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No leadership support or clear direction. Enrollment numbers are the top priority but retention is the biggest issue and it goes unaddressed. Clear discrepancies between the executive demographic and student population. This results in student/community needs not being factored into organizational goals and thus results in many of these goals being unrealistic and therefore unobtainable. If you are a person of color be prepared to experience varying levels of micro aggressions daily. 

Although many of the principals, members of the board, and the leadership team have school aged children and/or grandchildren-not one of these children are enrolled in the school. This is a clear indication that they do not stand behind the ideologies, or education that they are selling. 

If you are simply in the market for a paycheck- this institution will serve that purpose but you will be extremely underpaid. There is no job security. And the benefit package being offered is substandard to say the least. 

If you enjoy working for administrators who either have little to no real teaching experience or their only knowledge about high school comes from the time the spent as a high school student, then this is the place for you. However, if you prefer a organization that is truly student centered, where you are not encouraged to pass students no matter how badly they perform in your class or is more concerned with getting students in the seats than preparing them for college, then look elsewhere. This is in no way shape or form a professional outfit, especially when the website contains information about the school and its program which is both false and flat out deceiving. Overall, the teachers are overworked, stressed and working in an environment where you are robbed of the certainty of whether or not you'll have a job from one day to the next. This is no way to run any organization, much less a school!

Working at Integration Charter Schools has been a deeply disappointing experience. Despite promises of innovation and support for students, the reality is far different. The CEO lacks integrity, and upper management appears wholly unqualified to lead. Schools are chronically understaffed, leaving teachers and support staff burned out and performing the work of two to three people. Promised supports for students and staff routinely fall through, and the environment is driven by fear—employees often worry they could be fired at any moment. Morale is extremely low, and leadership seems either unaware or indifferent to the strain placed on its educators. This level of mismanagement and dysfunction demands investigation and accountability. For the sake of both students and staff, major leadership changes are urgently needed.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Benefit package and  the number of off days  employee. Practically you get get whole Xmas week, winter break and spring break off in addition regular 30 days off per the year.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Poor management, lesser wages and nepotism.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It depend how for you friendly with the upper management. The more you closer upper management there is higher higher opportunity you survive the employment.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Regular work day and it depend on what kind of job you do.

The Integration Charter Schools, located in Staten Island, New York, serves at "at promise" population of students with the goal of preparign them for college and career. Students are educated in an inclusive setting and the focus is integrating students with disabilities with general education students achieve at high levels.  The organization believes in diversity and equity and makes a concerted effort to hire African American and LatinX educators.  Most rare and most welcome is their "pathway program" that assists mentors without college degrees to work with students in a school setting and assists them enroll and fund a college education with the goal of a career in teaching.

ICS was a great organization that unfortunately went downhill within the last 2 years. Higher administration is completely naive to the environment within the schools, and turns a blind eye to the issues that teachers and administrators face. Turnover rate has significantly increased, and many excellent teachers have chosen to leave. Staff is wonderful, but teachers at ICS are expected to give 100% while their hands are tied - making the job impossible. Student behavior has significantly worsened, with no consequences or solutions from upper administration. Students can get away with pretty much anything and face a mere suspension as a result. 

ICS is in the midst of a transition over the last two years. The new energy is exciting and it feels like a great time to join and move upward as schools are growing and expanding. There is lots of room to innovate and create, as well as many smart, talented people who have experience to learn from. The hours are significantly more flexible/less demanding than most charter schools in the NYC area, and anyone who has been commuting to Brooklyn from Jersey would greatly benefit by cutting their traffic time in half and working here! I don't regret it!

Teachers are overworked, and held to high expectations. However, we work in a collaborative environment & work as together to get things done the best we can! Easy to climb the ladder here as well. The people who do their jobs get rewarded with more work without a proper discussion of how they feel about it. People who don’t do their job to admins expectation get rewarded with another adult in the room. Colleges create a very supportive environment, if you have a family this might be a place for you as they value work-life balance. 

It's rewarding to work with students in an integrated environment but it can also be really rough. It doesn't seem like there's enough support for the staff and students, everything is handled internally. For the students there are not many resources and outlets, which means it can be challenging with behaviors. The benefits are pretty average but they've been cutting back a lot. Not a bad place to start out if you're curious about getting into teaching.

Upper administrative management is oblivious and when you bring it up they act like it is fake news... The turnover rate is so bad .. Staff is leaving at an alarming rate and it is mostly because of a handful of people in management. 

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Mathematics teacher 3 salaries reported	$87,001 per year
Elementary school teacher 3 salaries reported	$88,123 per year

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