the Information Technology department.

Advice to Senior Management – Increase pay.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – I had a few very good students.

Cons – CMS just doesn't understand that discipline is their biggest problem. If the system worked on just this one issue, test scores would go way up. They just can't seem to hire principals that know how to turn a school around. I had six in 14 years and they all were ineffective.

Advice to Senior Management – Deal with the poor discipline and hire principals that will support the teachers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – You can make a difference in your student's lives.
If you have a good administrator, you might have a lot of freedom.

Cons – It is a big district with lots of turnover. They don't care much about individual employees.
There are a lot of micromanaging principals.
Everything is based on test scores.

Advice to Senior Management – Make decisions based on what is best for students. Keep working condition reasonable so you don't keep losing the best teachers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Guaranteed posistion, great benefits. Enjoyabale atmosphere

Cons – Hard to move up within the company

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Plenty of opportunity to grow as an educator. Professional Development is available if you want to continue developing as an educator.

Cons – Lots of paper work and headaches. The district is huge and there is a lot of micromanaging. Leadership is always changing.

Advice to Senior Management – Try not to micromanage as much

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools full-time for more than a year

Pros – Summers off, great city to live in

Cons – Too much paperwork, always working after hours, had to buy my own supplies, restrictions on field trip travel within the city limits. Crowded classrooms. Not always enough desks for each student the first week of class. Old textbooks. Not enough pay for the work performed.

Advice to Senior Management – Help out with costs of classroom supplies!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools full-time for more than a year

Pros – Winter break and summers off

Cons – My principal picked teachers off one by one. The turnover rate was incredible.The administration specifically targeted older teachers. Administration caved to the demands of parents. The graduation retention rate is a joke. Teachers were pressured to pass students who did not learn because the principal's bonus depended on it.

Advice to Senior Management – Make public shools about education.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools part-time for more than a year

Pros – Very well organized and efficiently run, knowledgeable staff, lots of outside activities for staff, high level of comraderie.

Cons – Not enough opportunities for advancement in my field.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company