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A typical day at work is coming in at 8 am saying Hi to the Director and other staff while you join your group, filled with staying with your group of kids almost the whole day with some breaks here and there. I learned a lot about dealing with much younger kids as with somewhat "Problem Children" as well it opened my eyes that every child is different and may require different ways to deal with and understand the child. I absolutely loved my co workers who would even comfort me when some of the management was not making the "best" decisions on some situations. The management is a little strange most of it consists of very capable people who are very down to earth and respect people who know how to do their job while there are few who are very controlling. Honestly the hardest part of the job is saying goodbye to your kids on Friday afternoon while the best part is to see them come running towards you with love on Monday morning making your job feel a lot less stressful.

When I started working here I really enjoyed my experience. There are some really amazing people that work here. However, the lack of transparency from admin becomes more and more frustrating over time. They ask for feedback but never listen to what employees have to say. They ask for contributions to the community, but never accept anything that isn't what they have already done in the past. There are a lot of promises they give you, but very little follow through. It's not the worst school i've ever worked at, but it is far from the best.

Management and departments are very clique-y and while they can be nice, it does create a feeling of exclusion towards others and makes it harder to trust others and even supervisors. There is poor management leading to everyone being overworked and burnt out and the blame is ultimately placed on team members rather than management. No such thing as work life balance since expectations are to be glued to emails after hours and on the weekends. 

Overall, not an environment or experience I would recommend for anyone. 

Terrific people and lots of support for new teachers. It is important to work hard, but if you care about students and work collaboratively with other faculty and administrators, you will do well and enjoy every day. Great school trip opportunities. Fantastic heads of school and chancellor and vice chancellor, who are all educators, incredibly smart, and have built a school that is successful with campuses all over the world and an online middle and high school.

Management is cruel; doesn't pay attention to how hoard the faculty/staff work (and people work really hard!) 
Management is suspicious of workers no matter how hard they work. 
Lunch is worst private school lunch in the city and offers no drink (not even water) for faculty/staff.
Summers are supposed to be vacation but the professional "development" continues so time off is limited.
The school is tiny and crowded and many staff/faculty have no desk or place to hang a coat.

Management is absolutely terrible and have no clue what they are doing. Counselors are the life blood of the camps as they are the ones that structure the entire summer as in day to day activity minus the trips. Co-Workers were a delight to work with as they as saw what was really holding the camp back: THE CAMP DIRECTOR!!!!

There was a lot of turnover of faculty in this school. It was also my first actual teaching job, so I feel I could have used a little more guidance. The director of our department had been hired at the same time and she was a former district attorney who decided to become a reading specialist. She was not a very effective director.

Under the old management you were expected to do you job and be helpful to your co workers /New managers were disrespectful did not respect you if you ask questions just wanted you to loyal like a pet 

Dwight School is a true International institution.
All the co-workers are very intelligent and educated people.
The most enjoyable is to see the progress and success of your students.For the performing arts the hardest part is always the long hours,but it all pays off when you are happy with the results!

The Dwight School is a great place to work, it’s a very busy school and a growing school every year. The day starts with making sure the school is clean after lunch time, doing security around the grounds of the school, then doing setup for function like dinner parties etc and then a all round clean up at the end of the day for school the next day.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Preschool teacher 4 salaries reported	$25.00 per hour
Bus driver 6 salaries reported	$25.00 per hour
Camp counselor 8 salaries reported	$22.75 per hour
School teacher 11 salaries reported	$89,545 per year
Swim instructor 4 salaries reported	$24.00 per hour

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