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Cambridge Public Schools

What is the best part of working at the company?
I love to work in the cafeteria with the kids I love working with kids 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Cambridge Public Schools, Cambridge, MA
· Oversee the activities of school children in the school cafeteria, ensuring a safe environment.
· Promote the use of good manners and guide children in clearing and cleaning tables after eating

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Cambridge Public Schools, Cambridge, MA
· Oversee the activities of school children in the school cafeteria, ensuring a safe environment.
· Promote the use of good manners and guide children in clearing and cleaning tables after eating

Cambridge Public Schools provided collaborative work places in each of four schools where I worked.  Typical work life provided occasions to meet and share information about a variety of language and culture specific groups among educators, families, and community agencies.  Each school served different socio-economic groups and families of different income levels.
The greatest challenge in my experience was to meet the learning needs of different age groups; I worked with children aged 12 through 18 years during my work life.  Some of my greatest successes derived from working with educational specialists who supported my growth in understanding students' needs.

A typical day is close to 7 hours of nonstop action.  No rest for the weary.  Zero down time.  There are some opportunities for professional development classes outside of the word day.  Its a very "closed door" work environment.  Nobody interacts with other coworkers. Its very difficult to get to know one another because everyone is so busy completely what they are asked.  There is obviously no flexibility in the daily schedule or yearly schedule.  
Hardest part of the job is making sure you keep your thick skin, thick.  If you let the words and actions of the students upset you, you'll be burnt out in no time.

I worked at Cambridge as a teacher for students with autism, and then as an inclusion instructional Specialist.  I enjoyed my time as a teacher and an inclusion specialist. The overall Department of Special Education in Cambridge Public Schools needs to work on communication and developing teachers as leaders.  They need to work more collaboratively and enhance positive school culture by modeling working as a team during professional developments and staff meetings.

Working in the ASD program at the Fletcher-Maynard Academy in Cambridge was a wonderful way for me to gain experience in working with children on the Autism spectrum. During my time there as a paraprofessional, I developed both organizational and educational skill that I believe translate well to working with other populations with specific needs and their families.

Working for the Cambridge Public School Department was the ideal job for me at the time. The interaction with students and teachers helped me to develop and expand my teaching experience.  The environment and the satisfaction that I had everyday there was phenomenal and productive, everyday teaching new things to the students and gaining knowledge from them as well.

CPS  was a large, diverse population with a great number of teachers and students within the population.  Staff members were extremely helpful and supportive on a daily basis and whenever special projects developed, all members were willing to assist in the task until its completion.

A wealthy city that runs some of its program like some of the poorest cities in Massachusetts rather than its peer districts: wealthy cities and towns. A students experience comes down to the investment of the individual teacher and there are many great teachers. Systemically, there are a lot of problems that negatively impact staff and students on a daily basis.

What is the best part of working at the company?
My coworkers and the pay was competitive for the position.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Sometimes I did not feel like I had enough support

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The environment felt like I had a second family, which comes with pros and cons

I learned a lot while working in one of the district's ASD elementary programs. There were some great teachers and administrators at the school, you could tell most of the staff really cared about their students. I would have gone back after graduate school if there had been an opening.

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