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      Great Hearts Academies

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      Great Hearts Academies reviews

      3.4

      51% would recommend to a friend

      (496 total reviews)
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      Jay Heiler

      69% approve of CEO

      48% positive business outlook

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      Great Hearts Academies has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 496 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Great Hearts Academies employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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      496 reviews
      1.0
      May 8, 2025

      Worst place to work!

      Lead teacher
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      Pros

      Great benefits to the employees

      Cons

      Working at Great Hearts was one of the most disheartening professional experiences I've had. The administration is disorganized, unresponsive, and often dismissive of teacher concerns. They push a classical education model that looks good on paper but in reality creates an unrealistic, rigid environment with little regard for student diversity or actual learning needs. Teachers are overworked and under-supported. Expect to work long hours with no extra compensation and deal with constant micromanagement. Creativity is stifled—everything must conform to their outdated ideals, even if it doesn’t serve the students. Special education services are especially lacking, and the leadership shows little understanding or willingness to improve in that area. Turnover is high, morale is low, and the “family culture” they preach is nothing but a thin veneer over a toxic workplace. If you're considering working here, think twice—your time and talent are worth more than this.

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      Great Hearts Academies Response
      1y
      Thank you for your honest feedback. We pride ourselves on having excellent benefits for our employees often times much better than district schools. We strive to have positive learning / working environment for our students and staff. While we acknowledge that the culture of each academy may vary slightly, it is our goal to bring alignment and clarity to all academies around the mission to pursue truth, goodness, and beauty. Those pillars demand that our teachers and staff model virtuous excellence, but in any human endeavor, we fall short of those expectations and the work is hard at times. Still, we believe the mission is worthy of our continued commitment, and Great Hearts strives to support teachers and staff through effective leadership, professional growth, and fidelity to the mission. We will share your concerns with our leadership to further work on improvements at our academies.
      5.0
      May 6, 2025

      Great benefits, low starting salary

      English teacher
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      Pros

      Good work environment with exceptional colleagues.

      Cons

      Difficult to have a family with low salary.

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      Great Hearts Academies Response
      1y
      Thank you for your wonderful feedback. We know our communities make our schools a special place to learn and thrive. Thanks for being an important part of that. We are aware of the concerns with pay. 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. In the last year we have worked to make changes and we have increased our salary schedules for the upcoming school year. Moreover, our benefits package is excellent and enhances our compensation package. We will continue to make improvements in this area.
      4.0
      May 1, 2025

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      Lead teacher
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      Pros

      Great team work and community

      Cons

      More support when things go wrong

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      Great Hearts Academies Response
      1y
      Thank you for your honest feedback. We know our teachers, faculty and students make our schools a special place to learn and thrive. Thanks for being an important part of that process. We acknowledge that there are always areas of improvement for Great Hearts, including retention and recruitment of experienced support staff. As with any school role, the leadership competencies at Great Hearts are broad in scope, and in addition, we value leaders who bring the classical liberal arts vision to bear on the culture and community. That broad scope is challenging for any one person to balance, but the network invests fully in leadership development and also utilizes faculty and family surveys to help leaders develop a greater awareness for the areas of growth especially in retention of key support staff to help teachers.
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