Pros
Strong support from coordinator on how to best teach students. Teacher calendar - I really love the vacation time at Christmas and Spring Break. Working with small groups of students helped me learn how to manage adolescents and build strong relationships. I have learned strategies that will I take with me into my own classroom next year. OH - and the 100% paid health insurance really helped me this year.
Cons
Not everyone understands that this is a year of service - that can create some problems with people who complain a lot. We had a lot of challenges this year with technology and resources --- the leadership team needs to make share that fellows always have everything they need to do their jobs. (I can't put attendance online daily if you don't provide me with the technology to actually do it.) They stipend is on $2,000 per month but I knew that going into the position.
