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Options For Youth Public Charter Schools

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working for this company is the atmosphere at our school. We are a group of educators and administrative professionals who care about our students.  We all work very well as a team and have fun in the process.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Sometimes deadlines that need to be met or poor communication between coworkers, and management can be stressful but this is rare. Sometimes there are changes within our school programs such as summer school and this can be stressful as it is a very busy time of year.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment at Options for Youth is very relaxed and friendly. I have made this school/workplace my home for over 17years. We have many staff that are veterans, that have worked for OFY for many years.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I am a center coordinator ,or administrative assistant and my job duties include answering busy phones, registering and orienting new students, processing records requests,  student records, and cumulative files. In addition to desk duties, we are involved with student groups such as ASB , and gardening group.

After working at private and traditional public schools, working in a charter school was a nice change of pace. My experience has been overall, pretty positive. I was able to learn, coach, and be as involved as I wanted to be in extracurriculars. I felt supported by my admin team and my center colleagues. The hardest part of my job though was the fact that my department has been severely understaffed since I was hired. On top of that, we have constantly been handed more than we can manage with little to no additional support. There are very few opportunities to advance with the company, and even the annual reviews can only be rated so high. The pay is very good, but I'm ready to move on.

The company has good people working for them. However, the teachers typically work under options for youth while certificated personnel typically work for Prep for Success. Those who work for PFS have to submit timesheets which document your hours, every minute of your day must be accounted for and it must match your check in information. The hours of work are rigid, 8-4pm with a 1 hour lunch. Everyone must take the hour. Everything must first go through your immediate supervisor before it goes to a higher person at corporate office in Pasadena. My interview was very nice, they were very friendly and it felt like a good fit until I started to really feel micromanaged due to timesheet logging my tasks and time.

This company has consistently failed to adhere to state and federal standards and legislation, failed to ensure student and employee safety in dangerous working environments, and failed to hire or train employees to understand and respond to the needs, challenges, and security threats at their school sites. Above all, the horrendous management at the San Bernardino charter is a direct threat to students safety and academic success and has resulted in a professional environment devoid of proper growth or career options.

I started at this organization as an English Teacher or English Small Group Instructor. I couldn't believe how much easier it was to manage a classroom full of 12-18 students. The staff is amazing and the students are even better. I eventually moved up to a leadership role, and I feel like this organization gives you plenty of opportunities for upward mobility. I'm approaching my tenth year working here. I love this place and highly recommend it.  

A typical work day would be most of us arriving roughly at the same time, prepping for the incoming students, and who we were going to see that day. If it was going to be a busy day (some days more students showed up than others), the work load would be spread over the appropriate areas. But the co-workers were great, we all worked together and generally enjoyed each others company. The hardest part about this job is seeing kids you know can succeed, that are smart and have potential, but decided instead to fall to poor influences, or become unruly with those who want to help them.

What is the best part of working at the company?
My coworkers and admin are very supportive, and we always help each other.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
A lot of the students we get are not the best students, and come into independent learning without thinking it through.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very relaxed, fun loving, and not at all back stabbing. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Planning and grading for an hour, 8-9, students 9-10:30, 10:30-noon, lunch from 12-1, and students 1-2:30 and 2:30-4. Whole team meetings on Thursday 8:30-9, and non-student days, Friday.

Answering inbound calls related to customer accounts regarding their installations of residential phone, internet, and cable services. Daily task consist of taking 50-60 calls, electronic transaction( checks & credit card) technical services( troubleshooting company equipment), filing complaints, scheduling appointments for installment and service issues, cross sale products, typing 35wpm, also responding to business email and other business application within company policy, etc. Communication with technicians regarding scheduled appointments, technical support, alerts on major outages, documenting detailed information.

The company as a whole has great culture and values. Helping under represented communities reach their goals by equipping them with tools and vision needed to succeed. Most people working for this company believe in empowering students to view themselves less as objects and more as subject who predicate actions.
Hardest part of the Job was dealing with an ill prepared supervisor who lacked direction and organizational skills. Peak of working this company was being able to see each student reach the graduating stage.

I have worked three different positions at Options For Youth: center coordinator, Area Teacher 2, and teacher. Personally, I think Options For Youth has great benefits and wonderful pay. While I do have to work summers, I get paid much more than my teacher friends who work at traditional schools. There is quite a bit of administrative work, and a lot less instruction than a traditional teaching job, but I actually enjoy the balance. PTO is great and I’ve always gotten along with my bosses. We do work with a tough student population, which isn’t for everyone, but you do have the opportunity to make a huge difference. 

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Teacher 1 salary reported	$46,000 per year
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School psychologist 2 salaries reported	$87,000 per year
English teacher 3 salaries reported	$81,500 per year

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