Benefits & Employee Perks

United Charter High Schools offers full-time employees an excellent, comprehensive benefits package.

Within your first week as an employee, you’ll learn all about the many perks and benefits that you’ll receive, some, as early as your first day on the job.

Employees benefit from generous PTO, 100% coverage of medical and dental premiums, with a considerable cost share for dependants; a 403b plan with contributions equal to 8% of salary from the 1st of the month after date of hire that vests over time; gym reimbursement of up to $200 a year; employee referral awards of $1,000 per hire; and much more.

Teacher Pay & Benefits 2023-24 SCHOOL YEAR

STARTER SALARY

For Certified Teachers $55.62 per session rate
$ 0
MAX SALARY

Attainable after 19 years based on fast-track for highly effective teachers
$ 0

$2.5k to $10k

Additional Compensation for Extracurricular Programs

403B EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION
0 %
BONUSES

3, 5, 8 & 10 Year Retention Bonuses Totaling $7K
$ 0

United Charter High Schools faculty career ladder is a leader in the education space. Our innovative approach rewards high performance and promotes equitable pay across our Charter School Network.

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Our schools are some of New York State’s highest performing charter high schools, consistently meeting, and in many cases exceeding, NYSED’s Performance Benchmarks for Student Performance – outperforming NYS on the 4-year Cohort Regents’ exams and the 4-year graduation rate for all students and special populations. They also include the only NYC High School to receive the prestigious National Blue Ribbon Award in 2022.

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