Cult-Like Atmosphere - Anonymous employee Toronto Prep School Employee Review

Unique school, small student numbers overall, class sizes are small compared to public school. There are opportunities to do fun stuff like field trips and international trips as well. If you are a new teacher, you will learn a lot.

Almost no breaks throughout the day, you need to be available at 9am to help with homework, teach 4 classes, run a lunchtime club or sport and do extra help after school as well. Tons of unpaid mandatory school events that everyone is required to go to outside of the regular school day including some Saturdays. It’s common for there to be some type of drama amongst staff/management and it’s uncomfortable and unprofessional. There is very high turnover in staff who have been there less than 4 years and they are constantly hiring to replace people they fired or who quit.

The staff and principal and vice principal are the pros. Everyone is very giving and kind. They will train you, but you cannot be complacent. It’s clear the owners invest in their staff members and students. Facilities are fully stocked. We get awesome lunches. They give the usual health and dental benefits with added RRSP Matching.

Sometimes there’s some student squabbles but that’s normal in a high school. there’s such a positive community at TPS that it’s usually gets drowned out or addressed by the principal and vice principal.