Job Responsibilities
Analyzing testing data of district's students to designate which
had to go to summer school; finding schools to host summer
programs; hiring teachers for summer program (and intersession
programs); running and implementing summer and intersession
programs at district schools.
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Job Requirements
Is this the correct question? The educational requirements for
my job were that I have a BA; having a Master's was additional
pay. Having a master's was not necessary though to climb up the
ladder.
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Uppers
Always a new thing; dealing with kids and parents (could also be bad);
satisfying; each year the program ended, so there was a culmination each year of
the past 12 months of work.
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Downers
Dealing with kids and parents (also an upper); bureaucracy of a
non-profit organization; the district not listening to one small
program and making decisions that were not in the best interest
of the program; difficulty in working with other departments;
easy to fall through the cracks in such a large organization.
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Lifestyle
Easy culture; 8-4:30 workday. Stayed late sometimes during real crunch times,
but usually pretty easy going.
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Compensation
Base salary was about $40K/yr. There were no bonuses, but we got
3-4 weeks vacation, a retirement pension plan, and fully covered
medical, vision and dental insurance.
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Advice to Jobseekers
Education? It's a good field for those who are looking for a
life long career. There are many benefits to staying for thirty
years, including a great retirement plan. Non profits are always
tough and don't pay that well, but are usually pretty fulfilling.
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