Darrow School Reviews

3.3

52% would recommend to a friend

(15 total reviews)
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Simon Holzapfel

100% approve of CEO

19% positive business outlook

Darrow School has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 15 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Darrow School employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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15 reviews
2.0
8 Jan 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Generous vacations. Access to all campus resources. Stunning beauty, nature, and history of campus. Free apartment (and meal plan when school is in session). Tight knit school community. Good science (esp sustainability) and arts (visual, theater, music) education. All students play 3 sports annually. Some teachers are amazing experts in their field. New head of school is very innovative and progressive. Tremendous freedom to develop your own curriculum as a teacher. Can be good starting point for young, energetic teachers trying to decide if teaching is right for them.

Cons

Lowest salaries in industry with enormous workload. Faculty work around the clock for 5 weeks straight then one week off, repeat, etc. Small, isolated, claustrophobic. Everything about the campus and buildings is dingy and run down, yet room/board is >$50K per year. Faculty apartments are abominable, even if free. The babysitting and hand-holding of unmotivated or problematic students is disappointing. Poor town-gown relations. Wireless/internet is a struggle across campus. Little room for upward professional movement.

2.0
7 Apr 2019

Appreciate Hiring a Novice

Recommend
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Pros

I had zero teaching experience and it was a foot in the door. I moved on to another school after a year. Beautiful region of NY/Berkshires.

Cons

The pay is extremely low and you work all the time compared even to other triple threat boarding schools. I went from making from in the 25k range to mid 40k by switching schools. Dorm duty is way too much. Faculty house and dorms are in poor condition.

2.0
12 June 2024

Not what they make it seem

Recommend
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Pros

Beautiful Sunsets, friendly students, rich history

Cons

The administration is emotionally charged, without clear vision of the future of the school. They distract you with wishy washy talks about family but in the end, they are not willing to compensate you well or make you feel valued.

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