Too Stressful - Middle School Math Teacher Achievement First Employee Review

2.0
Jan 7, 2018
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Pros

There are several job openings to work at AF. They also introduce growth mindset and provide lesson plans for some subjects.

Cons

It is military-style. Some AF schools take it more seriously than others. As a teacher with experience in regular public schools, I felt very uncomfortable with some of the classroom behavior management techniques that we were forced to implement. They also group students with IEPs and 504 plans together in classrooms, which is generally not an acceptable solution in public schools. Hours are long and you find yourself getting there early and staying late to get work done. If you consider that you are working 60+ hours a week, you are only getting paid $15 an hour (if that). You are observed daily/weekly by administration and your scores are based on factors that are rather insignificant (if 100% students' eyes are on you, if 100% of students have their chairs pushed in, if you "narrated" and commented on behaviors immediately within 3 seconds). They care more about those factors (students' sitting and acting like robots) than your actual teaching.

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