Uncommon Schools Reviews
Updated Aug 7, 2022
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "No autonomy for experienced teachers, one size fits all philosophy for students, long hours" (in 23 reviews)
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- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★Featured Review
10 Years in and still Exciting Place to part of.
May 3, 2022 - Office ManagerRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Amazing Team, Staff and teachers. So much growth in the time, I have been part of Roxbury Prep. From my children getting the best of education from teachers who are always 100% invested.
Cons
Long School Days, can sometimes be a bit demanding.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Challanging, But Rewarding
May 28, 2022 - Phys Executive Director TeacherRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Staff are extremely encouraging and supportive!
Cons
There is a LOT of work that is expected from everybody.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Teaching Middle School
Aug 7, 2022 - Social Studies Teacher, Middle School in Brooklyn, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
12 weeks of paid vacation, great benefits, coaching around instruction and classroom management, ability to form meaningful relationships with staff and learning partnerships with students and their families
Cons
Demanding schedule and very few resources allocated to respond to the realities of teaching in a pandemic
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great pay Structure College ready
Cons
Strict Work life balance Prepping
- Current Employee★★★★★
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Excellent teacher support & wonderful students
Cons
Longer school day for teachers
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Uncommon pays teachers slightly higher than other charters in the area, and there are more possibilities to move up
Cons
Long work hours and work/life balance is a struggle
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Kids are great, fun to work with
Cons
Lots of micromanaging from admin. Long work days and not much of a work/life balance
- Former Employee★★★★★
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Teacher development Clear pipeline for leaders
Cons
Overworked and underpaid Working 12 hour days
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Do it for the kids
Cons
Horrible schedule and toxic environment
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
For the love of the kids
Jul 8, 2022 - Dean of Students in Brooklyn, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Beautiful work environment, big budget for projects, lovable students.
Cons
kool-aid drinking leaderships. nepotism at every level. No accountability by leadership. Pretends to be about social-emotional learning, still very much school to prison pipeline. Inexperienced teachers who blame students.
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Uncommon Schools Reviews FAQs
Uncommon Schools has an overall rating of 3.1 out of 5, based on over 750 reviews left anonymously by employees. 51% of employees would recommend working at Uncommon Schools to a friend and 54% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
51% of Uncommon Schools employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Uncommon Schools 2.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Uncommon Schools to be benefits, coworkers, career development and the cons to be management, senior leadership, culture.
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