case manager

teaching assistant

school principal

solar technician

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Action for Boston Community Development, Inc., (ABCD)

Working at ABCD has been particularly challenging this past year and a half because after two weeks of working in person, we switched to remote learning due to the pandemic. The company was as supportive as it could be as it had to pivot so quickly. They even gave teachers more hours because online instruction was taking much longer than in person and they gave $100 bonus because of working in this challenging environment. However, because salaries are paid by grant money, it can take a while for things to get approved. There isn’t much job security, as we rely on grant money. I can’t speak to benefits since I’m only part time and don’t receive any. All the staff has been friendly and helpful, although I haven’t had much interaction with them during the pandemic. I‘be never met the director, but from what I hear in emails and see on the news,  it sounds like he really has a heart for helping people in the Boston area, which is very admirable. It felt good to be part of an organization that has done so much for hurting people during the pandemic. The hardest part about teaching English here is that so many of the students come and go throughout the year, and it makes teaching the class much more challenging. In my role as an ESOL teacher, there is also a student advising component (helping find jobs, dealing with immigration issues, etc.) which I feel ill-equipped to do since I’m not familiar with the area. However my supervisor has always been extremely helpful in showing me where to point students.

During my time at work it was the most great time in my life, I have experience so many things that I have never done before at all and I really happy that got to learn these experience with my co-workers and my advisors. Getting to have such a great communication went through along the way even being great friends to one another. Getting to understand and respectful in a way. I have learn to understand the steps of controlling my ways to understand have to manage to row on boat and explaining it to other people around the world to visit on are dock. Showing them the way of things on my time at Hull boating center. The workplace .. doesn't seem have the culture at all, but the I could definitely explain the hardest parts would be always making sure that single boat the dock is clean and safe to use well you're going rowing around the environment, repair everything that is needed to be repaired such as tools, rope, he ground on the dock, every single team member for a different community comes on and off the boat safely. As that goes along, my enjoyable moments would be that I have seen people from community with a lots of children's and staffs comes an goes saying that are efforts are great to see in and out, complements, employee of the week.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best of working for the company was serving the immediate community which I lived in. The teamwork was immeasurable.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
What was more frustrating than stressful, was getting the families to participate in the bi-weekly socializations that I planned, organized and for the most part implemented. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment was supportive and consistent teamwork.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day for me was to check in with my co-workers and see how everybody was doing. I would then gather items needed for the home visits for that day. I would check in with my supervisor on return and give feedback on the home visits. After that, I would write my notes on the visits. Getting prepared for the next day by making calls to the families to remind them of the visit for the next day. Phone calls might result in the client/mom needing to talk, or needing resources. So, resources such as clothing for the children needed to be entered I to the system. Teamwork was very productive; many times the case managers would share inciteful things with me regarding the families during our meetings together.

If you "know people" in upper management you're likely to move up. department head, was uninvolved and openly unconcerned with the overall mission of the agency. That was extremely disconcerting to hear from a "leader" who was never there. They were unsupportive, and had no connection with staff. Potential is there, but a major reorganization and strategic planning was long over do. ABCD can also benefit from better financial management on the development side. You constantly received a potential layoff notice, and your position was dependant on the agency procuring additional funding. It didn't seem like they were accessing available funds through the Boston CoC and other available funding sources. Once I left ABCD my career advanced extremely quickly..

I loved working at ABCD. I loved multi-tasking. It helped speed the day, the clients are interesting, ideas are encouraged to help job progress, independence is given to work freely, co- workers are cool and not strict. The hardest part of the job could be being busy with clients, but if you control how long you sit and converse with clients you can see time manage easier. It is important to be organized and apply effective time management in order to deal with a bulk of clients and phone calls. Other than that, there are days where clients are not in full. The most enjoyable part of the job is going to the community meetings and brown bag. I love being around the clients and seeing what is going on in the community that I would not have typically known of is I wasn't catering to them.

I work with some awesome teachers but they’re outnumbered by all the lazy or incompetent teachers that look great on paper but can’t manage the classroom or the children. The office staff lack communication and respect for the teachers. The director is a micromanager and bully who always wants to be right and will force you to do whatever she wants even if it doesn’t make sense just to win any disagreement. All she does is criticize the teachers and believes in thought crime. It’s gone downhill a lot. Central doesn’t care about the teachers but then they turn around preaching teamwork and community. They only care about stats and reputation and pleasing families with no regard to rules and teachers. There’s also extra office staff that just sit around gossiping

Abcd is a non profit company that is designed to help out low income families.There are different programs such as fuel assistance, housing and a variety of schools to further your education and assist you with clothing and different drives to help out the community. A typical day for myself would consist of doing copy jobs via email and in person, performing supply request for various office supplies. Log in incoming and outgoing mail and also receiving fed ex and ups packages and sending out notifications to come and pick them up. there is nothing really hard about the job. It is very laid back and friendly.

I loved the work enviroment at ABCD. I was a forclosure prevention assistant. The people were earthy. They work as complimentary forces along with each other. We all understand each others positions and worked as a unit. I gained more self confidence as an adult and professional because I was given the chance to carry out my own tasks to the collective whole. Help was available, but individual expression was encouraged. The hardest part about the job was learning how to get around. Once I understood better my assignments, everything was on autopilot.

This was my first 9-5, full-time, Monday through Friday position, I thought it would be hard to adjust but it was very easy.  I worked with a great time, we got to know each other well and formed a great bond.  The work load was very manageable and if there were any difficulties management was there to assist.  I've never managed others until this position and it was very easy to delegate and supervise.  I enjoyed meeting and working with the youth ages 14-21. The hardest part of the job was completing the program!  This was only a summer program.

In the morning you would gather up the children and sit them in a circle to start story time. once that is done we will do play time. Make sure that the children are playing fairly and are not fighting with each other. Make sure that all the children have used the bathroom before heading out on a mini fieldtrip. When you return from the fieldtrip we take them to wash their hands and we sit in the table and serve them their lunch. After lunch they take a nap. While they are napping you make sure that all the toys are put away.

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