Arlington Public Schools Reviews

Pros

Friendly staff, great workplace, and appreciative parents.

Cons

It is always draining working with kids, sometimes understaffed

Advice to Management

Pay your employees more, we are very overworked

Pros

High schools provide laptops for each student to use at home and inside school during the school year. Admin cares about the students, families, and teachers. Salaries are competitive for the region. School buildings are in fantastic condition.

Cons

Cost of living is high and teachers are not paid enough for housing within the area. HR department is difficult to speak with and delays with resolving issues. Commuter traffic is a nightmare for all suburbs of Washington, DC.; very common to encounter highly aggressive, obnoxious and impatient drivers.

Advice to Management

Raise salaries for all personnel (teachers, assistants, custodians) so they can afford to live within the area and prevent highly skilled staff from leaving the educational field.

Pros

easy work (depending on the assignments), choose your own schedule

Cons

low pay, not enough assignments, lacking management

Pros

-Flexible schedule--you can work consistently or as needed. I work as a freelance writer and subbing helps me to ensure that I have a job whenever I'm currently between writing gigs. -The Sub coordinator is really nice/helpful -Teachers can request you which I personally like -$15/h which can add up if you're teaching for all classes as often as possible

Cons

-The signup system is outdated. The times are not always correctly inputted so there are days when I'll arrive 2-3 hours earlier than I'm needed, which makes the front desk mad. They also give people who use the call system priority over those who sign up online which seems a little backward and again, outdated. -If a teacher requests you you're not informed. You have to check STAN every day so you don't have a surprise...

Advice to Management

-Talk to your front office people and remind them that subs are APS employees too -Update STAN. It's awful. -If a student has an IEP, tell your sub so they can help them accordingly.

Pros

The work each individual school does to support and educate the students of Arlington, VA is fantastic. Teachers truly have the goal of success for all the students they work to support. Even the majority of the school-based administrators have the best interest of students and their families in mind.

Cons

The support structure of APS limits the ability staff, teachers and administrators have to fully support their students needs. Specifically in Information Services Department where two people leading within that department are not willing to take accountability for their mistakes. This year (18-19) their mistakes resulted in over 7000 student devices, they are responsible for, to stop working. Minimal support and communication...

Advice to Management

Clean up the "leadership" in Information Services. They do not have the best interest of all students in their goals. APS and the families it serves deserves IS leadership who can accept responsibility and advocate for more positions to support the ever increasing amount of technology and devices in the hands of the students and teachers.

Pros

They pay their staff well

Cons

They do not treat staff well

Advice to Management

Stop pandering to deep pockets

Pros

Great teachers, administration, and use of technology

Cons

Focuses too much on test scores

Pros

Great work culture, smart and supportive colleagues, excellent pay and benefits.

Cons

none that I can think of.