3.0
15 May 2025
Current employee, more than 3 years
Gastonia, NC
Recommend
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Business outlook
Pros
-Getting to spend time enriching kids is incredibly fulfilling. -I get every major holiday on the federal calendar off. -My contract hours end at 3:30. -I like my coworkers. -I have pretty good insurance.
Cons
-I spend a lot of time outside of work hours doing work that I don't get compensated for. -I spend a lot of my own money on my classroom because there aren't a lot of funds for public education. -NC teacher pay is bad compared to the states around us, and Gaston County's supplement is bad compared to the counties around us. -Our state is more focused on graduation rate than literacy or math skills. Kids are failing classes, then cheating through easy recovery classes online to get a credit they didn't earn.