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Great Hearts Academies

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Great if you are passionate about your subject!! - High School Biology Teacher Great Hearts Academies Employee Review

4.0
12 May 2025
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Pros

I did not require a degree in education to be able to work here. They hired based off of competency and if I could actually teach well. The staff was and is supportive. Admin has been supportive.

Cons

Teachers seem like they dedicate a large majority of their life outside of school to their work. Admin has been supportive although there have been several people who become targets if they do not abide by strict rules, none of these rules are actually taught or found in the employee handbook but rather are implied. Hopefully you don’t step out of their line.

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Great Hearts Academies Response
1y
Thank you for your wonderful feedback. We believe our teachers should have a passion for teaching the subject they are well trained in and appreciate. We know our the best learning environment is one where we have a supportive faculty, staff and administration working well together. Thank you for taking the time to address such an important issue for employees, which impacts our overall health and wellbeing. Finding balance in a work environment is a collective effort on the part of administration and the employees, and that partnership is not always aligned at times. We appreciate your input on this issue, and we have in recent years made it our goal to eliminate the non-essential burdens on teachers.

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5.0
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Pros

Intentional and caring work with children.

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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