Trying its best - Anonymous employee DREAM Employee Review

3.0
Feb 24, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

RBI is a long-standing organization that has done a lot for the youth of East Harlem. The values are strong and the commitment to providing youth with opportunities to Play, Learn and Grow is stronger than ever. The staff is all committed to the youth we serve. More recently, the organization is committed to stronger management. Team managers are expected to hire the right people and to give their staff the chance to grow. I know that I can have a career path in this organization if I want to. My manager talks with me about the possibilities in front of me all the time. I never had that kind of support in any other place I've worked at.

Cons

The culture is going through some shifts right now because we are growing. Program leadership has gone through the most change and I think that there needs to be a stronger hand in managing the changes from leaders there. I think that things will get better in the next few months because the leadership is very open to feedback from all staff.

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Pros

Enthusiastic staff, gifted kids, leadership open to improvements/always changing, lots of support, lax schedule

Cons

Punishment/disciplinary methods are supposed to be consistent by book but in practice every educator has their own -and very different- method. Kind of confusing for both kids and staff. Don't know if this is related but there's definitely a kid favoritism/teacher's pet energy going on. One actual con is that the behavioral and competence range is HUGE and it's kind of dismissed. Some kids are extremely gifted and hardworking, others cause problems everyday and are evidently behind. Doesn't only cause tensions between the kids but is also hard to manage - makes the whole "we are family" method feel like we're disregarding the "advanced" kids. Need more than just having more educators/coaches in the room to help out with these kids. These are problems in any school but ones I feel like the school should have addressed with all it's resources

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