special education teacher

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Chester County Intermediate Unit

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing. Their compensation rate is horrible in comparison to their deductions for benefits and etc. - meaning the benefits aren’t worth the cost per pay and what you’re left with to take home is so far off of your gross pay you’ll need a 2nd job just to make ends meet unless you’re making “management money”. Their HR department is very dismissive. They put MONEY before moral when it comes to an employees needs and they do NOT support you if you go to them with concerns. If it doesn’t concern funds in their pocket, they don’t care. I would NEVER recommend as an employer. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The high demand in comparison to care regarding burn out. They’ll LET YOU burn out and then ask why you didn't try to do something to prevent it as if they weren’t the cause of it. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Not somewhere I recommend working if you aren’t applying to be some high level employee. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful with only 30 mins of a break in the day. Every other moment is required to be spent working. I’ve never worked a job that didn’t offer at least a 15 min break in addition to a 30 min lunch for an EIGHT hour work day.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The most rewarding aspect of my experience at CCIU was working closely with the children, observing their growth and development, and witnessing their enthusiasm for learning. Additionally, I valued the opportunity to build strong relationships with their families, fostering a supportive and engaging environment.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
As with any educational environment, some level of stress is inevitable.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It was a highly diverse environment, fostering inclusivity and collaboration among students, families, and staff.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
It was a preschool educational environment focused on early childhood development, fostering foundational learning and social-emotional growth.

First, everyone talks about EVERYONE. It doesn't matter what division you work in. It's unsettling and unprofessional when you're around it and when it happens to you. 

As an intern, you won't learn anything if you get a bad manager (tip: avoid the communications department). Interns are at the bottom of the ladder when it comes to basic accommodations, team building, and learning, which undermines the point of an internship. 

If you take your job seriously, do not enjoy talking for half of the day instead of accomplishing tasks, and have no desire to discuss inappropriate details about your personal life as a way of 'bonding' with your colleagues, you will be very unhappy here. 

Overall nice place to work, teacher payscale is great, as well as benefits packages. They also have specialists you can use as consultants for tricky cases. One downside is that they can move your placement based on the needs of the county vs. professional goals and desires, which can be frustrating. Additionally, depending on your caseload the workload can be very high, and when I asked what I should be expected to accomplish in the hours given, I was told (summarized) "you're salaried, not hourly." 

The pros outweigh the cons in my opinion, but keep in mind that you may need to be creative and set boundaries for the sake of balance in your life. 

Enjoyed six-week crash course on teaching. Obtained PA Certificate for Substitute Teaching, but only worked part time for about six months. Sub jobs I was interested in were unavailable for my 
schedule and amount of hours I preferred to work. (20 hrs/week).

Loved teaching at elementary level, but as a substitute did not get to interact with children as much as I would have liked.

Hardest part was obtaining more than one day last-minute jobs. 

As I am now volunteering regularly I find the workplace culture to be very collaborative and helpful, friendly; administration at school is very appreciative of my help.

All employees are expected to work long hours outside of work to handle oversized caseloads of students. No work-life balance at all. All are expected to give 200% to the job with not even a "thank you" or other positive acknowledgement. 
The hardest part of the job is working with management that is not supportive, yet is punitive when you don't know how to do a task. Numerous supervisors within the organization have no experience in the fields  they are supervising. This means they cannot answer questions their staff have because they have no experience and no idea how to handle situations that occur. The best part of the job is supportive coworkers.

This was a good company to work for,good benefits,relaxed environment,the people were very caring and friendly.The CCIU administrators were hands on when making our working as one team and making sure that all the employees were on the page and same lines of our communications with the teachers and the teachers assistants and classroom sides when accomplishing our goals and with the children and school class graduates.To assist and help them while they learn a lifelong skills and to developing communications skills and help them with on-the-job training so that they can as well as we have an equal opportunity and adaptive s dad ss

Worked for the IU for many years and placed in the West Chester school district. Loved the kids and job but unfortunately the counseling department was a bunch of caddy mean girls who continue to get away with their treatment of the kids and colleagues. We got a new director who ran to HR with everything twisting words and not offering support or having your back. The treatment programs are not being run how they’re supposed to and tons of cuts are being made at the expense of the kids. Loved my job but not with all the new upper management being put in and not supporting the kids or their mental health staff. 




I worked at a family service worker for two years and upon starting I was given little
To no training as the persons role I took over was starting in a new role within the CCIU. 

Management was very toxic and expect to be micromanaged and watched at all times. There is clearly favoritism here and it shows of who management values and who isn’t valued. 

I enjoyed the job but it wasn’t worth the stress and anxiety it caused me day to
Day to want to stay, my direct co workers were the only reason I stayed for as long as I did. 

IEP goals were monitored and assessed weekly, and Functional Behavior Assessments were completed to address specific behavioral challenges with students. Positive Behavior Support Plans were created to address target behaviors with students, and classroom wide Positive Behavior Incentives were used to continue to motivate students in the classroom. Students individual needs were constantly being evaluated, and their educational plans, whether their needs be more appropriate for a self-contained or an inclusive setting, were considered and planned with the rest of the IEP team and classroom teachers.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Special education teacher 1 salary reported	$42.00 per hour
Cafeteria worker 1 salary reported	$14.99 per hour
Instructional assistant 4 salaries reported	$18.80 per hour
School psychologist 11 salaries reported	$84,539 per year
Licensed practical nurse 1 salary reported	$23.68 per hour

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