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I started with Greater Albany Public Schools in the middle of the winter with some hesitation, my concerns were that I would not get enough work, I worked each and every day that I wanted to work and I wanted to work each and every day of the week, I was not concerned if this would be a daunting task, I had just moved from Dallas Texas (where every one carries a gun :/), where I had returned to college after 35 years of life, with an internship  at Nexus Recovery Center. Believe me the 12 Step Program Works If You Work IT, I must stop digressing. After working with the rehab culture with ages 11-100 for almost 2 years, working in the class room was very pleasing and still as rewording as Rehab had been.
GAPS is great.

If you can handle evening hours (except in summer/school breaks), very little training, the occasional drama, and often messy, gross and uncomfortable work, it's actually a surprisingly solid job. Insurance was 100% covered for me, there was a decent amount of vacation time, and I got regular pay increases. The union is one of the best of its type in the area. There is a bit of a power struggle between management at the district level, and management at the individual schools that custodians are sometimes caught in the middle of.

Driving bus is awesome, but with that comes student management. New hires have a hard time. Bus drivers change children's lives daily. Staff at bus garage great. Mechanics are awesome. Transportation Director has made positive changes. Bus drivers are not viewed as important as teachers by the district office Superintendent. Good union once you become route driver.

Elementary schools most of the time you work by yourself. Middle schools and high schools you work with someone else all the time. I prefer working by myself and that's why I actually like working as a custodian. I didn't like working for the school district because I had to provide so much extra tools to do my job and I really felt like they should have provided at least the tools.

I work as a substitute teaching assistant, so there are no benefits. Those that do have benefits think that they are good. The most difficult part of the job is that you may be moved around to other schools and different positions and you don't have any say about it. The job can be very stressful because of some of the behaviors of the children. You can be fired if you don't follow protocols with these children. It can be very difficult. You don't get to chose which ones you work with.

it wasn't bad, need more training for substitutes that handle behavioral issues with students. there is nothing provided from the school, and it makes it a little rough when you've never been in that field and not sure what to do or say sometimes with the children acting out or a certain way. especially nowadays because there's a lack of discipline from parents and the teachers can't really tell them to be quiet or threaten this or that because of their parents when they get involved with the school.

A typical day at the particular school that I work at involves babysitting 12 and 13 year-olds who can't control their behavior. I get paid very little for the amount of work I do and the amount of abuse I get from the students. But this isn't like something new that I've just experienced, really most of the schools I have worked at are like this, so not something that is particularly awful about this district.

They need to stand behind the teachers more than they do.  
I wish they were a bit more caring about their classified substitues.  They complain because there are not more classified substitues but, they are not good about caring about them.  Needless to say people are getting where they don't want to substitute.

I worked as a bilingual instructional assistant at South Shore for 3 months before quitting to move closer to home. It is a very safe, consistent, and reliable workplace. As with most state jobs the benefits are better than many other entry level places. 

I really enjoyed the people that I worked with and the fast pace.
The management was another thing. She would bring her personal issues from home into the work place and take them out on the staff. 
No job is worth having someone screaming in your face.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Special assistant 1 salary reported	$16.67 per hour
School counselor 5 salaries reported	$53,333 per year
Bilingual customer service associate 6 salaries reported	$17.67 per hour
Personal care assistant 5 salaries reported	$17.83 per hour
Custodian 1 salary reported	$19.06 per hour

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