school program staff

team leader

tutor

program manager

learning and development program manager

The Center (SCCSC)

You do it for the kids and that's it. The pay is pitifully low for what is asked of you. Getting a raise is up to chance even if you request it. They give you a rough thirty minutes before you receive the students to put together your activity for the day not including whatever your manager asks you to do during your prep time. You can occasionally get the higher ups to make an activity plan for you and it really feels like they have never interacted with a child. I guess they expect you to learn the allergies, learning disabilities, and other important things about each student on your own because that information is never provided to you. The program loves attendance so much they would rather force you to care for students who clearly are safety hazards to other students and staff than doing anything about it. There is no strike system like other programs. You can literally have a kid hurt other kids and even hit a coworker for multiple days and nothing can come of it. No suspension, no warning. Nothing at all. Kids who left earlier than the intended pickup time were more at risk of being kicked out of program than any other student. All of this and I haven't even mentioned the unprofessional work enviorment that plagues most sites. Seriously reconsider.

Work with children in an after-school program is rewarding yet challenging! However, you quickly learn that these students need consistency and an adult who cares. I've grown to learn that classroom management is key aloing with flexibility, creativity and committment! The management team works hard...of course there are various personalities and challenges just like any other place of employment. The best piece of advice I'd give is to work hard, observe, learn, mind your own business, remain professional, be yourself and don't mix business with pleasure! The hardest part of the job CAN be relationships with school administration and parents/families, student behavior/special needs (understanding how to support while engaging other students) location space, and lack of resources. However, the enjoyable part is seeing children grow, having a hand in supporting kids knowledge and education, building relationships with co-workers, free gifts from kids and parents (LOL), building relationships/networking with stakeholders and belonging to a community!

What is the best part of working at the company?
Working with approachable co-workers, even if they talk abt work tea, friendly and welcoming all around,  the kids do get better with you after building rapport w them. Working with intermediate can be a pain in the butt some of the time but at the same time it feels refreshing to just be outside, talking to kids and co-workers alike than sitting still in an office

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The kids when they misbehave, but thats the normal part, the training of knowing how to manage kids yourself is not always there and you learn as you go, so all you do is mostly shadow and hope you learn something from it, but it does get easier, co-workers and program manager alike will help improve and give critiques. Also working at a current site where it was just getting started, so still figuring everything out getting established. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Depending on the site you do to it can be high stress or low stress and chill, also depending on what school grade you work at, older students can be chill but ofc still can be stubborn, intermediate are always high energy and a pain but they are still fun to work with, make the day somewhat bareable ( coming from someone who dont work w kids)

Worked for them as an after school counselor for two years, one during hybrid online learning and the next in-person on-site. The experience and hours were good for me as a younger person in community college, the job was never exceedingly difficult and working around kids is something I could do well.

The expectation when I was there was to develop my own lesson/enrichment plans for the students every week, being creative and fresh with these was always important. This was the most difficult part of the job I would say because it was something I had to work into my limited schedule regularly. I often found myself workshopping them during my off hours or gathering the required supplies to make them happen on my own time. 

Working alongside my coworkers usually went well, there’s not a lot of ways other people’s actions would impact your day-to-day except for not being there. In those cases, expect to have more students added to your classroom and do your best to address the students as a whole to keep things running smoothly.

If you have a good program manager/site lead you will be well off. Someone who can communicate well with the parents and advocate for you is important, but expect to be communicating with parents regularly on your own too.

You are overworked with little to no support. The program managers they tend to hire are lazy and want to stay in their offices all day. The directors play favorites when it comes to which program they will provide support for. You will never find them in certain parts of Sacramento as they tend to stay in the “nicer” school areas so the rougher Sacramento area lacks the support it needs. The kids are the only reason people stay. The staff can be highly immature because this company hires people fresh out of high school that have no boundaries with children. If you are lucky you will get a program manager who supports you and isn’t a lazy person but that’s a 5% chance. They work to get into the manager position and then have no follow through so the program isn’t being ran to its full potential. 

From the day I got hired here, this agency has been very warm and welcoming and very organized. From the last job that I had to here, the transition and my ability to perform as an individual has been a very smooth and fun process. Anyone who loves working for children should definitely apply here. You will get solid, continual hours, and still have the freedom to go to day and night classes, work another job, or whatever you need to do before or after work. This has been a very rewarding opportunity that I don't see ending for a long time!

Worked for this company for 3 years and I wouldn’t recommend it at all. I loved working with the kids but  It’s LOW pay for a lot to be asked to do as the manager will add more tasks as the year goes. Manager was unprofessional when it came towards staff as she would talk bad about them behind their back. Dealing with any issues the managers would be firmly rude and unsupportive! The environment was always unwelcoming and having no support makes it difficult it be successful. In my 3 years of being here there’s no growth this company teaches you as they just want you to do the job u already have been given. Terrible place

This is an excellent entry level opportunity if you want to work with kids or gain experience before committing to a credential program. You can promote quickly if you show initiative. They have programs all over Sacramento, so if you move you can transfer to a school by your new house. 
The management is progressive and always trying new things to meet the needs of students and families. They listen to employee ideas and change things based on the feedback.  

The schedules has been the same for the three school years I’ve been here.

Management is horrible and rude and talks badly about you behind your back.

The hardest part about the job is how strict the managers are and how rude they are it makes the job difficult and unenjoyable 

I genuinely love working at the Center, because I love working with kids. If you don’t like kids… maybe don’t do it. You’ll have to plan and prep activities and keep students engaged. The hardest part of the job is being on your feet all day, some program managers don’t want you sitting down or giving the kids free time. It all depends on your PM and site. It is a thankless job from the students. But overall, seeing the kids happy and safe is my favorite. The pay is decent for the hours, however getting a raise is a long process.  

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
School program staff 11 salaries reported	$18.25 per hour
Team leader 2 salaries reported	$17.88 per hour
Tutor 9 salaries reported	$18.14 per hour
Program manager 3 salaries reported	$23.67 per hour
Learning and development program manager 3 salaries reported	$23.50 per hour

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