Los Angeles Unified School District Employee Reviews

Great hours Have a lot of vacation in winter and summer Increased pay starting this year Subbed at different schools and love being able to choose my hours

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Nice place

Teacher (Former Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - May 27, 2023

It was a great teaching job teaching people about different teaching things. the best part was teaching because i taught and met many teachers that taught me many things about teaching. i enjoy it. thank you

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Bad place to work. Only worked 3-4 hrs daily but had to be on-site for 6 hours. Don't work for LAUSD.

Campus Aide (Former Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - May 25, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Some of the kids and a few of the staff and teachers. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?The principal, some of the teachers and the other yard aides. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Hostile, cliquey, hostile, no training, condescending and abusive. What is a typical day like for you at the company?Assisting children at recess and lunch.

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Best district considering its oversize number of schools and teachers

School Counselor (Former Employee) - San Fernando, CA - May 24, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Great Teachers who really care about their students. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Lack of budget for supplies, need more resources..What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Usual big city feel, with many different types of studentsWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?teach classes in Life Skills and Science, grades k-12th;counseling high school and college counseling

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Great place to start

Educator (Former Employee) - Hawthorne, CA - May 18, 2023

I learned so much during my time here. A small environment gave opportunities to gain valuable experience in different roles. The community was amazing!

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It's very rewarding to see children succeed, and be able to be happy in their learning environment.

Campus Aide & Supervision Aide (Current Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - May 16, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Working and supporting the children and staff with the day-to-day task that need to be done, teaching the violin class working in the office doing the filing working in the classrooms with the children on the Clay yard with the children collaborating with the teachers, keeping the campus, safe and setting up the play yard for the children to be able to play.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?The most restful part is knowing that I may not see some children in following year. He made her proud that they're moving on to new screws in hopes of better possibilities for them in the future.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?It's a safe and welcoming environment for all the students and staff to be in and to be able to make plans for I will round it successful child to be.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Setting up the play yard filing and inputting children's attendance, supervising recess and lunch, practicing with the children on violin, organizing the materials in the work room, working with children in the classroom and in the yard.

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New people and new challenges daily. Helping others and bringing a human aspect

Transportation Supervisor/Driver (Former Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - May 15, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Benefits and opportunity to advanceWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Time constraints and keeping informed of laws and polociesWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?Respectful. I mostly felt valued and appreciated. WorthwhileWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Fast paced and rewarding. Never opportunities everyday

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The one year I spent in the LAUSD wacky and abusive.

Teacher, Theatre Arts (Former Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - May 13, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?I don't care about anonymity. I taught one year and I felt like a veteran of the French Revolution under the Directorate.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?There are way too many miseducated, or undereducated young teachers and administrators coming into the system. An unacceptably high percentage of them these people are incurious when it comes to creating their own structures. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Dreadful. Cult-like. Depressing. My principal was like a mean, dangerous, and headless chicken. There was also an awful feeling of passive ageism.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Tense. Needy students off the hook and unaccountable.

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Good benefits.

special ed trainee (Former Employee) - Cudahy, CA - May 9, 2023

good benefits, hours are good. Good work-life balance, holidays off. You get to help children grow and learn. The hardest part is saying goodbye to students.

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Great teachers, lousy management

Elementary Classroom Teacher (Former Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - May 9, 2023

Management states they want to help, but every time I asked for assistance they refused. They also were constantly asking for more and more. I was the last to leave most evenings and would lesson plan half the weekend, but it was never enough for them. Also, if you had any students with a history of discipline problems and they acted up in class, management would do nothing to help you. You could never send the student to the office. It was always the teacher’s responsibility to fix it. So, all the other students were often left to work independently while you handle the offending student.Another problem with LAUSD was as soon as you collected materials and experience with a reading or math or science program they would switch to something else. Also, the photocopy machines were constantly broken or not working very well at all. Without those it is very difficult to do your job. Different to communicate with parents unless you spoke and wrote in Spanish.

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Speech Language Pathologist (Current Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - May 8, 2023

I have enjoyed working for Los Angeles Unified as an SLP. Pros: compensation, health care and retirement plan.Cons: large caseload, a lot of assessments and limited support to balance large workload.

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Fast Pace and Overwhelming at Time

Information Technology Support Technician (Former Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - May 7, 2023

Great benefits! However, it is a place where there is always something going on. Other than that, great company to work for that will give you a jump start in your career

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Challenging fulfilling.

Teacher, Coach, Dean of Students (Former Employee) - San Fernando, CA - May 7, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Great support from Supervisors. Great environment to work in that are single minded in helping children. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Not enough time to help all that needed it. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Very positive and fulfilling. What is a typical day like for you at the company?Lots of planning necessary, but each day is different.

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Great Teachers, poor administration.

Special Education Assistant (Former Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - May 4, 2023

Working with the teachers and paraprofessionals are great! The administration showed no appreciation or valued the hard work of paraprofessionals. We were treated like second class citizens. Principal barely knew who I was after working there for about 5 years. Didn’t seem to care for the special education classes, to him they were just numbers. Cared more about appearances than trying to help fix the issues that were going on.

Pros

Summers and holidays off. Great benefits

Cons

Not enough hours, and you don’t get paid during summer

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Baby sitter for $180/day 7hrs

Substitute Teacher (Current Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - May 1, 2023

Very exhausting job. You are a baby sitter for $180/day 7hrs, paid for 6hrs, with the 30 day emergency sub credential after taxes and union dues. It can be rewarding if you look at it positively although that is hard 9 out of 10 days. You get benefits after working 100 days in a school year, which I never did. Your job is to take role, tell them to do the assignment but not enforce it as many schools have rough kids from the inner city.(as they can become aggressive) You can only do 1. Elementary OR 2. Middle School and High School they don’t allow you to be called for both. The sub system for picking up jobs is one of the oldest in the country, automated robo call. California is 48 out of 50 in school funding so that will tell you something. Bring a coat most classrooms are pretty cold. You don’t have a boss which is great and an incentive for many like me. Still can’t decide if waiting tables is more exhausting or not.

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Positive and fulfilling work environment

Principal (Former Employee) - San Fernando Valley, CA - April 25, 2023

Great place to work with and help students achieve. The staff are single minded to help students. It requires a higher level of education and a strong commitment to students and families.

Pros

Work Environment

Cons

Need more staff

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Good place to work doesn't feel like a job you dread going to every day.

Paraprofessional (Former Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - April 24, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?There's an awesome support team for new employees!What is the most stressful part about working at the company?I did not have many stressfully instances, l guess it was a little crazy if you were assigned yard duty.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?I loved my schoolsite lt was close to home heck it felt like home, l attended and graduated from this elementary, l was assigned to a third grade class, the teacher was my sixth grade teacher. It was here first year teaching l went back 20 years later and was able to see her retire!

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It was a good experience for me, I would like to return as a full-time teacher.

Special Education Assistant Trainee Substitute Teacher (Former Employee) - various locations - April 19, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Working with the student in the classrooms and assisting with different task. I enjoyed helping the staff and the students it was good. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?I wanted and needed more pay, hours, and benefits.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?The schools I worked at the environment was everyone respected each others culture and tried to work well together. What is a typical day like for you at the company?The day was routine most of the time. Sometimes things may change depending on different programs and new things happening.

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Experience Varies on Assignment

Special Education Paraprofessional (Former Employee) - San Fernando, CA - April 14, 2023

Sped Assistants could be assigned to any sped classroom. There is a wide variety of classrooms. From PALS (inclusive pre-k) to ED (Emotional Disturbance). It’s a rewarding job but very exhausting if you do not have a good classroom team to support you.

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Great experience

Teacher Assistant (Former Employee) - Highland Park, CA - April 12, 2023

While working at these 2 schools, I had a wonderful experience. I learned so much from the teachers and it inspired me to continue my education in working with children

Pros

Flexible

Cons

Pay is unfair

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LAUSD is soul-killing to the teachers and other support staff

High School Math Teacher (Former Employee) - Los Angeles High Scho - April 9, 2023

The on-site administrators and all the way up seemed to hate teachers; they undercut our success in the classroom, chiseled us on pay and benefits, and demonized our profession publicly when convenient. And almost all other staff were treated worse, though they give so much than their their job descriptions. Working for LAUSD made me hate a job that I loved very much, and the atmosphere they brew undercuts the success of LAUSD’s many under-served students.