Akshar Arbol International School "Salary" Reviews

Likes

Its a good place to work and grow .They treat you with value abd always give constructive feedbacks

Dislikes

The pay scale is less than market value

Work Details

Overall its a good place to grow as a person and have a good work life balance

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Likes

The school gives flexibility to teachers to implement their own teaching -learning methodologies. Coordinators and head of school are easily accessible for a chat about work/teaching ideas. Team I worked with was understanding and open minded (Injambakkam campus). Working here gave me the opportunity to grow independently without having to follow illogical structures as such structures don't exist. My coordinators were understanding about how one rule cannot apply for all, all the time and would see reason as long as the essentials are taken care of....Read More

Dislikes

Their hiring policy is extremely erratic and they still continue to hire teachers with no experience in IB. This makes it hard to collaborate or have quality inputs on pedagogy. A lot of time gets lost in trying the get the new staff to understand the IB philosophy which is quite frankly frustrating. I worked for 3 years here and received no formal professional development and was shut down saying there is in house PD's which were frankly not up. to the mark<mark style="background-color: #fff5e4;">. The salary and appraisal is very low and unsatisfactory</mark>. There is a marked difference between the primary, middle and high school and the management tries to keep boundaries in place - divide and rule policy which was very disappointing. Work-life balance for those willing to learn and those with capacity is horrible and there is no concept of appreciation. The only plus point is about the independent personal growth....Read More

Work Details

Work here is challenging and engaging if and only if the individual takes it up as a challenge. It truly is beyond just teaching content and gives an insight into concept based teaching.

Work timings: Strict Timings

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.