Are you looking for a company that invests in its employees? This isn't it. LMB's benefits are atrocious. They currently do not match employee's retirement due to poor financial decisions made on their part. Their "merit pay" is the cost of living increase. If you request full-time, do not expect to be working full-time. If hours are "slow" you'll be working part-time. LMB considers themselves a school when it's convenient, and a business when it's not. Leadership encourages professional development, yet there is no compensation for taking on new responsibilities until you've become a mentor. Do not expect to make it to the level of mentor, consultant, ACD, etc. unless you are a yes-man who is content with looking the other way and has found a way into leadership's clique. That job posting stating you would help kids read? True. Expect to also be their teacher during the school year, even though that was not in the job description. Expect to take on more titles and work-load without being compensated. Leadership is built by power-hungry people. LMB doesn't take the type of person into account when promoting them to a managerial position. Some higher-ups promote talking poorly about other clinicians during pacing meetings, and therefore other leadership follows. If you ask the important questions, you will be pushed back into your "place". Expectations are diverse amongst all employees. Expectations are based on the friendships you've made with instructional leadership. LMB does not train its employees on behavior. If you do not have an educational background, it may be difficult to help deescalate and redirect students. While the students are lovable in so many ways, your experience with behavior will be trial by fire. Some consultants are quick to receive feedback and will implement ideas given by clinicians, while others will not, (or want every good idea to come from them). LMB is money-hungry. Every single decision is based on money, not the student's best interest. If the thought of money-hungry businesses disguised as schools upsets you, do not work here. If you love working with kids, I encourage you to do so. Please don't let LMB poison that love. Find work somewhere else.
