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Elementary Ed Teacher - Anonymous employee Achievement First Employee Review

5.0
11 Jan 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Excellent teacher development (real-time coaching, weekly coaching sessions, almost daily intellectual lesson prep) -Leadership transparency (I have never felt that my school leaders were dishonest) -People are genuinely passionate and excited about the work they’re doing

Cons

-As with most big CMOs, the hours are very long and the work is very demanding. The school days are from 7:15-4:15/4:30 with 90 minute preps. That being said, that comes with the territory of working in charters and leadership will help you to maintain a work/life balance if you voice that this is important to you early on.

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Thanks for sharing your feedback here! It’s great to hear that you’ve had a positive experience teaching with us. I also appreciate you describing our leaders and staff as both transparent and passionate, because I completely agree. Building schools that will prepare kids for college isn’t always easy - but doing the work alongside people who are just as passionate as you makes it a heck of a lot more enjoyable! I also agree that this work is incredibly demanding. We work long hours and the bar for teachers is set really high. But everything we do is to ensure that we are giving our students the best education possible to put them on the path to and through college graduation. Thanks again for your feedback and for your commitment to our kids. -Tom Kaiser, Chief Talent Officer

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