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Pretty Good Schools, Pretty Bad Career Option - Secondary School Teacher Great Hearts Academies Employee Review

2.0
26 Jul 2015
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Pros

I worked with a lot of bright, recent university graduates who through general talent, resourcefulness and hard work provided students who matched the school's implicit profile with an exceptional middle-secondary education.

Cons

From day 1 there was nowhere to go as a viable career. They take smart new grads who haven't figured out where to work yet and burn them out with low resources and extra responsibilities. There are also older teachers who generally have kids at the schools and/or subscribe to the philosophy that a heavy humanities curriculum is the only possible way to get a good education for all children and circumstances.

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

1) Hard to get fired 2) Lowest monthly premiums for benefits I’ve experienced 3) There are busy and slow seasons. Some times you have far too much work to complete in 40 hours and other times you may only have 20 hours of work

Cons

1) Low pay 2) Leadership could be better mainly HR/People Ops, individuals seemingly put into higher up positions based on tenure at the company rather than job experience. 3) Little to no room for growth in HR/People Ops. 4) No annual review process formal or informal and no raises based on individual merit 5) a standard company wide increase each year is in place but it’s typically 2% so not even an amount that keeps up with the cost of living 6) it can feel cliquey

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Great Hearts Academies Response
2mo
Thank you for your feedback. We will share with our leadership your comments. We strive to set a standard of excellence for our students with a focus on a rich liberal arts curriculum and emphasis on moral formation. Great Hearts does provide excellent benefits (medical, dental, etc.), with employee premiums that are significantly below the national and regional averages. We have been engaged in ongoing work on this issue for several years despite no significant funding increases from the states in which we operate, and simultaneously we must balance the need to maintain smaller class sizes, robust network resources, and safe and welcoming campuses. Great Hearts does provide excellent benefits (medical, dental, etc.), with employee premiums that are significantly below the national and regional averages. We have increased our salary ranges in certain regions over the past year. We will continue to work to improve in these areas.
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