Diocese of Oakland Reviews

Pros

Loved it! Worked here as a student teacher.

Cons

Low support for teacher growth

Pros

Lot's of great people work here..that care a lot about the students....

Cons

The Bishop and Archbishop are out of touch w/ reality....

Pros

Faith filled community work with great people.

Cons

Easy to overwork yourself in the name of God.

Pros

The diocese is getting better at listening to what we are interested in for PD and providing resources.

Cons

The pay scale is significantly lower in comparison to neighboring dioceses and class sizes can potentially be higher than 35 students, depending on the grade.

Pros

Working for a very stable organization

Cons

Not enough salary to live in the bay area

Pros

Fun, fast pace, great students and parents. I worked with well educated, caring colleagues. Very good work/life balance.

Cons

Doesn't pay as much as public schools.

Pros

Met a few nice people

Cons

Discriminatory, dysfunctional, inefficient, unethical, mismanaged and resistant to change. The diocese tends to hire friends, family and temps who lack the experience needed for the particular position. As a result, nothing gets done and money is spent bringing in consultants. For a non-profit that is supported by Catholics, it is a crime to witness so much waste and inefficiency.

Pros

Nice co-workers. If you believe in their values and can afford to make the low salaries, it is a decent place to work for.

Cons

The morality clause. The money. The retirement package. No protection - if one person doesn't like you, but the rest of the community does - they will fire you, even if you have worked there forever.

Pros

Really friendly people and great benefits package, and the offices are beautifully set by Lake Merritt and the Cathedral of Christ the Light in downtown Oakland

Cons

I have experience push back from co-workers and supervisors when trying to change processes to make things more efficient. The work culture feels a bit "do only what you're asked to do, no more, no less"

Pros

Students are very polite and respectful. Many of them care about their education. Facilities are top notch. Most parents are nice.

Cons

Work/life balance is nonexistant. The administrators set impossible to meet expectations that are unsustainable over the long term. No one else in the bay area requires teachers to write formal lesson plans for every class, everyday. Administrators are bullying certain faculty and staff to get them to resign. Pay is a joke for the amount of work expected of you. Health insurance is abysmal. They won't pay for birth control. Very few of the faculty and staff are happy with the direction the new admin is taking the school. Lots of turnover. 6 people resigned in 2 months under the new admin, so far.....