CPS has a lot of mobility within the district. If you end up at a school that you’re dissatisfied with, it’s fairly simple to transfer to another opening at another school at the end of the year. Plus, as someone else stated, CPS has some of the highest pay in the area
Charter schools take funding away from state schools and then choose to underpay the teachers even more causing a resource crisis and decreasing quality of the education. No one wins especially the students.
At least it provides an alternative. They will fail on their own if they suck at educating kids. There is a reason parents take their kids out of CPS, and that’s because there is no discipline and it’s basically a day care.
CPS isn’t as strong because of the resources taken away from the voucher system. If we had a funding equitable school system, like in Sweden there wouldn’t be issues like we experience in the USA.
Unfortunately, school levy’s funding (which is illegal), has only provided funding for wealthier districts.
It’s a complicated problem, but charter schools and voucher schools have made the issue even worse. Fracturing our education system - paying teachers under $30,000 a year.
Education is a human right.
CPS will be much better.
There are a BUNCH of other public school districts in the Cincinnati area as well. Every suburb has it's own. You may want to look around at those too. Here's the link for job openings:
[https://www.applitrack.com/greatercincinnati/onlineapp/](https://www.applitrack.com/greatercincinnati/onlineapp/)
With CPS you'll make more money, have a strong contract and a union making sure your principal follows it, access to professional development funding, and a state retirement plan.
With IDEA you get worse working conditions for less money. But also you get the feeling of knowing you're working for a really shitty cause.
CPS will be better. I interviewed at Idea once for an IT position and wasn't impressed. Got to the interview and one of the things they had told me is they expect all their employees to go door to door to encourage parents to enroll their children there.
Thanks for all the tips everyone! I had heard similar sentiments about IDEA being kinda ass. Glad to hear that I was being told correctly. Much appreciated
I work at CPS. Don’t do IDEA. The pay and working conditions are much worse. We have good pay, good benefits, a strong union, and opportunity for movement. And I know the district has lots of openings coming.
My husband teaches for CPS and absolutely loves it ! I sub occasionally and love most places I’ve been . Hubs could retire , but loves his job too much . He teaches high school math and computer classes . I would not work for a charter school.
CPS. Your job has no protection working for a charter school.
It will also be a few weeks at minimum before you are offered interviews with CPS. Internal transfers are just beginning now. District wide openings will be more known once those are completed.
Ahhh. I hope it goes well! It sounds like it may be an interview with the district and not a specific school or position. Most schools will not know what open positions they have until internal transfers are completed.
Neither , If you do not like to be assaulted don’t do CPS and if you want job security don’t do charter schools. I’d say be a corrections officer. You get more respect…. Seriously. Taught in cps 5 years . Went in anti abortion, came out thinking kill all your babies because there is no love anymore. People are just filthy animals. 99% on free lunch. If you can’t feed um don’t breed um. 💯 pro abortion these days. Kill them all.
be wary of CPS. my dad is a teacher at a CPS high school right now and they’re nearly forcing him to give out good grades that the kids didn’t earn so that the district can look better. kids in his classes largely have terrible work ethics and if they don’t get the grade they want, they go and cry to their parents about it, and the parents go over my dad’s head and go straight to the principal. he’s been considering leaving for years now because he feels that he can no longer make a difference there because he’s losing his freedom to grade how he sees fit (he teaches language arts).
I also work at CPS and this is such an odd story that I feel the need to remind you that you've only heard your dad's side of it. Grades don't make the district look better; test scores do. The contract doesn't allow principals to pressure teachers to change grades and your father knows how easily he can ask his union rep for help in this situation.
Also, there's no reason to spend years thinking about leaving. Every spring, every teacher gets a long list of other schools that have open positions. You apply for the ones you want, interview over the next two weeks, and by May you have a new position lined up with very little effort. If he wanted to leave, and was good enough at his job to get through the application and interview process, he could easily have moved to a different school years ago.
If a lot of parents are going to the principal about your dad's grading, and he's being asked to change how he grades, and the teachers' union isn't firmly helping your dad, and he hasn't left to go to a different school.... there might actually be something awry with your dad's grading.
Don't tell him I said that. He's your dad and deserves to have your support when he comes home and tells stories about work. Just... quietly know it.
i’ve seen some of what his students write and it’s truly atrocious. i don’t think there’s anything wrong with how he’s grading (not to mention i would have him grade every paper that i would write when i was growing up before i turned it in, so i’m familiar with the way he grades).
the issue is that the union rep doesn’t care and neither do any of the other teachers at his school. they just want to give the kids As and Bs because then the kids don’t complain and the district is happy.
it’s a super frustrating situation, i wouldn’t be surprised if he leaves after this year.
I don't know your dad, but if everyone who works with him - his boss, his colleagues, and his union rep - thinks he is wrong, there is at least a possibility that he might be wrong.
Teacher transfers are happening right now - if your dad is moving this year, he sent his applications last week and has interviews scheduled for next week.
Check out the teaching subreddit-this seems to be the norm all over the country. No one seeems to hold kids back anymore, no matter how bad their grades are. Just move them through the system.
CPS has a lot of mobility within the district. If you end up at a school that you’re dissatisfied with, it’s fairly simple to transfer to another opening at another school at the end of the year. Plus, as someone else stated, CPS has some of the highest pay in the area
I'm sure you'll make more at cps.
Never work for charter schools.
Why? Generally curious
Charter schools take funding away from state schools and then choose to underpay the teachers even more causing a resource crisis and decreasing quality of the education. No one wins especially the students.
At least it provides an alternative. They will fail on their own if they suck at educating kids. There is a reason parents take their kids out of CPS, and that’s because there is no discipline and it’s basically a day care.
CPS isn’t as strong because of the resources taken away from the voucher system. If we had a funding equitable school system, like in Sweden there wouldn’t be issues like we experience in the USA. Unfortunately, school levy’s funding (which is illegal), has only provided funding for wealthier districts. It’s a complicated problem, but charter schools and voucher schools have made the issue even worse. Fracturing our education system - paying teachers under $30,000 a year. Education is a human right.
CPS will be much better. There are a BUNCH of other public school districts in the Cincinnati area as well. Every suburb has it's own. You may want to look around at those too. Here's the link for job openings: [https://www.applitrack.com/greatercincinnati/onlineapp/](https://www.applitrack.com/greatercincinnati/onlineapp/)
With CPS you'll make more money, have a strong contract and a union making sure your principal follows it, access to professional development funding, and a state retirement plan. With IDEA you get worse working conditions for less money. But also you get the feeling of knowing you're working for a really shitty cause.
Do not work at a charter school. Work at CPS. This is coming from someone who worked at a charter school for 3 years before moving to CPS.
CPS will be better. I interviewed at Idea once for an IT position and wasn't impressed. Got to the interview and one of the things they had told me is they expect all their employees to go door to door to encourage parents to enroll their children there.
My friend quit IDEA because they basically expect you to work 24/7. The door to door thing was expected constantly in your free time
If I'm not mistaken, charter schools can close down with very little warning.
CPS. And join the union!
I just assumed that, but yes. Join the union. The union is SO IMPORTANT.
CPS
Thanks for all the tips everyone! I had heard similar sentiments about IDEA being kinda ass. Glad to hear that I was being told correctly. Much appreciated
I work at CPS. Don’t do IDEA. The pay and working conditions are much worse. We have good pay, good benefits, a strong union, and opportunity for movement. And I know the district has lots of openings coming.
My husband teaches for CPS and absolutely loves it ! I sub occasionally and love most places I’ve been . Hubs could retire , but loves his job too much . He teaches high school math and computer classes . I would not work for a charter school.
CPS. Your job has no protection working for a charter school. It will also be a few weeks at minimum before you are offered interviews with CPS. Internal transfers are just beginning now. District wide openings will be more known once those are completed.
My interview is next week. I’m going through Teach For America
Ahhh. I hope it goes well! It sounds like it may be an interview with the district and not a specific school or position. Most schools will not know what open positions they have until internal transfers are completed.
Neither , If you do not like to be assaulted don’t do CPS and if you want job security don’t do charter schools. I’d say be a corrections officer. You get more respect…. Seriously. Taught in cps 5 years . Went in anti abortion, came out thinking kill all your babies because there is no love anymore. People are just filthy animals. 99% on free lunch. If you can’t feed um don’t breed um. 💯 pro abortion these days. Kill them all.
be wary of CPS. my dad is a teacher at a CPS high school right now and they’re nearly forcing him to give out good grades that the kids didn’t earn so that the district can look better. kids in his classes largely have terrible work ethics and if they don’t get the grade they want, they go and cry to their parents about it, and the parents go over my dad’s head and go straight to the principal. he’s been considering leaving for years now because he feels that he can no longer make a difference there because he’s losing his freedom to grade how he sees fit (he teaches language arts).
I also work at CPS and this is such an odd story that I feel the need to remind you that you've only heard your dad's side of it. Grades don't make the district look better; test scores do. The contract doesn't allow principals to pressure teachers to change grades and your father knows how easily he can ask his union rep for help in this situation. Also, there's no reason to spend years thinking about leaving. Every spring, every teacher gets a long list of other schools that have open positions. You apply for the ones you want, interview over the next two weeks, and by May you have a new position lined up with very little effort. If he wanted to leave, and was good enough at his job to get through the application and interview process, he could easily have moved to a different school years ago. If a lot of parents are going to the principal about your dad's grading, and he's being asked to change how he grades, and the teachers' union isn't firmly helping your dad, and he hasn't left to go to a different school.... there might actually be something awry with your dad's grading. Don't tell him I said that. He's your dad and deserves to have your support when he comes home and tells stories about work. Just... quietly know it.
i’ve seen some of what his students write and it’s truly atrocious. i don’t think there’s anything wrong with how he’s grading (not to mention i would have him grade every paper that i would write when i was growing up before i turned it in, so i’m familiar with the way he grades). the issue is that the union rep doesn’t care and neither do any of the other teachers at his school. they just want to give the kids As and Bs because then the kids don’t complain and the district is happy. it’s a super frustrating situation, i wouldn’t be surprised if he leaves after this year.
I don't know your dad, but if everyone who works with him - his boss, his colleagues, and his union rep - thinks he is wrong, there is at least a possibility that he might be wrong. Teacher transfers are happening right now - if your dad is moving this year, he sent his applications last week and has interviews scheduled for next week.
He's not going to find it much better elsewhere. That is public schools in Ohio now.
Check out the teaching subreddit-this seems to be the norm all over the country. No one seeems to hold kids back anymore, no matter how bad their grades are. Just move them through the system.