Invest in your staff! - Instructional Aide Special Education WCCUSD Employee Review

2.0
8 Nov 2018
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Pros

Hourly pay better than some of the other school districts in Contra Costa County. Easy to find work. Right in the middle of East Bay, close to everything.

Cons

No benefits. They only give it to full-time employees. They make sure all instructional aides and other support staff work part time. They won't higher them for more than 6.5 hours, so they remain on part-time status. That way they can avoid paying benefits. Also, a lot of schools don't have enough staff. There's no quality staff training. They put people in very responsible positions to care for students with severe disabilities, yet they don't provide proper training for how to actually care for these vulnerable students. All they do is show videos on sexual harassment and how to deal with hazardous spills, that kind of thing.

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5.0
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Pros

Flexible schedule and holiday breaks.

Cons

Not enough sick time provided.

2.0
2 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Fellow teachers and students The pay has gotten better The best you can hope for is that the administration will leave you alone Great place to gain experience as a new teacher then move to a better and more compitent school dsitrict

Cons

Administrators are often hired on quotas and who they know, and not on knowledge or the ability to do the job Corruption runs deep in this district, where many of the HR personnel are politically connected, and often the higher-ups are riding on the coattails of their parents, who worked for the district The union will not fight for individual teachers, but rather will be mostly politically aligned with the district management and will not take complaints by individual teachers unless it has a critical mass of teachers, often more than five. The district has been singling out higher-paid teachers and harassing them to quit or retire.

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