Underpaid - Learning Coach DREAM Employee Review

2.0
22 Jan 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I love the kids. That's why I took the job. I didn't realize how little the pay was, and the hours are awkward, so getting a second job is difficult.

Cons

You are expected to work a lot for so little. I get paid 12k a year, but I write lesson plans, lead classes sometimes over 25 kids, and am constantly stressed. Nothing is organized. Every day the schedule is changing and kids act crazy. When something goes wrong you are often to blame for it. They don't warn you that many months you will not have hours to work, so 12k can quickly be closer to 11k.

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5.0
11 Jul 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Enthusiastic staff, gifted kids, leadership open to improvements/always changing, lots of support, lax schedule

Cons

Punishment/disciplinary methods are supposed to be consistent by book but in practice every educator has their own -and very different- method. Kind of confusing for both kids and staff. Don't know if this is related but there's definitely a kid favoritism/teacher's pet energy going on. One actual con is that the behavioral and competence range is HUGE and it's kind of dismissed. Some kids are extremely gifted and hardworking, others cause problems everyday and are evidently behind. Doesn't only cause tensions between the kids but is also hard to manage - makes the whole "we are family" method feel like we're disregarding the "advanced" kids. Need more than just having more educators/coaches in the room to help out with these kids. These are problems in any school but ones I feel like the school should have addressed with all it's resources

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