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Noble teachers are expected to put in long hours and do whatever it takes to get their students to college. Many Noble students are low-income, most of them are minority students who will be first generation college students. Despite being open since 1999, there is not codified curriculum or lessons so teachers spend inordinate amounts of time planning and creating lessons from scratch. Policies change each year and there is high turnover among teachers and other staff. Unlike many traditional Chicago Public Schools, Noble School buildings are modern, air conditioned and in working order. Teachers and staff are issued lap tops and classrooms are equipped with projectors and document cameras. Paper is supplied for copies and copiers are usually working. While the discipline code is very strict, it ensures that students are quiet and listening and able to learn during lessons.

People get stuck at Noble.
They pay well and they'll pay for education programs, but then they trap you for a certain number of years after. It's also to find a teaching position that will pay this well outside of CPS. The downside is, the network runs like a corporation and does not care for their students or staff. Prepared to be gaslit constantly and be surrounded by toxic positivity from admin while getting constantly screwed over. Student behavior isn't properly dealt with and students will get worse throughout the year when they see the lack of follow through and consequences. It isn't a safe environment either, I was always worried about my safety and the safety of staff and students. They will also use mediations even when it's a serious safety concern. This is not how mediations are supposed to be used at all.
Positive reviews are likely from the past when discipline was strong or from those who aren't in the classroom or school buildings.

The Noble Network is a great network of schools full of some of the top teachers from all over the US. 

The Network is very different from a traditional high school, and from an employee standpoint, it is run much more like an efficient business. Teachers come first, the administration will always have your back and you are given an environment to do your best teaching in. The school has a great culture throughout, and in turn, you can focus on doing the best teaching you can.

The school is very focused around collaboration and in turn spends ample time working on teamwork and in giving their teachers plenty of PD opportunities. 

The school also has a big focus on results, and in turn, can be overwhelming to some and will require a significant amount of work.  However, it is because of this that Noble is to have the highest performing nonselective high schools in the city of Chicago.

If you want to push yourself to be a better teacher and truly think through the purpose of your curriculum, Noble is a great place to work. You will be provided with feedback and professional development to truly consider your teaching methods and whether or not they best serve your students. You will also learn how to use data to inform your instruction. Noble has also recently changed policies to reflect their desire to grow in areas of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. They have begun providing avenues to learn how to recognize cultural barriers between ourselves, our colleagues, our students, and their families in order to ensure that our practices are more restorative rather than assumptive. This is a place where I have grown so much as an educator.

Noble offers a competitive salary to CPS. While you will earn slightly less than CPS, the pay exceeds other charters and private schools in the area.  Teachers can join CTPF and Noble makes sizable contributions on the employees’ behalf.  The downside is there is little collaboration between campuses, so culture can vary greatly between schools and teachers often end up building curriculum over and over again from the ground up. The network just started developing standard curriculum for English, Math, and History, but there are still kinks. Lastly, the network is definitely top heavy. I wish more money and resources were tied to providing quality facilities across the network, smaller class sizes, and more teachers. As with all schools, the post-pandemic culture in some schools has made the working environment more stressful and less safe.

Review of Noble Street Charter Prep Campus:

The co-workers are superb - every teacher here would be the super star at an average school. I came here specifically to work on my own classroom teaching, and the instructional coaches visit my classroom and debrief with me weekly without impacting a performance review. This makes me WANT to invite them to any classes I'm having issues with in order to make learning better for the students. Outstanding.

The administration is kind, approachable, and very fair. One admin summed up how teachers and admins differ here: "we are doing equally important jobs, both trying to have the best outcomes for students." As far as I have seen, they live this, and I really feel their support in my classroom.

While the demands on your time are huge, they are always made with the students in mind.

Also, free Crossfit in the building twice per week that a mixed staff attends! Convenient to attend and great fun!

The leadership at this school (UICCP) is phenomenal - can't be beat. They have a masterful strategic plan that is at the forefront of everyone's minds when making decisions. 

There is a LOT of room for leadership and advancement. It's almost guaranteed that if you want a leadership role, then after two years there will be something for you. Sometimes it can happen after just one year and I've seen people in leadership (department chair, etc) in their first year. 

The teaching environment is phenomenal because of the Noble system of discipline. If you care about teaching your content well, you can do that at UICCP. 

Probably the best part about the job, though, is the impact you have as an advisor. When my advisees graduated, I knew that I had accomplished what I set out to do: make a life-changing impact on young people to help them make a positive, multi-generational change.

I started working at Noble at the start of this school year. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here and appreciate coming to work each day. The days are long. At my campus, we report at 7:30 and leave around 5 after office hours are complete. But, I find that I maintained similar hours at my last teaching job voluntarily. The pay here is excellent in comparison to other teaching jobs and you have the opportunity to earn a bonus which is unheard of in this profession. I like that all teachers and adults in the building are working toward a common goal: getting our kids into top-notch colleges. You will also love that there is no bureaucracy here at the Network level. Changes can happen really quickly and they often do happen as the result of teacher feedback. I would definitely recommend working here

Noble is an organization that gives teachers the tools to succeed. However, you will have to commit a lot of your time beyond 40 hours a week.  Each campus has their unique culture that you can fit into. The hardest part of the job is the extra work that you have to do that goes beyond teaching such as having an advisory, special programs and events you have to plan, and constant items due. Noble has high expectations and high support, but the high stakes testing can be stressful when students don't met certain benchmarks. I really enjoy the students, network collaboration, and the endless supply of paper and supplies I don't have to pay for. With proper planning before the school year begins, this is a great organization to work for.

I met and worked with many incredible individuals at Noble Schools throughout my eight years there. However, teacher expertise and teacher work time were consistently undervalued and frankly, disrespected. Very few instructional coaches had the classroom experience and/or expertise from an advanced degree to coach teachers effectively in their content or practice. In my last year at Noble, student and staff safety was compromised on numerous occasions and student behavior was not dealt with appropriately. The schools only prioritize SAT scores and GPA- many campuses lack any music and art programming. It is common for students to only have 2-3 electives throughout their entire academic career at a Noble school. Their actions and policies to not align with being a "people first" organization. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Teacher 10 salaries reported	$72,438 per year
High school teacher 6 salaries reported	$68,917 per year
Dean 11 salaries reported	$88,364 per year
Special education teacher 5 salaries reported	$72,275 per year
Learning specialist 4 salaries reported	$71,000 per year

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