family advocate

facilitator

early childhood teacher

culinary lead

teacher

Operation-Breakthrough

On a regular day as usual, I prepare breakfast for all incoming children followed by a series of activities engaging them with lots of social skills so they can open up with conversation. Throughout the day a lesson plan is carried out with art, math, and reading activities. The end of the day we close out with physical movement, choice time, and a small snack before departure.
 Staying on task is a must when you have a schedule to follow. It makes things run smoothly and most importantly keeps the children engaged.
I strongly believe in communication. This helps solve a lot of confusion that may be just plain gossip. I always lean on my co-workers for support, when you're faced with a difficult challenge.
The hardest part of my job is not having stability or simply feel like your not advancing to the next level. I believe you can take all that you've learned and plant the seed at another facility with advancement. 
The most enjoyable part of my job is building relationships with staff and children. This is my gift that I am willing to go to extreme measures of fulfilling my destiny. Everyone can't say they enjoy working with and teaching young children. But I'm that one that can say, "This is what I'm called to do." I love teaching children how to chase their dreams, find their gifts,and speak life over their failures. I'm above passionate with young children, after all they are our future.

OB is not a school, it’s a glorified daycare. They do not protect their staff and force them into difficult and danger roles with zero training. There are no resources for teachers period. They advertise frequent field trips and teacher activities but ultimately fail to fulfill their promises. They often underpay teachers by altering their hours worked or mislabeling their contracts. 

Additionally, classes of children are often left in the hands of a non-certified “teacher” for full days or parts of days. These children often have severe behavioral issues and often need extensive supervision, therapy, and support. OB does not adequately offer these resources. Instead, they encourage you to write a report about any issues with students. These reports are as good as a napkin at the end of the day. They are not filed away, shown to parents, nor addressed with other staff.

OB puts massive emotional, mental, and physical stress on its employees. Their “conscious discipline” approach is just passive parenting in disguise. They will not train you on CD and will “reprimand” you frequently as a result. 

I liked working here because I could be near my children. I enjoyed helping both the children and their parents care for their teeth, plus this job aided in my decision to go back to school for medical billing and coding. The hardest part of my job would have to be when patients have extensive complications and either couldn't or wouldn't get help.

My day would begin with prepping the dental clinic for the dentists to receive patients and directing the patients to fill out their paperwork. If it was a clinic day for the kids, I would retrieve them from their respective classes, deliver them to the clinic, and return them to their teacher. Throughout the day, my ongoing duties would be to enter patient information via data entry and call patients to schedule or confirm appointments. At the end of the day, I would clean up the clinic and pull patient files for the next day.

It saddens me to write a negative review here, because at it’s core OB is a valuable resource and can have a positive impact on families. I just wish the same could be said for it’s employees. The main issues are a lack of direct support for it’s teaching staff and the abysmal mental health services that many at OB desperately need. Those problems combined frequently make the work environment feel chaotic, unpredictable, and overwhelming. The teaching staff are constantly expected to meet unreasonable expectations, and are consistently brushed off when voicing concerns. Oftentimes the only tangible support you’ll find is with other coworkers facing the same difficulties. 
Many members of the administrative staff are simply more concerned about checking the required boxes and having shiny new facilities that merely look good on the surface, rather than focusing on the actual needs of the community they serve and the people who work there. Heartbreaking, but true. 

I volunteered at Operation Breakthrough from January 2015 to March 2015 to fulfill the 30 hours of service required for my school. Operation Breakthrough is a great place to volunteer if you are looking for a place that offers simple tasks and a relaxed environment. My duties included organizing their pantry and organizing the various donations they receive daily into their respective closets. They had four closets so you were not always in the same one every day. Each staff member was very kind and gave simple and helpful directions.

Operation Breakthrough is one of the largest daycares in the Kansas City Metro area. The services they offer these children range from dental care, health screenings, helping parents with employment locations and so on. I very much enjoyed having this be one of my internships. The most enjoyable part of this internship was being able to see the children daily, help with any needs they may have had, and be able to see their faces light up just knowing they had a place to go daily were their needs would be met if their parents were unable to do so.

A typical day at operationbreakthrough was to be prepared for several children at one time. Working with ages 0-5 years. Doing several activities with children that helps develop learning and social skills. Make lesson plans and form daily activities for children. Hardest part of the job for me was knowing  how to deal with several behaviors from several children, but  the most enjoyable moments for me was building  a bond with these children and seeing the smiles on their faces when the accomplish goals and activities.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Working with kids and in the break room you would always have so.e food.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The p parents come in were rude as he'll and that why the kids act like that

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Everyone is friendly and you do  get to see other teachers work

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Check in on that tablet you put your stuff away say goodmorning to kids and start working

My work experience at Operation Breakthrough, Inc was a very rewarding one. It, also, provided me with a great experience by working with a very diverse clientele.

I would recommend the agency to anyone that's interested in applying to do so!

Management is not understanding nor supportive. They will take everything you are willing to give and give nothing in return. HR is trying to revive the place but even the CEO doesn’t understand our mission. OB puts a lot of every into school age and neglects the infants and toddlers. I wouldn’t work here again. Also they do not match 401k and have decent benefits. Pay is alright comparatively to other EHS and HS programs. 

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