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SUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS

The school system is ran like a business and does not care about their employees at all. This place burns teachers out like other charter schools and just passes kids without any rigor. A student could do one project a year and pass a class, how are they learning anything by doing that? Any who, severely under compensated for the area, leadership is extremely toxic and consistently against their own workers, and employees only get a 15 min lunch break, how is that even legal??? I caution you from working here for any reason. Students and coworkers were a joy and that was the only reason why I stayed, but I became too stressed with the toxic leadership and all of nothing attitude without compromising at all. A change of leadership is needed because a school system is meant to be inclusive, supportive, and a place where students and faculty feel safe and this is not that place. 

While the staff and students at Summit are amazing, the school system does not promote a healthy work-life balance for its employees. The teachers pour their hearts out into their roles but do not receive adequate support from administration and the home office. Even though its leaders continue to preach that creating a sustainable environment is one of their top priorities, nearly a third of the teaching staff did not left their roles from SY17-18 TO SY18-19. Retention, low pay, lack of experienced and effective leadership are all huge issues at Summit. Also, the CEO's pay for the next SY is going up to $500,000; meanwhile, a starting teacher only earns roughly $50,000.

The work was very entry level. The job did not allow for a lot of growth and required too much travel to different parts of the Bay Area. Mileage was not paid yet we were expected to drive around. Compensation was extremely low for the amount of busy work that we were expected to do. Schedule and locations changed too much and there was too much confusion as to where I needed to be. During the interview process, the duties and responsibilities of the role were glamorized to make one believe that they would be doing higher up work than was expected. The job is purely an assistant job where we did whatever the other people didn't want to do. Very disappointed with the job.

Bare bones compensation + benefits. Mediocre retirement package. Forced to go camping in the woods as a team building activity. Often hired folks to work on a project. Then get rid of them after project complete under the guise reorganizing. No opportunity for advancement. As an Org, I think the mentality is on constant change, so things and teams and projects are constantly being reorganized and restructured. As a result, employees don't have much occasion to grow with the organization. Culture places high value on Ivy League degrees and youth. If you've got one or both going for you, well you should be golden. Otherwise, I wouldn't recommend it.

Before the schools worked with the corporate entity it was very focus on student success sadly this is no longer the case currently. A typical day will include fixing broken toys. I learned to be more flexible with student expectation on technology. Management culture will depend on the emotional stability of the day. We wait till issues arise then treat it as it comes. Hardest of the job is waiting till the problem comes then fix the issue even though you can at times see it coming. Management does not welcome a solution before a problem shows up.

While the school community was a great I did not enjoy working for SPS. Teachers have no flexibility on the curriculum or what is graded or not. You are more of a robot following a curriculum. Teachers are overworked. You do not get a guaranteed prep every day unlike most of the charter schools in the area that guarantee a 90 minute prep every day. I would say if you can’t find a teaching job this is a good place to work until you find a better place where you are actually allowed to have autonomy over teaching and curriculum. 

The local staff, teachers, and administrative team are all top notch, dedicated professionals.  Always willing to lend a hand and constantly looking for ways to support each other.  This feeling, however, doesn't extend to the home office where there is often some dissonance between it and the boots on the ground.  Kids are great and the methodology is innovative, with teachers and administrators that are truly committed to what they do.

Summit's vision is most apparent in the culturally relevant project-based curriculum. Identify, empathy and kindness are all values that are constantly reinforced in all classes, which is awesome. I love the staff culture and the relationships we build with our students. It is clear that everyone at my site is there for the right reasons which helps uplift morale and comradeship between staff and leadership.

The only can is the long work hours and the mandatory supervisions during lunch time.

Summit Public Schools is an organization that provides charter school education to students in California and Washington. The schools are well-known for their close and personal culture with staff and students. It is a place where every teacher knows about 90% of the students first name and develop close respectable relationships with the students and their families. At Summit, All means All and every teacher will do whatever it takes to keep the ball rolling.

The pay is low, but there is lots of flexibility and plenty of jobs.  
The teachers always leave plans, and the district uses online job announcements which is very convenient.  
Primary Centers require extra time in AM and PM to help with car line.  
Highschool is very easy, and often you might just read.  
Elementary jobs are busy and you are expected to follow plans and teach.

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