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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you comparing just salary or total comp (retirement, health insurance, vacation/sick leave)? [/quote]

actually looking more at work environment, testing, evaluations, etc.  From what I've seen the benefits and salary at the schools I'm looking at are very similar. [/quote]

Work environment is going to depend a lot of which charter or DCPS school you work at. I worked at a charter for a year in DC as an experienced teacher and it was miserable, but I found a great fit in DCPS and I'm very happy. For me, the pay cut was absolutely worth having a better work-life balance. I can definitely give more specifics in regards to charter networks and teacher satisfaction if you'd like.[/quote]

Yes please![/quote]

I can tell you more which schools to stay away from than which ones to go to.

KIPP, DC Prep, Achievement Prep --> don't know a teacher who has stayed at one of those longer than 2 years. KIPP DC has a LOT of behavior problems because they don't want to suspend for PR reasons. Kids hitting, kicking, punching teachers and admin does nothing. DC Prep is very strict, so not as many behavior problems but work-life balance is nearly impossible. They work teachers hard. Achievement Prep is just a disaster. One year they turned over more than 25 teachers in a single school year.[/quote]

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