Achievement First reviews

Management played favorites -I was part of a debrief where the leaders planned how to tell an internal candidate to improve their application; this person was ultimately the person hired while no other candidates got advice on their application or got to resubmit it. This is just one example but happened many other times where a decision for hiring was made and the interview process was performative (mgmt had already decided who they were going to hire). Toxic culture - AF's culture is that the work is more important than your own well-being. When I gave my 2 weeks notice for another opportunity to continue to work in education, I was scolded and told my decision was the "most selfish decision ever" and "incredibly unprofessional" even though our contracts are at-will, meaning you can be fired with a day's notice without them having to give a reason and the handbook only requires 1 day's notice of leave, though recommends 2 weeks. This is just one example of the verbal abuse I received while working at AF.

-Special Education is not occurring in these schools... They consider SPED teachers as lesser and incapable teachers -Contract is meaningless since they may force you to teach in a different content area if there is a great "need" -Toxic work incentives/public shaming of teachers and struggling classrooms -Broken promises of "Coaching" -Absurd hours for a teacher 7:30 am - 5 pm usual -All planning periods taken up by lengthy serious meetings