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Adelphi Academy Reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(33 total reviews)

67% positive business outlook

Adelphi Academy has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 33 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Adelphi Academy employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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33 reviews
1.0
27 Oct 2018

teacher

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Pros

Some great kids but the school does them a disservice

Cons

Totally about making as much money as possible while skimping on everything and paying salaries that are not a livable wage in NYC. Also the fundraising is a total con with none of the money going towards benefiting the school or students. The school should be shut down and the ridiculous positive reviews here are fake so beware. Stay clear of this place.

1.0
10 Apr 2017

Administration takes advantage of teachers

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Pros

The students are nice and many of them are hardworking. The teachers by necessity must care deeply about teaching and want to work hard.

Cons

Most teachers will leave after 1 to 2 years for good reason. The administration puts on an initial friendly face. That quickly changes as it becomes more about making money for the school than about teaching children. Expect to spend more time on fundraising events than lesson plans or extracurricular activities (this goes for the students as well as the teachers). Teachers are actively encouraged by administration to shame students in front of their peers for not contributing to fundraising events. As a teacher, if you do not raise several hundred dollars in funds during your first few weeks in school for the Golf Outing, expect to be sat down by administration and asked to pay out of your own pocket. This goes for the Chocolate Drive as well. Read your contract and have it looked over before signing. There are many aspects of it that administration will try to use against you. The infrastructure of the school is painfully outdated. Do not expect to be able to make copies of worksheets or packets efficiently, print in color, or utilize technology in the classroom. It's worth googling the names of members of administration to see what they have been involved with in the past. You will not have enough time or energy to teach effectively at this school. It will be all about fundraising and playing catch up. You will not grow as an educator. The most heartbreaking thing is how the priorities of the administration and the overwhelming teacher turnover rate disrupts the education of the students.

1.0
22 May 2019

culture of fear

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Pros

Many great people on staff: smart, funny, helpful, dedicated, perceptive. However administration will decide who should and should not be too friendly.

Cons

As an organization they ascribe to bullying tactics. The school is run by a culture of fear and staff didn't feel comfortable telling truth for fear of repercussion. Very unfair and unprofessional practices that border on illegal employment practices. I found there was a serious lack of respect for the people who seemed to work the hardest. Tyrannical admin are behind every termination and resignation.

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