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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

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
5.0
Jun 24, 2024

Love GH

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Pros

Working with like-minded people in the pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty, classical model of education, mission-driven group, flexibility in work options, benefits package.

Cons

Pay has improved but remains lower than other schools, teacher retention is problematic, student enrollment in online school is too erratic for effective learning.

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Great Hearts Academies Response
2y
We value your feedback and appreciate your review of one of our academies. We appreciate your feedback as we strive to set a standard of excellence for our students and faculty. We know all schools have room for improvement and we work with our staff to make changes. We are aware that our salaries have been lower than many district schools and some charter schools. 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 recently reviewed and increased our salary for the 2024-2025 school year. We continue to work on ways to improve work life balance for teachers to help improve in the areas of teacher retention.
5.0
Jun 24, 2024
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Pros

To work for Great Hearts is to be part of an inspiring team of educators making a revolutionary change for the BETTER in American education. I feel invested in as an employee, as the professional development and continuing education opportunities are plentiful. Coming to work is a joy because of the wonderful culture and passionate lifelong learners.

Cons

I have no cons to share.

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Great Hearts Academies Response
2y
We appreciate feedback as we strive to set a standard of excellence for our students and faculty. We are very pleased that your experience at one of our academies has been outstanding. Our primary goal of providing the best classical, liberal arts education through our 45 charter schools in order to education our future leaders is possible thanks to hard working teachers and a supportive community.
4.0
Jun 21, 2024
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Pros

Supportive community but with high expectations from their teachers. Pay is decent and excellent benefits.

Cons

This school is experiencing growing pains with a lot of kinks to work out but are dealing with it as it comes! Need to be comfortable with their mission and teaching philosophy.

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Great Hearts Academies Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to address important issues for employees which impacts them. We have worked hard over the past year to work on ways to improve the compensation package while still providing the very best for our students and communities. We appreciate your input on our mission and philosophy and strive to maintain high standards in these areas.
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