NYC Teaching Fellows Reviews

Pros

Free Master's Degree and Great Students

Cons

Low Pay and High Turnover

Pros

Can start working at a teacher from the start, don't have to wait to finish Education Masters

Cons

Hi stress because of teaching and grad school workloads combined

Pros

-it's a quick route to teaching in the NYC public school system. -your masters in Education gets subsidized heavily. -you meet a lot of great people who are passionate about the field.

Cons

-long days -low stipend -constant pressure during the training period

Pros

The children. Cohort friendships, support and networking.

Cons

Very poorly managed program. Grad school classes are not very relevant or helpful. Coaches, Lead instructors can be absolutely fake and horrible. The way they treat some fellows is just sad and pathetic. Sure, they are well educated and have lots of experience but they have no idea how to be a decent human being. No support, you have to figure out a lot on your own. It helps if you have at least some experience before...

Advice to Management

Revamp this program. It makes no sense to teach fellows about empathy and respect all day, yet the staff won't lead by example. Many fellows will probably agree that it is the staff (coaches, TADs and Lead instructors) who make this program much more frustrating than it needs to be. Therefore, train them to act like coaches and not bullies.

Pros

Nothing at all. Cohort relationships that is about it.

Cons

Long days sleepless nights little pay lack of preparation pointless extra work terrible coaches who constantly complain about not wanting to be a coach placed in the worst schools possible, no support

Pros

The mission is great. It is unfortunate that they don't accomplish that mission.

Cons

The organization overhires people in order to ensure that all positions are filled. In the event that there not attrition to reduce the number of applicants by summer's end, they get rid of some of their qualified fellows, who by then have invested time, money, and energy into the program. The org should be shut down by its funders.

Pros

Feee tuition solid pay

Cons

Long hours, PST hard

Pros

You get a subsidized master's degree, but you still have to pay for some of it. You get a teaching job simultaneity while getting your master's.

Cons

For me, I was NOT provided with a curriculum or books. I was expected to get my students to pass the regents exams they failed. They were ESL students, and I had NO knowledge of which exams they failed. How are we supposed to teach these students when given impossible scenarios? Not ok! PROVIDE TEACHERS WITH CURRICULUM AND BOOKS. GOD IT'S NOT THAT HARD.

Advice to Management

Get your crap together.