Inspiring vision, highly ineffective leadership and toxic culture - Head of School Higher Ground Education Employee Review

As we continue our rapid growth, feedback from the team is more valuable than ever, and we appreciate the time you took to complete your review of our organization. At Higher Ground, we do offer our Heads of School a higher degree of autonomy since they know their school, team and community the best; it is our hope that leaders will feel proud of the culture they build in their schools. We hope you connected with the thoughtful coworkers you’ve met so far to share experiences, best practices as well as challenges, and have shared your frustration with the leadership team. established collaborative relationships that will continue to strengthen. Our mission will remain to modernize and mainstream the international Montessori movement, making it accessible to children and families no matter where they are. However, as a startup organization, there will be times the path to achieving our mission is not always clear. Throughout those times, we will stay committed to transparency with our team and families, will continue to solicit feedback that is instrumental in the evolution of our culture, and will remain dedicated to the professional development of our team through multiple programs offered through The Prepared Montessorian. It has been clear to us that several Heads of Schools don’t fully understand the benefits of this program offering and the layered support from the local leaders to develop their team. We are actively working to rectify this. We are proud of the support and shared services available to our teams and encourage you to connect with the School Support email so that we can work together in creating a plan to move forward. Thank you for your support and bringing these frustrations to light.