paraprofessional

food service associate

teacher

staff assistant

typist

Osceola-County

The administration was supportive, transparent, and committed. That made a huge difference in my experience. The ESE District department was the complete opposite. They are cliquey, condescending, and play favorites. They pretend to support the school- based people but in reality they’re back stabbing and condescending. They roll out new policies with little direction or support. If you make a mistake, they talk about you instead of reevaluating their training and support system. There is very little support for behavioral issues. Other departments in the district like, REA were a lot more supportive and helpful.
This year there were cut backs mid year and at the end of the year district wide. We lost a lot of great teachers, despite the fact that the district knew weee growing. The new superintendent made negative changes that affected the top 10% seniors graduating and are going to affect the teachers next year. They are proposing no time during pre planning to work in the classrooms. Also, all meetings should be scheduled after school and not during planning. Not sure how that will work for IEP meetings. If you work an extra day, they pay you $100 a day for 8 hours before taxes instead of your hourly rate. The ESE department has a welcome back meeting before pre planning and they said they can’t even pay the $100 for the meeting.
Overall, my experience with my school- based team was exceptional. We work as a team and everyone supported each other. The Osceola School District needs to be more inclusive, supportive, and supportive with the people in the trenches.

Subbing used to be under the county school district but they have been under Kelly Education for the past few years. I like the flexibility of hours, schools, days, and grades I can choose from. Some schools are amazing to work for.  Pay varies depending on area Subbing like teacher/ paraprofessional/ custodian. Some schools may offer long term subbing which entails for a week, few weeks,  months or even the school year. Kelly Education management is hard to get ahold of and to get answers from o  some issues. The hardest part of the job is dealing difficult behaviors and there's no accountability or discipline in place. I enjoy the job because it gives me various experiences and another outlook on our school systems.  But most of all I love making those connections with students where it makes it their day, smile,  or have someone they trust. I also like to mix lessons from my own experiences in school to today's to help a child learn or understand something more easier.

Beautiful line of work. Teachers are a special breed of human. The downside is that youu must work long hours without proper compensation. It is difficult to make a living to supposrt yourself without having to count your pennies and stretch your money every month if you don’t have a parter. I tried to have a small apartment for a year and ended up getting in debt. I now live with two roommates because I hate debt! Most of the people I work with have two or three side jobs. 

The reason I continue this career is because I feel like I am making an impact in young adult’s life. I love my students and they are a big reason I wake up every morning and go to work. 

My work family is supportive and we help each other. Administration is always pushing new policies and new initiatives from District. If you are a good teacher you get taken advantage of but your pay never really reflects all that you do.

As a substitute teacher you supervise over classes. Do you follow assigned lessons plans left to you by the teacher that is absent. Sometimes if the absences last minute no lesson plans are left for you and you need to work with administrators and partner teachers to develop a plan for the students that day. Do you have the flexibility to choose the schools and hours and days that you want to work. It’s a great opportunity to work with young children and help develop their learning. The job does not come with benefits and the pay is fairly low unless you’re a retired teacher from this county. Sometimes the most difficult thing about this job is classroom management students are used to a specific teacher and a routine and simply being a substitute teacher filling in for them is disruptive to their day. With the help of administrators and fellow teachers it’s not a hard task to overcome. And honestly helping children learn is the best part of this job.

Osceola School District does not appreciate their teachers. If they did, then the teachers would have had a salary increase in the past six years. This current school year, OSD opened a brand new elementary school. The money used for a brand new school should have gone to the teachers because quality teachers are what our students need.

Management passes the buck to someone else. When you ask for help from Administration they personally do not assist you. In turn, you are considered not knowing content. Hardest part of working here was dealing with the Administration.

The teachers at the Middle School are awesome. They collaborate very well. I liked that I could go to any teacher with a question and they would be willing to assist.

The most enjoyable part of working at Osceola School District was watching the kids learn new concepts. I remember a struggling learner I had in science class, he had difficulty understanding mixture vs. solution, but after a hands on lab he got it! From that point on, he loved science class!

Upon arriving to work, I would prepare for the day.  I place items in order of importance that need to be completed that day.  If there is a student field trip that day, I would contact the approved vendor/transportation company to verify their time of arrival/departure to and from our school to the designated destination.  
Money is collected daily and deposited in a local Financial Institution.  Budgets are accounted for and balanced on a daily basis.  
Purchase orders are input by myself and approved by our Principal for items the school/students/teachers need.  
Create invoices for services.  Issue checks daily for incoming invoices.
Balance bank accounts on a monthly basis.  
Create Excel spreadsheets for committee accounts.  
My typical day is constantly interrupted by teachers and students.  Since they are on a tight schedule, I need to be very flexible and accommodating which does not bother me.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Work conditions were fine despite the kids behavior issues. No pressure from the administration at all and colleagues were helpful and kind. But the district school board treated us very wrongly as international teachers, voting not to renew contracts and messing us up because we had secured rental houses and had to break leases and sell property at throw away prices to move unexpectedly.  They never thought about our welfare at all and only thought of saving costs on their side. I am yet to recover from the setback. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not knowing about tomorrow.  Living life on the edge

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Culturally diverse. Work environment is very okay.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Start work at 9 for middle school and leave at 4.30. No unnecessary delays or eating into your personal time unless compensated and communicated earlier.

Administration answers to the school district without question and the school district is HORRIBLE. They make all decisions without any thought of how each decision will impact teachers. Because the culture is so bad, they try implement new policies each year and often don’t take responsibilities away, leaving faculty and staff overworked. HUGE discipline problems because admin doesn’t have the backbone to stand up to parents and school grades are at least partially dependent on discipline issues which leads to referrals being dealt with quietly and then deleted. Covid obviously compounded the problem as now discipline problems like tardies, phone use, refusal to complete classwork is expected to be dealt with “grace and compassion”. And now the students have learned just how much power they have. It is absolutely miserable here. 

Overworked, underpaid ( caseload and workload>90-120 students + evaluations + meetings + support to slp if you are given extra duties of support) and under appreciated, served with an excellent side dish of work place politics, passive aggressive tactics & negativity if you voice your concerns. Backstabbers, discriminatory behaviours of higher position professionals, kept extremely in a tight group within themselves. You are just a number and to whitewash it outwardly they’ll throw a sentence that they appreciate everyone. In actions, you will carry the burdens of overloaded work, piling up. Budget based operations. If you are ok being a number, and if you are able to feed their expectations, then you should try. Direct hires are not well treated if they aren’t working their way, quietly taking up whatever is told. Open up to voice, and you pay for it. 

A typical day as a College Student Assistant in the Records Department would begin with pulling requested orders and files, organizing and labeling retention boxes, preparing pallets for removal or storage, creating legal documents of requested information, documentation of work, serving customers, answering phones, data entry, and custodial work. 
     I learned to be detail orientated. When you deal with people's information the slightest mistake could cost them weeks of headaches trying to fix one mistake. 
      Management was good, nothing truly fantastic. At the end of the day we always got the job done.
       The monotony of the job was a little difficult to deal with it was often the same thing every day.
        The most enjoyable part of the job was often I would be given a task and was given the freedom to accomplish my task without much oversight.

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