Teacher - Teacher Realm Charter School Berkeley Employee Review

I have yet to find a high school administration more sympathetic to its faculty and staff. This goes a long way toward making the myriad responsibilities of a high school teacher easier to manage. The school leadership is sensitive to the needs of students and makes them feel cared for, creating relationships essential to student success. The faculty and staff is responsible and dedicated, regularly putting in 10- and 12-hour days as a matter of course.

The school director is very brand-focused, which results in pressure from the administration on the faculty and staff to buy into education fads and trends. And, as in any school, resources are often spread thin.

The teachers here are dedicated to their students, regularly putting in 10-12 hour days. Teachers become experts at classroom management skills and balancing administration and parents.

Administration is shockingly ineffective at managing students (who do what they want with zero consequences) and teachers (who receive very little actual support but constant meetings to deliver aphorisms and motivational speeches). Violent students are retained so that the school can receive funding, while at-risk English language learners are placed in classrooms with teachers who have no ELL training or history. Generally speaking, REALM has a bad reputation among local schools.