Achievement First reviews

3.1

35% would recommend to a friend

(217 total reviews)
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Fatimah Barker

39% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

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1.0
Oct 14, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

The kids make coming to work enjoyable. You get to meet really smart, caring and kind educators.

Cons

The pay doesn’t match the amount of work you do. They don’t pay people climbing up the ladder within the network, that has proven what they can do and their worth, as much as they do external hires

3.0
Oct 5, 2022

Pros & Cons

Recommend
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Pros

The kids are amazing (as always) and if you stay for a few years they definitely really show you their appreciation for doing so, if you are deemed a "good" teacher, you are pretty much left alone, great pay

Cons

Don't promote from within, show favoritism to former AF students turned teachers, do not try to keep good teachers/get rid of bad ones, gossip heavy school, administration changes every year, lots of staff turnover (both mid-year and end-of-year), work/life balance is virtually non-existent

3.0
Sep 26, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Get all vacations throughout the school year, get two weeks off in the summer. Working with kids, an wear sneakers to work, can move up quickly, friendly staff.

Cons

Get pulled for hours a day to help with other tasks so work time window is cut by 2-3 hours a day. Need to stay late to make up time. Health insurance is not great, high deductibles. Upper management can be micromanagers, might be talked to like you are a kid. Staff is very young so they over work then get burned out. Staff lasts about 2 years. High turnover rate. I saw Spanish speaker inc staff got taken advantage of for no extra pay but more responsibilities and work.

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