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I worked in the Instructional Technology department at Alamo Colleges, and my supervisor was fantastic. A manager that understand the important of a hybrid schedule, work-life balance, and knows how to get work done efficiently is hard to find. 

I worked as a contractor, and I heard the process for a full-time employee is a little bit different and it takes a lot more time to get hired on. I was hired fairly quickly, within 3 weeks. I worked at the district office, which was awesome because it's a brand new building, and has lots of places to walk around, eat, and sit outside rather than being inside all day. If you live far from downtown, then traffic can get crazy. 

As a Technical Writer, I learned so much about SaaS, accessibility, and how to manage a large content knowledge base. I also learned a lot about the history of the  five Alamo Colleges, which was so intriguing. Being a previous student at NVC, it was awesome to see the colleges from a different perspective. 

Honestly, the hardest part of the job for me was the drive, but that's expected when you live far away from the location. Also, since I worked in the summer, I did the four-day work week, which a lot of people said was hard to adjust to, but I actually preferred it. It was hard for me to adjust back to five days. 

I was excited to start working at Alamo Colleges. The mission is great. The students are amazing! 
The management is the reason for my recommendation to stay away. It didn't take long to uncover that it's a hotbed of political back stabbing and nepotism. People have worked there for years. If they don't know you, they just stare at you when you ask about the process. What do you mean you don't know? Not sure how I could if I'm new. I had people flat out ignore me when I called or sent emails for clarification. If I managed to get them on the phone, I was told "That's not my job" and call someone else. Ok, who? Never mind that I was trying to help a student. I thought that's what we were there to do.
The technological infrastructure is weak and processes are over complicated. Many processes are still done by old paper forms. If you ask why something is done this way, they tell you it's how it has always been. Heaven forbid you offer a solution. You'll find yourself redirected to the same process and a head examination for suggesting otherwise.
I do believe that the chancellor is a good leader and is working hard to turn around a toxic culture. He has decades of precedent to unravel. Until he gets the ship righted, there's no amount of money in this world that would have me work there again.

Our high school was early college, STEM and project-based. Students graduated with 60+ college credit hours and an associates in liberal arts. I taught Pre-AP Chemistry (10th) and Physics (11th). Instructed many lab experiments as well as projects and was a mentor for the Robotics Club. I loved my students and co-workers and management. My instructional coach was amazing. If it wasn't for a family emergency I would have finished the year there and gained my Teaching Certification (since that was my probationary teaching certification year with Texas Teachers). 

A typical day, in the morning, at work would include preparing my classroom, tutoring students, and making copies etc. I usually lectured some, had students take notes on a powerpoint I designed, followed by guided practice and other practice problems. 

I met with the other physics teacher once a week to align lesson plans, met with instructional coach weekly, regularly designed and implemented projects including grading rubrics and timelines. 

The hardest part of the job was all the papers that needed to be graded but that just comes with the territory, I love teaching and am good at it. 

I especially enjoy teaching biology and chemistry but am qualified to teach any science.

Throughout my time at the company, I found every moment to be engaging and full of opportunities for learning. I developed significant patience along the way, which I believe is essential in a dynamic work environment. The management team was highly supportive and demonstrated a genuine interest in effective leadership and operational strategies, creating a positive atmosphere for growth.

The camaraderie among my colleagues was truly remarkable; we functioned more like a family. While we encountered our share of challenges, we addressed them in a constructive manner without holding on to past grievances. Our focus remained on collaboration and striving for excellence.

One of the more challenging aspects of my role involved training the Field Supervisor on new policies and procedures, which required adaptability and clear communication. However, the most fulfilling part was completing tasks on schedule and witnessing the collective joy on everyone's faces. This sense of accomplishment contributed immensely to our team's morale and cohesion.

At NLC the student success management supports favortism, creating a nepotism environment. There are gaps in the student enrollment process creating confusion and a long admissions process i.e. student transcripts sent by high schools and colleges don't "make it" into the system and the students are given the burden to repurchase transcripts. The enrollment process can change weekly based on managements desition i.e. new students can get temporarily waived from some of the enrollment steps depending on the time of the year, however transfer students don't have this option. Management treats staff with a demeaning approach and belittles/ignores creative solutions. Management doesn't utilize or understand technology and consistently has staff 
manually develop/input inforrmation when technology could do it in a fraction of the time. The life-work balance is not supported. Salaries don't reflect experience and education. First timers (recent graduates that have never worked in the field) make more than experienced staff.

While the colleges themselves are decent, the chance to grow is nonexistent. All full-time hires are nepotism-based and they only look for people over the age of 35 (usually around 40). They tell you that it takes time to get a FT position there to keep you hooked so they can pay you next to nothing and then, ultimately, hire for the FT positions on the outside. They do not take your teaching abilities into account. They do not look at student reviews. They do nothing but throw you into the adjunct pool and leave you there with little to no chance to move out of it UNLESS you know someone who matters. It is very unfortunate. I understand adjuncting is a difficult thing to do anyway, but the Alamo Colleges literally choose not to hire from their existing and qualified pool of adjuncts and would rather get someone from outside which is sad. It is a hard field to break into FT anyway, but their system doesn't do anything to help. I have never felt so incredibly alone and undervalued at a company. If you can find somewhere else to go, do it. It is not worth being strung along here. 

Working at Alamo Colleges (SAC location in Nursing building) was pretty nice , the former supervisor  was so nice and understanding of my schedule . If I had to miss a day of work for a doctors appointment or something came up, they were totally understandable. Great job for someone with minor experience/ someone who is limited on what they can do physically in my case I had specific health related reasons as to why I couldn’t do many jobs but this one was an office setting and it was very relaxed & chill for the most part. Only con is that sometimes the people you work with (mostly just the other work studies) had drama and it wasn’t always resolved but other than that I loved working there would go back again if I qualified !

Love ACCD! 
Great opportunities for CE Instructors with a variety of courses. The really support professional development and offer many trainings to improve your skills as a educator. 
I enjoy teaching courses within the different programs such as MA, MFO, PCT. Students are motivated to learn and change their lives. 
Since COVID, the district has really stepped up to offer courses through a variety of modalities such as F2F, hybrid, remote, or online. I hope even when we fully return to campus they continue to offer these options.

My direct boss is good but I know many are not. There are a lot of people who have been there for 10-30 years and act like you should bow down to them. Training is not very good and it is really stressful during peak periods. Leadership needs to evaluate remote/hybrid work. Allowing us One day a week, after we have proven the organization will thrive after two years of being remote. Leadership really needs to be more flexible or they will risk losing all their good employees. I don’t want to drive to their offices every day just to sit in a cubicle. The wages are not good, if they aren’t going to budge on wages, at least stop making me spend all my money on gas to go sit at a cubicle for 9 hours a day! They do give good time off for Christmas break and Spring Break. Overall culture is very old, run by boomers and people with superiority complex. 

The main reason for a low score is that employees are visibly unhappy. There are a large number of administrators, and they lack managerial experience. Since most educators have not had enough experience or knowledge about business acumen, there is no structure in the organization. Administrators lack vision and the ability to implement change. The faculty and staff are overburdened with work that could be automated instead of adding to the other duties as assigned. The toxic culture is noticeable in the at-large student experience and engagement. 

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Tutor 6 salaries reported	$19.38 per hour
Maintenance mechanic 1 salary reported	$30.74 per hour
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