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2nd Grade School Teacher (Current Employee), Minneapolis, MN – May 7, 2013
none . I worked there for six years. I did many jobs. I met many good teachers.
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No education/ no room for growth
Paraprofessional - Special Education Asst (Former Employee), Minneapolis, MN – March 7, 2013
Teachers and Assistants should be valued equally and not treated differently.
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hated it
Special Education Assistant (Former Employee), minneapolis, mn – February 9, 2013
being a teachers flunky. no fun. changing diapers, etc. they hire a bunch of crazies.
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Limited resources especially in North Minneapolis schools
Special Education Teacher (Former Employee), Minneapolis, MN – November 11, 2012
Pros: central location
Cons: available resources depend on the economic level of the neighborhood of the school
A struggling school district subjecting teachers to more and more demands
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Great place to work
Associate Educator (Current Employee), Minneapolis, MN – September 16, 2012
Very diverse; meet the needs of each child by building on their strengths. Enjoy the people and children I work with.
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not much to say
Special Education Assistant (Former Employee), minneapolis, mn – August 15, 2012
Pros: summers off
Cons: summers off
you have summers off. There is no place for religion in this setting. The system works for its self
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Extraordinary opportunity for parents with children ages pre-birth to kindergarten enrollment
Manager, Early Childhood Family Education (Former Employee), Minneapolis, MN – August 12, 2012
Pros: excellent benefits, programming, vision for future
Cons: large complicated environment
A typical day at work in Minneapolis Public School's Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) consisted of everything from budget development, collaborating with community partners, coaching and supervision of staff, and visiting classrooms and talking to parents.

The hardest part of the job was to ensure quality programming and maintaining skilled – more... and knowable staff with downward spiraling budgets.

The most enjoyable part of the job was working with skilled, committed staff to ensure that our parents and children received quality educational service. – less
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great hours like the work
Warehouse Specialist (Current Employee), Minneapolis MN. – August 10, 2012
I enjoy the work. Unloading trucks and doing the distributing of product.
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A laid back place to work, with a very nice welcoming staff.
Temp Office Assistant (Former Employee), Minneapolis, MN – July 19, 2012
Pros: the hourly wage for the work content was more than i had hoped for.
Cons: it was a bummer that it was only a two week temporary position.
My days working at MPS consisted of the same tasks daily for the most part. I was only there for a short two weeks with knowledge of the temporary short willed task at hand. Myself and one other temp worked together daily filing student documents in their correct files. With importance of matching the student ID to the students file in an efficient – more... manner. All this prep work of the paper documents were necessary in order to have them scanned to the updated computer software at MPS. I Learned that I am a very detail oriented employee. I took pride in my work and in knowing that It was ultimately up to the other temp and myself to make sure the students files were accounted for the credits they earned. I really wished that MSP could have had the means available to take us on as full time MSP employees. However it was not in the schools budget. I was honored to have had the time and the experience there. The staff was a delight to have worked with. – less
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a contstant changing and evolving work place
Paraprofessional (Current Employee), Minneapolis, MN – July 16, 2012
Pros: educating students
Cons: politics and the need for more affordable health care
There are some oppertunities for those looking to do a lane change in their career. The hardest part of this job is the constant changing, because students have to adjust and you play a huge role in making that happen. The most enjoyable part is educating students and watching them become successful.
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fun workplace
Food Service Manager (Former Employee), Minneapolis, MN – July 6, 2012
Pros: free lunch
Cons: health care
It was fun serving the children and staff. Also, I love getting to know the children and staff.
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No resources and no help.
Special Education Teacher (Former Employee), Minneapolis, MN – May 20, 2012
As a special education teacher, I started the school year with very little furniture, no curriculum and very few materials. Needless to say, it was very stressful and cost me a lot of my own resources to get started. Administration offered little help, even though I asked for guidance repeatedly.
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I enjoyed working with the students.
Reserve Teacher (Former Employee), Minneapolis, MN – May 14, 2012
Pros: pick your own days you want to work.
Cons: unreliability of job postings.
Overall, I enjoyed working with students, however, some of the schools were in very rough neighborhoods and were hard to teach in.
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Right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing!
Office Administrator (Former Employee), Minneapolis Public Schools – April 5, 2012
Pros: summers off
Cons: awful upper management at all levels.
Minneapolis Public Schools is mired in bureaucrary and for all of the talk of having no monies to spend the administration are all making six figures, meanwhile, you can't find a book or a piece of paper for the public school students.
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A very good company to work for....excellent hours.
Mineapolis PublicSchools (Former Employee), Minneapolis, MN – May 5, 2011
Pros: excellent place to work
Cons: if you don't like to clean: don't apply
I worked for them for 5 years and the pay is great and a positive atmophereto work in.
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