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Great Hearts Academies

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Great professional development, low financial gain - Apprentice Teacher Great Hearts Academies Employee Review

3.0
Dec 27, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Your co-teachers are committed, loyal, and responsible. You'll learn a lot from their patience and mastery in educating their students. If you are new to classical education, your intellectual horizons will greatly expand! Definitely a plus you'll only get at a classical school.

Cons

Pay is quite low, and there is very little room for growth here. If you're hoping to grow personally and gain skills to be a good human -- drink it in. If you need more financial security, I'd look elsewhere and supplement your human formation elsewhere.

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Great Hearts Academies Response
1y
Thank you for your feedback. We believe our classical education model and mission makes us very unique and successful in providing a quality education for our students. Our compensation package has been an area that we have been working to improve. Great Hearts does provide excellent benefits (medical, dental, etc.), with employee premiums that are significantly below the national and regional averages. As of the 2024-2025 school year, we have increased the salaries of our current and new teachers. Also, our classroom sizes in many academies are lower than other district schools and we have two teachers (a Lead Teacher and Teaching Assistant) to ensure our elementary students receive the best education.

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5.0
Jun 29, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Intentional and caring work with children.

Cons

Demanding work, but ultimately fulfilling.

3.0
Apr 9, 2026
Recommend
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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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