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"Wake-a-fied" - Teacher Wake County Public Schools Employee Review

2.0
8 Apr 2022
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Pros

Enormous county with many teaching opportunities. Better pay than some NC counties.

Cons

WCPSS loves to "Wake-a-fy" curriculum materials their way - often taking excellent materials and requiring teachers to cut-out, amend, or change curriculum for the county's bizarre reasons; resulting in sacrificing the curriculum's intent, removing the excitement and engagement piece for students, and creating unnecessary headaches for teachers! Many principals are green, having been fast tracked through the system. Principals spend most of their time out of school in meetings instead of supporting teachers and students. Teachers are often left on their own to handle challenging students in their classroom without admin support.

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5.0
13 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Supportive Working Environment - Incredible Colleagues - Caring Leadership - Lack of Gaslighting

Cons

- Pay dictated by NC State Legislature - Disparity amongst schools - So much rides on how individual school’s administration is

2.0
28 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Lengthy time off and decent benefits.

Cons

Very little support. Very challenging students and colleagues. The pay is awful and the state of NC has a very bad situation with its government. Students get away with a lot with no recourse and teachers have too many students in pretty poor working conditions. If I hadn't started teaching decades ago, I wouldn't be doing it. I definitely would not recommend young people to go into this profession in its current iteration.

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