Achievement First reviews

3.1

35% would recommend to a friend

(999 total reviews)
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Fatimah Barker

39% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

Achievement First has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 999 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Achievement First employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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999 reviews
4.0
Apr 11, 2017

teacher

Anonymous employee
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Pros

great sweeping impacts, generally solutions oriented

Cons

exhausting, little work life balance

4.0
Apr 3, 2017

Teacher in residence

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Healthcare is cheap, ethnic diversity

Cons

Long hours, shorter summer,

5.0
Mar 24, 2017

Best in Class - Charter School Organization

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I've been an employee at Achievement First - the network support office - for the past 8 years. Achievement First currently operates about 30 high-performing k-12 schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Here are a few of the pros of working at AF: 1) Coaching and development - At AF, everyone has a coach and coaches frequently give feedback. At our schools, teachers are constantly given feedback and this rate of feedback is true for all levels of the organization. 2) Mission and purpose - The work that we do at AF is some of the most important work possible: closing the achievement gap and leveling the playing field for kids of all income levels and backgrounds. We are proving that demography doesn't equal destiny. 3) The people - We get to work with passionate, committed and talented people. Everyone here at AF has sharp minds and compassionate hearts. The organization really cares about people as well as about performance. For these reasons, AF is truly a great place to work.

Cons

To balance out some of the pros above, AF is a great organization but not a great organization for everyone. It requires people who have growth mindset - they need to want to work hard, get and apply feedback, and improve. They also need to have a "team before me" mindset.

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