Disorganized, unprofessional and questionable business ethics - Teacher Tilden Preparatory Employee Review

The owners of the organization have a well intentioned facade and seem to be very inexperienced in business management and ethics from the way Tilden is operated. Neither of them are actively engaged on campuses and have admitted to not knowing what is going on on their campuses. Please do research on the owners before taking a position here. There are no standardized policies or procedures which results in, little to no control over your schedule resulting in unpaid gaps, students/parents requesting to change teachers for reasons such as you are not moving the class fast enough or are out sick, teachers placed on probation without protocol, no protocol for reporting and resolving concerns that employees have, being forced to teach classes that have no curriculum, etc. This has led to uneven experiences amongst employees, some are granted vacation while some are not, some have 35+ hours while some have 17, some are not offered health insurance if they do not work enough hours, some placed on probation for logging hours incorrectly, some are not, some are allowed to develop curriculum while some are not, etc. It is unclear whether there is a level of favoritism and bias or complete disorganization on the part of Tilden but most likely some of both. Policies are consistently updated and changed which makes for a very confusing system to navigate. Administrators have an open-door policy, will listen to your concerns but never document or resolve them. They make all decisions without a policy that is transparent to teachers. This leads to a highly paranoid work environment especially considering on the Albany campus one of the managers has been complained about dozens of times over the years for her unprofessional demeanor but now essentially manages the campus. Curriculum is the bare minimum, 10-20 year old textbooks that students make fun of, skeletal tests and study guides, very few resources such as visual aides, graphs, organizers, worksheets, activities, creative assignments, teaching techniques, professional development or on campus counseling - all pertinent when working with students with varied learning styles and differences and ARE NOT provided. Students are questionably passing classes with A's and B's (Tilden does not give out C's or lower) when parents pressure management to finish a course in the advertised 30 hours or less. You could be asked to push a student along or accept assignments from other classes for credit. If you do not do so a student/parent may request to switch teachers. Rarely are teachers offered consistent full time work of 40 hours, when you first are hired, towards the end of the school year and in the summer expect about half those hours. Your hours will consistently shift as students finish, drop out or change teachers. There is no guarantee of full time work here. If you are an experienced teacher, someone with good credentials, or someone who has staunch educational ethics and teaching practices I highly recommend looking elsewhere. These are the teachers that leave and there is very high turnover throughout the year. This job is most suitable for recent college graduates with no work experience. Bottom line: this is a business and the customer comes first, parent and student opinions and requests reign supreme here and will always trump teachers concerns, knowledge and most importantly schedules. Your performance is based on parent and student reviews in what feels like a popularity contest. Your bonuses are based on this, your performance reviews rate this and you can be fired if too many students request to leave your classes. Work here if you feel as though your job security should be in the hands of high schoolers.