info on your schools from actual professionals who have either
worked for AF or know people who do. I have talkd to many
people who have "phone interviewed" with you and have not
gotten jobs. It is truly odd to think of a professional being
interviewed solely over the phone without a face to face meeting.

Also, it seems you have an extremely high turnover rate, as
evidencd by the constant job postings at all of your schools
that appear on the boards throughout the year. Those of us in
the trenches know this means one of several things (or all
combined): extremely difficult to manage students with severe
emotional/behavioral problems, functioning at a low level
academically; unsupportive administration with unrealistic
expectations of educators and students; a dangerous school
environment. We all know about the extra long hours and the
extended year. But we want to know what the real deal with AF
is! I know we wont hear it from the organization itself, which
paints a rosy picture of its schools for obvious reasons. So I
am sure I speak for others when we say we would welcome hearing
from teachers who work for AF or have worked for the org. I
know many fall into the latter category judging from the
constant turnover.

I for one would not interview for a job over the phone. I find
it insulting. It is as if you are setting up from the beginning
that you are somehow above us teachers, and would not deign to
meet with us face to face befor weeding us out over the phone
in a stock interview.

Anyone have any info on AF? I heard the iterviewrs are atually
just recru9iters with no teaching or admin experince in the
schools, so that is one more reason to be suspect. I for one
would prefer to meet with my future boss and colleaugues
personally.

love to hear about AF

> Here are two mini ads you could use…
>
> • Want to learn more about teaching opportunities
> at Achievement First? Sign up for a webinar on October 13th
> from 8pm-9pm. The webinar will go over our history, what
> it’s like to teach at Achievement First and what kind of
> opportunities we have available for great teachers. Please
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> https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/249491872.
>
> • Want to learn more about leadership opportunities
> at Achievement First? Sign up for a webinar on October 20th
> from 8pm-9pm with Becca Howlett, Achievement First’s Senior
> Director of School Leader and Teacher Recruitment. The
> webinar will go over our history, what it’s like to lead at
> Achievement First and what kind of opportunities we have
> available for great teachers and leaders. Please RSVP now
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>
> As background on Achievement First:
> Achievement First is a charter school management
> organization started in July 2003 by the leaders of Amistad
> Academy, a high performing charter school in New Haven,
> CT. A non-profit, 501 (c)(3) organization, Achievement
> First is creating a network of achievement-gap closing
> charter schools in Connecticut and New York to bring to
> scale the dramatic, life changing student achievement
> results produced at Amistad Academy. Achievement First
> currently operates 17 schools in both NY and CT. Over the
> next decade, Achievement First will grow to support 30
> schools serving over 11,500 students. For more information
> about the Achievement First mission, model, our schools and
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