New York City Department of Education Reviews | Glassdoor
New York City Department of Education Reviews
Companies
  • Jobs
  • Companies
  • Salaries
  • Interviews

    New York City Department of Education Reviews

    Updated November 10, 2018
    1,535 reviews

    Filter

    Filter

    Full-timePart-time
    3.5
    StarStarStarStarStar
    Rating TrendsRating Trends
    Recommend to a friend
    Approve of CEO
    (no image)
    Carmen Farina
    457 Ratings

    1,535 Employee Reviews

    Sort: PopularRatingDate
    Pros

    • "Great benefits; ability to build good collaborative relationships with colleagues; feel like you are making an impact on students' lives" (in 84 reviews)

    • "Working with kids, always interesting" (in 32 reviews)

    Cons
    More Pros and Cons

    1. Helpful (1)

      "Not easy work, but not to difficult nether."

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - School Aide in Ozone Park, NY
      Current Employee - School Aide in Ozone Park, NY
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at New York City Department of Education full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Plenty of vacation time plus paid summers off!

      Cons

      Working with children in not easy.

      Advice to Management

      Administrators need to make sure that the staff is doing what was agreed upon during staff meetings and do pop ups to see how things are running.

    2. Helpful (1)

      "Harassment and Work Place Abuses Rampant"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Teacher in New York, NY
      Former Employee - Teacher in New York, NY
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at New York City Department of Education full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      - Working with youth
      - Being a positive role model for the future of our communities
      - Opportunities for leadership within the classroom and the community you serve
      - Many opportunities to learn through professional development opportunities around the city
      - Worthy values and goals you could stand behind and be happy to come to work to every day to contribute to.

      Cons

      - Overworked and spread extremely thin
      - If you become a target for the administration for whatever reason no matter how unjustified, working for the DOE will become an absolute nightmare. You will find very limited support from colleagues or the union.
      - Administrators have unchecked power over evaluations which they readily weaponize if they do not like you.
      - As mentioned above, the DOE has worthy values and goals, but the systems in place often contradict those worthy goals and values and too often work against them.
      - Everything you will encounter via the administrative and evaluation processes at the DOE has very little to do with supporting educators to grow as professionals and support student's academic success and a lot more to do with a bunch of bureaucrats and career administrators (some of which have never taught a day in their life) covering their own behinds.

      Advice to Management

      UFT needs to actually protect their early career teachers. If you have tenure, you are protected. If you are not, you are left to the wolves. This is unacceptable.

      DOE leadership needs to address the contradictions that exist between the worthy goals you wish to achieve and the systems you have in place to support them. Case in point differentiation in the classroom is a worthy initiative but to expect one teacher to individualize content for 90+ students without the proper technological infrastructure and professional support (beyond the lip service paid at PDs) is just ludicrous. Also, differentiation in the classroom makes little sense without differentiation in state testing. The one size fits all standardized tests goes against the core intention and spirit of the differentiation pedagogical approach. You either support differentiation in the classroom or you don't.

      3. Join the New York City Department of Education team
      See Our Latest Jobs

    3. "Teacher in NYC DOE"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Teacher
      Former Employee - Teacher

      I worked at New York City Department of Education full-time

      Pros

      Good pay, good job security, good growth

      Cons

      Work overload, very stressful

    4. "Stressful"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Substitute Teacher in Brooklyn, NY
      Current Employee - Substitute Teacher in Brooklyn, NY
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at New York City Department of Education part-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Easy work
      Good pay for what little you sometimes do

      Cons

      Disrespect depending on the school
      Inconsistency
      Stressful
      Teachers treating you like you are invisible
      No insurance

      Advice to Management

      Encourage and insist your school respects subs and find a way to support those who are in school

    5. Helpful (1)

      "School Secretary"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - School Secretary in New York, NY
      Current Employee - School Secretary in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at New York City Department of Education full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Great benefits, including health and time off (all recognized federal and city holiday observations, Christmas break, winter recess, spring break and summers). Pay is competitive and resources are available depending on location.

      Cons

      Limited staffing in title with enormous duties

    6. Helpful (1)

      "Not a place for self improvement"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Community Associate in New York, NY
      Current Employee - Community Associate in New York, NY
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at New York City Department of Education full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      The city benefits, vacation days and job stability

      Cons

      Management, staffing choices, limited and mismanagement of resources

      Advice to Management

      Communicate clearly and effectively

    7. Helpful (2)

      "Acct Excecutive"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at New York City Department of Education full-time

      Pros

      Flexible hours and paid holidays off

      Cons

      No comes right now as I have been there a short while

    8. "Education Administration"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at New York City Department of Education full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Benefits are very good for contract workers

      Cons

      Contract workers are underpaid compared to salaried

      Advice to Management

      pay more

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Blah"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in New York, NY
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in New York, NY

      I have been working at New York City Department of Education full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      II have nothing nice to say

      Cons

      Friends and family give each other better positions... it's not what you know, but who you know.

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Paraprofessional"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at New York City Department of Education full-time

      Pros

      Time with your children

      Cons

      A lot of work

    Showing 1,535 of 1,620 reviews
    Reset Filters