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Stay Away - Teacher Achievement First Employee Review

1.0
1 Sept 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Other than the other teachers there was nothing positive about working here.

Cons

Work-life balance is impossible. I commuted two hours each way to get to work and was still made to feel like I was somehow letting the team down by not working until 6 or 7 at night. I want to be clear that my team members never made me feel this way and like I said about, the teachers there are amazing people. Lessons are scripted for you and there is a plow forward attitude. They do not have the resources to meet the needs for special ed students. Expectations are the same for students K-8. Students are targeted for doing the smallest things like hands on their face, not making eye contact with the speaker within 2 seconds, etc. Completely unrealistic and ridiculous expectations for adults, never mind students. Students at the local high school walked out last year because they felt so disrespected. I wish I could have cheered them on.

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Achievement First Response
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I'm so sorry to read about the experience you had with AF. I can't imagine doing work this hard and commuting 2 hours each way every day. That takes incredible committment and we deeply appreciate your efforts to contribute to AF's mission under those circumstances. I also appreciate you making sure we understood your perspective and why you are no longer with the network. That said, I would truly benefit from understanding more. Perhaps it goes without saying, but the things you describe (feeling like kids were "targeted," and not feeling like the resources were there for our special-ed students) run totally contrary to our mission and the work we're trying to do in the communities we're honored to serve. I am leaving my email address and if you have any chance to reach out then please know I would be grateful to learn more from your experience. -Tom Kaiser, Chief Talent Officer, tomkaiser@achievementfirst.org

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