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Great Hearts Academies

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Rigorous curriculum, low pay for teachers, bias recruiting - Teacher Great Hearts Academies Employee Review

3.0
23 Jun 2015
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Pros

Rigorous curriculum and I enjoy being around the students. I love the core virtues that we include in our daily culture. These schools allow our scholars to think deeply and discover truth on their own, which is important.

Cons

Teacher pay is very, very low considering the amount of time we put in, especially with the lengthy evaluations we must complete during our breaks. The Great Hearts leadership team are clearly very conservative Christians/Catholics and their personal beliefs have a negative impact on the way the schools are operated. Teacher recruitment is very bad and results in a terrible teacher turnover rate.

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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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