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Found 105 of over 105 reviews
47% Recommend to a Friend
79% Approve of CEO
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- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Has the most dedicated and inspiring set of kids, teachers and leaders!
Cons
The pace can be overwhelming.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Competitive salary to other charters
Cons
Need more flexibility for teachers.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Good pay, mostly friendly staff
Cons
Long hours, lots of expectations and work for teachers
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Building relationships with little humans and working to create impact for their needs.
Cons
Lack of accountability, Work/Life Balance, Harrassment
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
* Decent pay * Good PTO * Good Insurance *
Cons
* Horrible Work Environment/ Toxic did not appreciate teachers. We had racist people there. No Talented Hiring Process Sucks
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Teachers are given a lot of space to teach their way.
Cons
Very unorganized. Many of the higher ups are leaving. Use money to bribe people to stay.
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Kind People, Non-Profit and Mission-Driven, but can feel disorganized
May 9, 2022 - K-5 Teacher in Brooklyn, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
If you're mission-driven to search in a place that puts anti-racist principals, this is the place for you. They're very dedicated to having these conversations at the local and network level. There is also a TON of room for growth if you have the drive to get past some of the chaos that can go down.
Cons
Things can be a little bit disorganized, the leaders are overworked and sometimes tend to micromanage instead of loosen the burden although they're all very kind and open to talk. It's hard to feel like you're getting valuable feedback. The curriculum is strict and there's limited flexibility for teachers to stray from that.
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Trash of a school.
Jun 7, 2022 - Upper Elementary Math Teacher in Brooklyn, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Nothing at all. No pros. NOTHING.
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I’m speaking specifically to Empower Lower. First, the school is on the top floor, which means you have to walk up lots of stairs with no elevators. Second? TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT. I remember when I first got hired, the principal was consistently observing me—probably every other day. Like you don’t have nothing else to do? That’s ridiculous. He even had other teachers observe me. Mind you, I have YEARS of experience over my belt. He would always tell me to deal with certain things because that is what being a teacher comes with you. Sir bye. The students are absolutely off the rails and there is NO sense of disciplinary action. They disrespect teachers and other students and it was disgusting to see. The pay is horrible. Point blank period. The teachers there gossip about other teachers and there is no sense of a community. Long hours, 7:15 to 4:00. Not joking. I’m glad I ran from that school. Please don’t do it to yourself.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
smaller network than other charters
Cons
culture of feedback needs improvement
- Former Employee★★★★★
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Strong community among students and staff
Cons
Special education department, no student consequences,
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Explore Schools has an overall rating of 3.1 out of 5, based on over 105 reviews left anonymously by employees. 47% of employees would recommend working at Explore Schools to a friend and 48% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -11% over the last 12 months.
47% of Explore Schools employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Explore Schools 2.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Explore Schools to be diversity and inclusion, career development, benefits and the cons to be management, senior leadership, work life balance.
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