Pros
The LMB process actually does work. I saw amazing growth with students in very little time, and the kids really are the reason why I stuck around more than a couple months. Several of my coworkers really did care about student success, and went above and beyond to pick up the instructional slack left by others.
Cons
At the end of the day, this company is all about the money, yet somehow still horribly mismanaged. They present themselves as solely concerned with the students, but the longer you are around the company, the more you realize this is nothing more than a public face. Nothing really matters outside of signing more students for instruction. Lindamood Bell felt like a sinking ship. Centers were in a constant state of confusion, attempting to keep up with the ever-shifting demands of senior management. Decisions are made with little to no concern for the day-to-day operations in the learning centers themselves, while lower-level employees are paid incredibly little for what is asked of them. Many of my coworkers seemed entirely under-qualified, given what the company is charging parents and the results parents expect. It is my firm belief that parents would be mortified if they knew how some of the employees talked to/about their children and how demonstrably low-quality instructors stick around with few to no repercussions. But this is part of Lindamood Bell: so desperate to hold on to employees and keep centers open that the weakest links get passed over or ignored (there is an internal process for mentoring, but it really has no teeth). Again, it's all about the money. At times, the corporate culture comes across as very cult-y and downright creepy. Worker morale was almost non-existent, and literally everyone was looking for a way out. If the company paid employees more fairly, there is no doubt that more qualified individuals would see this as a worthwhile endeavor, eliminating the need for some of the terrible hiring decisions I've seen this company make, while those who are actually qualified would stay on board. Lindamood Bell Academy (the private school program) is a complete sham. Students are often passed from center to center, via online lessons, and clinicians are almost never qualified to actually deliver the subject matter that students are learning. There is no pedagogy here beyond engaging the LMB process with textbooks and online lesson plans. Students end up wasting an incredible amount of time, while clinicians are thrown into a role that really should be the job of a fully credentialed teacher.
