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Florida Virtual School

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It's a 100% customer service, for profit business, with completions as #1 goal. - Teacher Florida Virtual School Employee Review

2.0
Mar 20, 2018
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Pros

Flexible Schedule is great. You can make appointments and take care of things during the day. The trade off is that you have unreasonable expectations of calls that are expected to be made during the 12 hour 5 day work week. If you like living in a bubbly world where you believe (or pretend that) everything is "awesome" and all students are "rock stars" and you enjoy praising students for being rude to you, not working, cheating, having parents do their work for them... this place will rock your socks off.

Cons

The customer is always right - and the teacher has very little voice in educating the student. The teacher will be blamed for student lack of progress. Teachers do not have a class to teach (there is little to no teaching) - a teacher "manages" a load of between 130-190 students through Call Center style communicating. Teachers have no input in curriculum, what or how the "curriculum" is taught. Teachers have scripted e-mails that are sent. The only connection is generally through talking about a student's hobby. It's a bit like Big Brothers / Big Sisters. The company (it is a business) is 100% focused on getting the credit completed ($$). Only teachers are held accountable - and mostly for things that are out of the teacher's control. ILs (Principals) change often - and if you do not play the praise game, you will be a target. Many or not experienced enough in Virtual Teaching to see beyond the data-driven completion goals.

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

I am valued as an educator and treated as a professional. I love my principal and my co-workers. They encourage work life balance and listen to feedback.

Cons

I wish we were paid more but that is education as a whole. I do think FLVS flex pays competitively and I have got a raise every year.

5.0
May 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility! Ultimate flexible schedule. Day to day I use calendar to schedule appointments and can block out lunchtime, time for a gym class or to pickup or drop off at car line at school. Ability to work from home office in comfort! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️You can set up your space to be most comfortable for you. Coffee breaks and yoga pants all day 🙌🏻Summers are slower in flex so allows more time to do personal summer activities like sit at the pool. Access to email on phone (with a communication stipend) so I can “work” from anywhere. I check email and Teams from grocery store, etc. More time to get to know students during welcome calls and DBAs but I often feel so rushed to complete so many appointments each day that I sometimes don’t feel like I can give each family the time they deserve.

Cons

Can be long hours in front of a computer. Some days I’m stuck in front of my computer for 6-8 full hours with back to back Zoom appointments. It can be REALLY tiring. Heavy workloads pouring peak enrollment times: May/ August and December. Your evaluations are based on your data so parents that do not follow learning expectations and don’t submit coursework affects your negatively. It feels very unfair and frustrating. Monthly classroom walk throughs with your principal feel like a formality and waste of time for high performing instructors. For the workload, I do think salary should be higher. Student loads can be really high in August and December with over 180-200 enrollments at once to balance. It’s a lot. Work-life balance is grossly unbalanced during these times.

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