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Classical Charter Schools

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Classical Charter Schools reviews

2.7

24% would recommend to a friend

(190 total reviews)
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Lester Long

41% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Classical Charter Schools has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 190 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Classical Charter Schools employee rating is 26% below average for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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190 reviews
2.0
Mar 30, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Teachers are assigned coaches who observe them weekly and illicit daily feedback. This helps teachers to hone in on their classroom management, instruction, and engagement. You will learn, in depth, the best way for you to manage a classroom to maximize instruction. Benefits are decent, and 401(k) match is great. Curricular audits allow for teachers to weigh in on what is or isn't working within their lessons/units and overall pedagogy.

Cons

Teachers are often given more work than there are resources or time to complete it. Sunday night deadlines provoke admin/managers to encourage staff to work over the weekend, despite putting in a minimum of 50-60 hours a week during regular school time. The organization can get caught in the "this is how we've always done ___" loop, so formalities will take place of what is really needed in light of the current day/time/etc. There is a "student first, teacher second" approach that inadequately addresses the reality of burnout, need for teacher support such as enough prep time, lunch time, and work/life balance, as well as fostering overall unrealistic expectations in terms of productivity, quality of instruction, and staff ability to take care of outside priorities (i.e. family, health, social life).

1.0
Nov 6, 2021

Eh

Recommend
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Pros

The kids are great and so much fun

Cons

People quit all the time The network doesn’t care about the teachers Students are overworked

1.0
Feb 21, 2021

Uncaring environment

Recommend
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Pros

- great resources for teachers, all supplies etc. are provided - good opportunity for first-year teaching without experience/certification - the kids are amazing, wonderful and dedicated parents/families too

Cons

- developmentally inappropriate expectations, very young children expected to complete academic work for hours on end with very little break and no time for play - classroom management amounts to policing the students’ bodies constantly - staff are incredibly overworked, there is a culture of shame around taking PTO even for illness, this is treated as evidence of dedication to teaching - management is not concerned with the experiences of teachers, paying lip service to hearing staff but without taking concerns seriously - extremely high turnover which means “veteran” teachers (3+ years) are protected regardless of their actions...hyper-focus on data also creates blinds spots in this sense - instructional coaching feedback is often redundant and an overreliance on surveillance/observation creates a suffocating environment for many teachers - extremely young staff so middle management is often inexperienced and has not received management training, but given a ton of power and can make or break teachers’ experience

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