education assistant

nutrition services

head custodian

elementary school teacher

substitute teacher

Robbinsdale Area Schools

My typical work day starts with double-checking that I have all the tools and technology that I will need for today's lesson.  I then check emails for information that I will need to communicate to my students or that will help me manage my class.  I supervise hallways before, school, between classes, and after school.  I teach five sections of U.S. History to 7th graders.  I have 1-2 prep periods a day, which I use to create lessons, produce assessments, grade assessments, and make phone calls/send emails to parents re: student behavior (academic or social).  I serve as the sports equipment manager, responsible for ordering equipment needed for all sports offered, and managing said equipment (dispersing and re-collection of uniforms, balls, etc.).  I meet with different groups 2-3 days a week before school (department teachers, grade level teachers, and staff as a whole).

If you pay attention to the news at all, you know this district is going down fast. Was my first job out of college and I had high hopes. Loved the students, the teachers I worked with were fantastic and so incredibly supportive, it was the higher ups/admin that I had issue with. Many were fine, few were actually good, and most just were there to collect a pay check it felt like. They didn't do the work that our building needed and we suffered for it. I often was tasked with doing more than was reasonable, ESPECIALLY as a new teacher. They will straight up just tell you what to do and then throw you to the wolves a lot of the time. I was lucky to find a few trusted veterans who helped me navigate the insanity, but I can't say everyone had the same experience. Overall, decent, but look for other options first. 

I have floated through different schools in the Robbinsdale district ranging from elementary to high school. I recently got done with a long term substitute job at a high school that was especially great. The support staff was incredibly helpful and made my time there great. I also found time to balance lesson planning as well as grading papers and never felt too overwhelmed. I feel I learned classroom management skills and practice that will better prepare me for having my own classroom.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The district was a great place to work when I was there, but from what I hear, I don’t think I’d like it now.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Some students’ behavior and lack of central office support. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I liked my colleagues; they were wonderful people, but the staff needed more diversity. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I’m not there now, but when I was I taught all day.

On a typical day, I would see 2-4 families at their home . We would discuss strategies and work on what the family felt was a priority.  Work culture was difficult and petty.  Hardest part of the job was working with primarily women.  Most enjoyable part was seeing success with families and their children that have been identified as having a developmental delay.  Expectations extremely high with little or no guidance  and lack of leadership.

Good vision, excellent PLC work.  Difficult working conditions with little assistance.  The district is headed in the right direction but, because of a ten million dollar deficit, plans to cut back on things like staffing.  This will be very difficult to deal with since it feels like the school I am at is understaffed already.

Staff are great to work with, they're willing to collaborate and work together to meet the needs of students. District level administrators are unavailable and out of touch of actual needs of the students and staff. Health services in particular needs a more collaborative administrator-especially when their background is not in health services. 

I worked above the call of duties I knew my job did a great job got along with  cowork very well interacted with the staff and kids work overtime when need what ever it taking to do the job making sure the job was done and the building was ready for service and clean most importantly for the kids

My supervisor at RDALE during my time as a student tech was the type of person you would want to talk to outside of work. Very understanding of circumstances and deadline. Made the workload manageable by giving us a rough timeline of future and current tasks.

Robbinsdale Cooper is full of teachers and staff who care deeply and are very supportive. As a teacher, I've had opportunities to design curriculum that I would not expect at many schools, and had plenty of support to back me up! However, the schools are underfunded, class sizes keep growing, and teachers are worked to the bone.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Education assistant 25 salaries reported	$22.67 per hour
Nutrition services 41 salaries reported	$20.96 per hour
Head custodian 16 salaries reported	$30.20 per hour
Elementary school teacher 4 salaries reported	$22.30 per hour
Substitute teacher 23 salaries reported	$254 per day

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