Pros
Pros: 1. Great leadership! 2. Awesome Staff Conference 3. Sleeping in 4. Working in PJ's 5. Great pay 6. Flexibility 7. Great support FLVS is a great company to work for and they offer a lot of growth and learning opportunities for their employees but this job is not for everyone. After working in a failing public school where the staff were hateful and rude to teachers who wanted to try new things, this was a refreshing breath of clean air! I think Julie Young really has the right idea in how to run a great business.
Cons
Cons: 1. LLLLOOONNNGGGG hours - I know working at home seems so easy but I work MANY more hours at FLVS than I did at the regular school. 2. No Christmas break. 3. No Spring Break. 4. No Summer Break. 5. You have to work nights and weekends - you have to return calls and e-mails within 24 hrs and grade within 48 hrs. Seems easy enough until you have 150 students all calling, e-mailing and needing tutoring on the same days. 6. Families often will interrupt you all the time making it even harder to work from home. 7. You have to be on the phone ALL THE TIME. You have to talk to every student and parent at least once a month an that means calling students who won't call you back. 8. You are rated based on student completion so if a kid drops because they just won't work or they move or their parent thinks they are playing on the internet too much then it counts against you even though it had nothing to do with how you are as a teacher. 9. You have to get "permission" to leave town even if you will be working. While I LOVE FLVS and it's leadership, it's not the right job for me. My family is suffering because of my constant work schedule. I'm always on the phone, day and night (we have to be available from 8am-8pm). This is a great job for the right person but it's not for everyone.