New York City Department of Education Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I worked for the NYC Dept. of Education from September 2005-September 2013. I feel as though no matter how hard we work, and no matter how much improvement our students show, we (teachers are still blamed for anything and everything that is wrong with the system. As for our company CEO, the current mayor of NYC (Mayor De Blasio) is fairly new, and Chancellor Farina is also new, so it's hard to tell if things will change for the better."

What do you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"I feel very supported in my work. I feel appreciated as a teacher, and I feel comfortable asking for help when I need it. I feel a part of many decisions, and that a lot of thought goes into decisions."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared to work really hard, and sometimes feel totally inadequate. This works if you want to teach, but some leave for other ambitions."

What don't you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"I'm overworked and I feel a lot of pressure to be excellent. I don't feel there's a lot of upward advancement - stuck just being a teacher. I don't feel I'm doing math, which is what I love - I just teach math."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I'm not sure. I can't imagine having my principal's job."

What do you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"interacting with kids, educating, creativity, nice colleagues, summers off, early work day"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be sure that teaching is your passion and what you truly want to do with your life."

What don't you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"disrespectful students, lack of support from superiors, lack of upward mobility"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"enforce more discipline, put more responsibility on parents and students"

"I have worked for the New York City Department of Education for the last 12 years and have found it to be helpful at times. However, the personnel department can be antisocial sometimes."

What do you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"Leadership opportunities, available resources, mentoring, professional development, support networks, work space"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You must be prepared to work long hours, deal with a lot of managing, and must be patient in order to receive good feedback"

What don't you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"Too much work, very long hours, leaders are very demanding, not enough support from leaders, workers are micro-managed"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more open to new ideas, not force everyone to take on so many tasks, not force everyone to work overtime"

"Being a per diem or substitute teacher, gives you flexibility and the also you are able to visit various schools and experience different types of children. However, there is anxiety because everyday IS the first day of school, there no real support from administration and you can become a scapegoat and accused unfairly."

What do you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"The interaction with people each day... Being social, as I am a people person."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't bother. It is not the career it once was."

What don't you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"The high demands and the fact that we are given formulas for everything we do when we are dealing with human beings who don't conform!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take the stress off the teachers. Lessen the demands that are literally unattainable for any one person."

What do you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"Working with the students and watching the learning process. Having a set time schedule and full benefits."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Choose a different career...run far far away....deliver newspapers instead of that."

What don't you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"The way you are micro managed. The lack of care from the upper administration."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Everything. The way children are taught has to be changed."

What do you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"The holidays off and weekends off. The summer vacations we all need."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't do it. find another job! not what it once was"

What don't you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"Are you for real! All I have is negative stuff to say."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I don't want to run the show but if I did I would listen to what the teachers have to say!"

What don't you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"What don't you like about working at NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION? Too much red tape. Overbearing supervisors."

"Great learning experience"

What do you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"I enrich the lives of others with the gift of education."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Medical coding is great for growth."

What don't you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"Almost every position requires different credentials which make it hard to grow."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"gorwth is improtant"

What do you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"Job diversity keeps it interesting"

What don't you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"I have no complaints"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have no suggestions"

What do you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"The hours are wonderful, and the vacation time is terrific. Kids are always fun to work with"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It is just a process. Take the courses, pass the exams, most likely, you will find a job,"

What don't you like about working at New York City Department of Education?

"I was a full time sub, doing what a normal full time teacher does, with regards to lesson planning, and overall workload. The pay however wasn't the same. I worked to get a few licenses that can coincide with my degrees, but when a new mayor took over, he did away with those license."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Sometimes you have a teacher with an education degree that does horrible work, whereas, a teacher without the education degree doing fantastic work. Everyone in the math departments where I worked said I was doing great work. I passed both teacher exams, just lack the credits. I do have a masters though, but not in education. Sometimes qualification, passes education."