Pros
The benefits are great. You will receive 18 days of PTO, a week off for Christmas and every major federal holiday.
Cons
We should be student driven. However, we have to be numbers driven meaning sites success is majored on how many students attend. There is a laughable elevation done twice a semester called YPQA. If learning is supposed to be scaffolded, there is no way this measurement is completely true. However, you will receive lip service if you challenge it. So, it is a numbers games. There is also too many hands in the pot. Meaning everyone has a say so but no one really knows what they are doing. There is a disconnect from Nationals vs Local Chapters. There is no room for growth. Yes, even if you receive the highest raise possible for three years straight, you will be stuck in the same position with no possibility to grow. It is laughable that they have a person over retention however they refuse to higher within. They love to higher outside people. They don’t see value of their Program Leaders, Site Coordinators and they care some what for their Program Managers. All the surveys and nothing is really being done. A bunch of people in control who have very little knowledge of youth development. They have the nerve to say they are still a start up. They have been around for almost 30 years. That doesn’t even make sense.
